All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2010 // Approximately one year ago, I discussed the premium growth reported by insurers with the top 25 gains in workers’ compensation insurance premium volume. As I wrote that article, the unemployment rate in the United...
Sep 3 2010 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has increased the size of the Arizona’s State Compensation Fund board of directors by appointing two new members to serve during the organization’s transition to becoming a private,...
Aug 31 2010 // Specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has taken over Florida-located Unisource Program Administrators, a wholesaler of workers’ compensation, for an undisclosed...
Aug 24 2010 // Insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm Beecher Carlson has appointed Robin Mehta as Executive Managing Director. He joins Beecher Carlson to lead the Bermuda office operations, including its Captive...
Aug 23 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) has announced the promotions of three members of its management team. Glenn Audiffred is now assistant vice president of Information Technology Services, Pat Canning is...
Aug 23 2010 // A $20 billion compensation fund for economic victims of the BP Plc Gulf oil spill opens for business Monday amid accusations that the rules established by its administrator are unfair.Kenneth Feinberg who will run the fund...
Aug 18 2010 // Why is agency growth important? Agents and brokers are faced with a continued economic downturn combined with sustained soft market conditions; insurance companies continue to tier agents based on future growth;...
Aug 16 2010 // The head of Connecticut’s workers’ compensation program says the largest payouts in 12 years may eventually be made to survivors and family members of employees killed last week at a Manchester beer...
Aug 16 2010 // North Carolina’s largest health insurer says it plans to lay off about 90 people as part of cost-cutting moves to prepare for the new federal health care law. The News & Observer reports Friday that Blue Cross...
Aug 16 2010 // Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry Hill, N.J. He deals with agencies across the country on issues ranging from...
Aug 16 2010 // Why is agency growth important? Agents and brokers are faced with a continued economic downturn combined with sustained soft market conditions; insurance companies continue to tier agents based on future growth;...
Aug 16 2010 // Why is agency growth important? Agents and brokers are faced with a continued economic downturn combined with sustained soft market conditions; insurance companies continue to tier agents based on future growth;...
Aug 16 2010 // Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry Hill, N.J. He deals with agencies across the country on issues ranging from...
Aug 12 2010 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee has approved the recommendation to allow the pure premium rate in the state to rise by 29.6 perent, as was expected and widely...
Aug 11 2010 // ACE European Group named Steve Dixon as regional managing director, ACE Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Dixon succeeds Giles Ward, who has led ACE MENA since 2006, now appointed to the position of CEO for ACE...
Aug 6 2010 // The mostly white Fire Department of New York is temporarily barred from hiring more than 300 rookie firefighters because it used an entry exam that discriminates against blacks and Hispanics, a federal judge ruled.In a...
Aug 3 2010 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions.The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Aug 2 2010 // Marsh announced the appointment of 59 new managing directors in North America. The members of the Marsh 2010 Class of Managing Directors work within a number of different risk practice and industry groups and are located...
Jul 28 2010 // A committee of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board has recommended a compensation package of $264,000 annually for the insurer’s next chief executive.The full board of the property insurer of last...
Jul 26 2010 // Marsh has appointed Etet Deguia as a managing director in the firm’s San Diego office. She currently acts as a global client executive, where she manages client relationships. Deguia has been an integral part of the...