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Wyoming To Study Workers’ Compensation

Mar 21 2008 // Wyoming’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee is set to study Wyoming’s workers’ compensation program this year.According to the state legislature, the committee will conduct a broad...

Carpenter Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Texas

Mar 13 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Donald Miller of Yoakum on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Miller received one year of probation and was ordered to pay $2,132...

Former N.D. Work Comp Exec, House Leader Want CEO Job

Mar 12 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation director and a one-time state House majority leader are among those interested in serving as a temporary chief executive at Workforce Safety and Insurance, agency directors...

How to Hire a New Producer

Mar 10 2008 // Hiring employees is a process crucial to the success of a business. Finding and keeping a good producer is even more crucial, since that person is responsible for growth in new sales. Therefore, the right selection and...

Who’s Worth What?

Mar 10 2008 // Fewer independent agencies gave salary increases to managers, sales producers and support personnel in 2007 compared to 2006, while half of all agencies reported that salaries stayed the same in 2007 compared to 2006. Of...

Job Bias Claims Against Employers Up 9%– Biggest Rise in Years

Mar 6 2008 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a total of 82,792 private sector discrimination charge filings last fiscal year, the highest volume of incoming charges since 2002 and the largest annual...

Travelers Adds Workers’ Compensation to Aviation Unit

Mar 5 2008 // Travelers’ Aviation unit has introduced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for corporate flight departments.Travelers’ new aviation workers’ compensation program will provide coverage for...

Wake-Up Call: One-Third of American Workers Sleeping on the Job

Mar 4 2008 // Roughly one-third of American workers said they had fallen asleep or become very sleepy at work in the past month, according to a survey released.The survey of 1,000 people by the National Sleep Foundation found...

Maryland Considers Hiring Own Lead Inspector for Toys

Feb 29 2008 // Maryland would hire inspectors to monitor toys for lead content under a bill headed for approval in the House of Delegates.The chamber agreed unanimously this week to agree to a preliminary version of a bill to hire two...

Liberty Mutual to Add 300 Jobs in New Western Mass. Office

Feb 29 2008 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance will open a 300-person office in Springfield, Mass. in the third quarter to handle growth, some of which is expected from the state’s move to a managed competition auto insurance...

Texas Work Comp Division: Job Injuries, Illnesses Increased in 2006

Feb 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation reported that the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in private industry in Texas increased in...

Mich. Acting Commissioner Ross Staying on the Job

Feb 25 2008 // Michigan’s acting insurance commissioner is staying on the job. Ken Ross was named commissioner of the state’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday, Feb. 22nd. Ross has...

‘Managing the Cycle’ Remains No. 1 Priority, Lloyd’s Survey Finds

Feb 24 2008 // Lloyd’s of London has published its fourth annual underwriting survey, which reveals that “managing the insurance cycle” remains the most important issue for the industry in 2008 with 93 percent of...

‘Managing the Cycle’ Remains #1 Priority Lloyd’s Survey Finds

Feb 19 2008 // Lloyd’s has published its fourth annual underwriting survey, which reveals that “managing the insurance cycle remains the most important issue for the industry in 2008 with 93 percent of underwriters believing...

3 Convicted in Florida Workers’ Compensation Scheme

Feb 19 2008 // Three Florida business owners have been convicted in Jacksonville in a workers compensation scheme.Authorities say all three face life in prison and fines totaling $17 million. They’ve been identified as 54-year-old...

Race for Del. Insurance Commissioner Underway as Denn Eyes New Job

Feb 11 2008 // Delaware’s Sussex County Recorder of Deeds John Brady is officially in the race for state insurance commissioner.Brady is running as a Republican and launched his campaign last week with appearances in all three...

India’s Insurance Industry Faces Talent Shortage

Feb 8 2008 // It may come as a bit of a shock, but India, the country that’s become synonymous with out-sourcing, is facing a talent shortage.According to the Darwin Rhodes Group, India’s only specialist insurance...

Cooney Named Managing Director-Aon Capital Markets

Feb 4 2008 // Aon Re Global has appointed Robert J. Cooney as Managing Director of Aon Capital Markets. He will report to Paul Schultz, President of Aon Capital Markets, and will also serve as Vice Chairman of Aon Re Global –...

Nonfarm Job Growth Continues in La.

Jan 31 2008 // Seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in Louisiana grew by 42,300 workers between December 2006 and December 2007, bringing the total number of jobs in the state to 1,929,100, the Louisiana Department of Labor...

Beecher Carlson Names Pierpont Managing Director, Energy Practice

Jan 29 2008 // Beecher Carlson appointed Charles Pierpont as managing director of its National Energy practice. Pierpont brings 20 years experience to Beecher Carlson with expertise and specialization in the Power Generation industry....