All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 8 2009 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested, charged with twice failing to remit insurance premiums to the insurance company. North Carolina Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of Sherri Efrid, of...
May 7 2009 // Michigan is objecting to the sale of Chrysler LLC assets to Italian automaker Fiat, claiming the new company won’t meet obligations to a state workers’ compensation fund.State Attorney General Mike Cox filed...
May 4 2009 // As a large broker, this is decided based on relationships, successes, volumes, commissions levels, service. In other words we are dictated by volume. Service, service, service, markets, price, service. Personal...
May 4 2009 // The Florida Senate voted 22-16 to restore a cap on attorneys’ fees in workers’ compensation cases. The measure, backed by the state’s insurance regulator and previously passed by the House, 84-35, now...
May 4 2009 // Mercury General reported net income in the first quarter 2009 was $96.7 million compared with net loss of $4 million for the same period in 2008. Included in net income are net realized investment gains, net of tax, of...
Apr 24 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has revised its recommended pure premium rate increase of 24.4 percent downward to 23.7 percent.On March 27, 2009, the WCIRB submitted a pure premium...
Apr 21 2009 // A Cleveland, Ohio, chiropractor who has been under investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) special investigations department (SID) has been sentenced after pleading guilty to...
Apr 20 2009 // What does it take to deliver outstanding customer service? Kimberly J. Muesse, a senior account manager with the Lockton Companies in Houston, should know. She’s won a string of awards during her 25-plus years in the...
Apr 20 2009 // They — members of Generation Y, also known as the millennials — are simply misunderstood, just like the boomers and GenXers before them. This new and passionate group is entering the workforce in droves; and...
Apr 15 2009 // Fort Lauderdale-based wholesale insurance broker Patriot Risk Management, Inc. has formed Patriot Underwriters, Inc. to help expand its insurance distribution and policyholder services business. Patriot Underwriters will...
Apr 7 2009 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has announced a decrease in workers’ compensation costs effective July 1, 2009.The overall loss cost decrease in the voluntary market is 7 percent, while the overall...
Apr 6 2009 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., based in Columbus, Ohio, on April 3 laid off 480 employees and contractors across the country, the latest round of job cuts from the insurance giant, a spokesman said.Nationwide has...
Apr 6 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. paid out more than $33 million in compensation to its two chief executives that oversaw the company in 2008, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures disclosed in a regulatory...
Apr 6 2009 // To start off, what exactly is a workers’ compensation group trust? Per the New York State Insurance Department Web site, it is:“[A] group of employers who perform related activities in an industry who agree to...
Apr 6 2009 // To start off, what exactly is a workers’ compensation group trust? Per the New York State Insurance Department Web site, it is:Workers’ compensation trusts have been in existence for many years and have been...
Apr 6 2009 // To start off, what exactly is a workers’ compensation group trust? Per the New York State Insurance Department Web site, it is:Workers compensation trusts have been in existence for many years and have been providing...
Apr 6 2009 // California Assembly Member Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, has introduced AB 1521, “Health care coverage: solicitation,” that would establish a fiduciary duty for persons or entities that submit an application to a...
Apr 6 2009 // With layoffs, downsizing and stressed-out employees, it is more important than ever for employers to fully grasp the legal aspects of hiring, managing and terminating workers. Hiring new employees is an important step for...
Apr 3 2009 // The five-member board of the Oregon-owned worker compensation insurance company has delayed a decision on a raise to its chief, Brenda Rocklin. The Oregonian reported that she will receive a $290,000 base salary to manage...
Apr 2 2009 // A bill that would trump a Florida Supreme Court ruling and restore a cap on attorneys’ fees in workers’ compensation cases passed the Florida House after some mild debate.Following a second round of discourse...