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Conn. Gov. Rell Touts New Jobs, Campus Construction by The Hartford

Dec 7 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell presented some good news today by announcing that The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., plans to construct a $146 million, 450,000-square-foot campus for its Hartford Life...

La. Adds More than 75,000 Nonfarm Jobs Since October 2005

Nov 28 2006 // Since October 2005, 75,700 new workers have joined Louisiana’s workforce, according to the October 2006 nonfarm employment estimates released recently by the Louisiana Department of Labor.“Louisiana’s...

German Insurer Allianz Foresees Future Job Cuts

Nov 28 2006 // German insurer Allianz SE said it had reached a new labor deal that avoids any near-term compulsory layoffs but still foresees some 5,700 jobs cut by the end of 2008.Under the agreement with the ver.di union, Allianz...

How Southeast insurance chiefs got their jobs

Nov 20 2006 // Southeast insurance commissioners seem happy about how they got where they are.During the recent Southeastern Regulators’ Association annual conference in South Carolina, moderator Michael Maloney asked: “What...

Washington employers to save $315 million in workers’ compensation

Nov 20 2006 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that the state’s employers and workers could save an estimated $315 million in workers’ compensation premiums next year as the result of a six-month partial suspension...

People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success

Nov 20 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...

How Southeast insurance chiefs got their jobs

Nov 19 2006 // Southeast insurance commissioners seem happy about how they got where they are.During the recent Southeastern Regulators’ Association annual conference in South Carolina, moderator Michael Maloney asked: “What...

Washington employers to save $315 million in workers’ compensation

Nov 19 2006 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that the state’s employers and workers could save an estimated $315 million in workers’ compensation premiums next year as the result of a six-month partial suspension...

People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success

Nov 19 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...

Appointed or Elected? State Insurance Chiefs Like How They Got Their Jobs

Nov 7 2006 // In a demonstration of how divergent political campaigns can be in terms of dollars invested, incumbent Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine revealed that he had spent $3 million by Halloween in his 2006 bid for...

Golden State Division of Workers’ Compensation proposes penalties against laggard insurers

Nov 6 2006 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a revised proposal of regulations that would penalize insurers and self-insurers that show a pattern of denying or delaying workers’ compensation...

New Mexico workers compensation rates are cut an average of 4.2 percent

Nov 6 2006 // Rates are being cut for New Mexico workers’ compensation insurance premiums.The state Insurance Department has approved overall workers’ compensation rate reductions of 4.2 percent for the voluntary market and...

New Mexico workers compensation rates are cut an average of 4.2 percent

Nov 5 2006 // Rates are being cut for New Mexico workers’ compensation insurance premiums.The state Insurance Department has approved overall workers’ compensation rate reductions of 4.2 percent for the voluntary market and...

Golden State Division of Workers’ Compensation proposes penalties against laggard insurers

Nov 5 2006 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a revised proposal of regulations that would penalize insurers and self-insurers that show a pattern of denying or delaying workers’ compensation...

Wellmark Commits $5 Million to Jobs Program in Rural Iowa

Oct 30 2006 // Des Moines, Iowa-based Wellmark Inc. has committed $5 million in venture capital to help encourage business development and expansion in rural Iowa communities.The effort is through the Iowa Farm Bureau’s Renew Rural...

Making Hartford shine again as insurance capital

Oct 23 2006 // While other states from Minnesota to New Hampshire compete to attract the insurance sector by lowering premium taxes and extending incentives, Connecticut thinks it has the best offer: an unmatched talent pool of insurance...

New Mexico Workers Compensation Insurance Rates are Cut

Oct 18 2006 // Rates are being cut for New Mexico workers’ compensation insurance premiums.The state Insurance Department has approved overall rate reductions of 4.2 percent for the voluntary market and 1.3 percent for the assigned...

Agents Seek Delay in Approval of Zurich Compensation Settlement

Oct 13 2006 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to delay preliminary approval of a class settlement with Zurich Insurance until what agents say are...

Aetna to Cut 650 Jobs

Oct 13 2006 // Hartford-based health benefits giant Aetna said that it would cut about two percent of its 30,000 workforce or 650 positions as part of a new streamlining effort.The layoffs will include nearly 200 employees in management...

ICT Announces Line Up for Workers’ Compensation Seminars

Oct 10 2006 // The Insurance Council of Texas is hosting workers’ compensation seminars on Nov. 7 and Nov. 15 that focus and provide training on the new rules adopted by the Division of Workers’ Compensation to implement...