All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 14 2006 // The U.K.’s Aviva plc announced that its British business Norwich Union has targeted some 4000 jobs for elimination in an initiative to “reduce duplication and improve efficiency to deliver annual cost savings...
Sep 13 2006 // Vacaville, Calif. resident Cheri Brandt has been promoted to manager for State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Customer Service Center. Brandt started her State Fund career in 1990 when she was hired as a claims...
Sep 12 2006 // Reacting to an investors’ conference last week at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods in New York, the Western Insurance Agents Assocation issued a release indicating it is upset that brokers and insurers who broke the law...
Sep 5 2006 // One Company that seems confident in the growth predictions of the Research & Markets report (See related article) is Ireland’s Quinn Group. It plans to hire as many as 1000 new workers for its insurance...
Sep 5 2006 // Towers Perrin has named Steve Taylor-Gooby as managing director for its Tillinghast business. In his new role, Taylor-Gooby will assume responsibility for establishing overall strategic direction, key investment priorities...
Sep 4 2006 // Frustrated businesses took their fight against illegal immigration to court in August, filing the first in a series of lawsuits accusing competitors of hiring illegal workers to achieve an unfair advantage.Anti-illegal...
Sep 4 2006 // Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma all experienced higher rates of workplace fatalities in 2005, as compared to 2004. However, the total number of workplace deaths dropped by 15 in Louisiana last year. Transportation-related...
Sep 4 2006 // The lawsuits were an attempt to enforce immigration law by creating a deterrent against hiring illegal employees.Businesses file first in series of lawsuits against competitors Frustrated businesses took their fight...
Sep 4 2006 // Both the Independent Insur-ance Agents of Oklahoma and the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas reported they have joined other agent groups in denouncing recent assaults on compensation agreements between independent...
Sep 1 2006 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries have proposed lowering workers’ compensation rates next year by an average of 2 percent, the first general rate reduction in six years. It is expected to save...
Aug 24 2006 // Indianapolis-based Ball State University has announced plans to transform a downtown office space into a high-tech, interactive education, research, information and outreach center that will offer educational opportunities...
Aug 23 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has unveiled a new web site designed to help laid off Lincoln National Corp. insurance employees find new employment more quickly. This specialized site provides the displaced workers with...
Aug 23 2006 // Frustrated businesses took their fight against illegal immigration to a Los Angeles court Tuesday, filing the first in a series of lawsuits accusing competitors of hiring illegal workers to achieve an unfair...
Aug 22 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company and Concentra announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has approved the expansion of Texas Mutual’s Texas Star Network and Concentra’s Health Care Network (HCN).Texas...
Aug 22 2006 // Beecher Carlson, an insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm, has promoted Janet Warren to managing director and national claims leader. In this role, Warren will be responsible for the management and...
Aug 22 2006 // The job of upgrading Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport won’t go to Bechtel Infrastructure Group, city officials announced.Negotiations between the city and the San Francisco-based contractor broke down...
Aug 21 2006 // Creating a Hollywood movie is not always as glamorous as it sounds. The average cost for a Hollywood movie is tallied at $60 million, and the payoff is not realized until viewers show up to view the final product on the...
Aug 17 2006 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently announced updates for mileage reimbursements for claimants, compensation rates for injured employees and forms for child support obligations.Claimant mileage...
Aug 15 2006 // London-based Web Connectivity, which provides solutions for data transformation and exchange, has appointed James Willison as Managing Director with a mandate “to drive its business offerings in the London Insurance...
Aug 14 2006 // A Wisconsin state worker running for the Legislature took an unpaid leave from his job Friday afternoon after learning he should have done so when he first declared his candidacy.Walter Fellows, 32, of Oregon, Wis., works...