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Apr 5 2011 // Starr Aviation Agency, Inc., a member of Starr Cos., has developed a Small Business Unit within their Workers’ Compensation division. The focus of the Workers’ Compensation Small Business Unit is to provide an...
Apr 4 2011 // It’s not new news, but the United States Department of Labor reported at the end of February 2011, there were 13.7 million unemployed nationwide, with 6 million of those being unemployed long term, over 27 weeks. To...
Mar 30 2011 // A New York judge says the NFL must be limited in how much money it can recover when injured NFL players receive state workers’ compensation awards.Judge Paul Crotty wrote in a decision that the NFL sometimes wants to...
Mar 29 2011 // A West Virginia risk pool created to provide property and liability coverage to counties around the state is looking to expand into workers’ compensation. The West Virginia Counties Group Self-Insurance Risk Pool...
Mar 28 2011 // A gain of 3,000 construction jobs from January to February contributed to the largest over-the-year gain in seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in Louisiana in more than two years, the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC)...
Mar 23 2011 // Happy 100th Birthday Workers’ Compensation: Now What ?This year marks the 100th anniversary of the workers’ compensation system in the U.S. As Christopher Boggs, director of Education for Insurance...
Mar 21 2011 // IBM wasted no time in parlaying the winning performance of its artificially intelligent Watson on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” into real business. The company recently announced a deal to commercialize...
Mar 21 2011 // IBM wasted no time in parlaying the winning performance of its artificially intelligent Watson on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” into real business. The company recently announced a deal to commercialize...
Mar 15 2011 // The U.S. Small Business Administration reports that in 2008 nearly 400 thousand small businesses were operating in Louisiana, representing 97.4 percent of the state’s employers.A report released in February by the...
Mar 11 2011 // Dallas-based Hispanic Affiliates General Agency LLC (HAGA) announced it is actively recruiting Hispanic independent agents in Texas.According to the company’s announcement, HAGA provides independent agents marketing...
Mar 11 2011 // RSA has announced the appointment of Lloyd East as Managing Director for Al Ahlia Insurance SAOC, part of the RSA Group. He has “over 20 years experience in the financial services industry having led joint ventures,...
Mar 7 2011 // The Washington state Senate approved a measure Saturday that would drastically change the state’s workers compensation system by establishing an option for lump sum settlements.The 34-15 vote was a significant win...
Mar 4 2011 // The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill making it easier to appeal a decision of the state Workers’ Compensation Commission. Currently, an appeal of a commission decision or award is appealed to circuit court and...
Mar 4 2011 // Insurer Liberty Mutual says it will hire 100 new employees in connection with the launch of a new Information Technology Development Center in BostonThe positions are a mixture of entry level and experienced roles for...
Mar 4 2011 // West Virginia lawmakers appear willing to help the state’s volunteer fire departments with their workers’ compensation expenses.The House and Senate exchanged bills this week that would dedicate insurance...
Mar 3 2011 // The Tennessee Legislature is considering a number of changes to its workers’ compensation law that are designed to tighten the standards injured workers must meet to qualify for workers’ compensation...
Mar 2 2011 // A Mississippi company that pleaded guilty to conspiracy related to the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants is now facing a lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against non-immigrants who applied for jobs.A...
Feb 23 2011 // Allstate Insurance Co. announced it plans to add 120 new agency owners in California during 2011, in an “aggressive recruiting campaign” in the state. Allstate signed on 44 new California “exclusive...
Feb 22 2011 // IBM wasted no time in parlaying the winning performance of its artificially intelligent Watson on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” into real business. Last week, it announced a deal to commercialize Watson’s...
Feb 22 2011 // Williston, Vermont-based home improvement contractor Donald Bevins with three counts of failing to maintain workers’ compensation insurance and two counts of violating a stop work order by state labor...