All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 11 2006 // A study commissioned by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has concluded that the Hanford Site’s workers’ compensation system meets state standards for self-insurers but could be...
Apr 11 2006 // Agency recommends automatic comp for some Y-12 workers Received by Newsfinder from AP Apr 10, 2006 19:08 Eastern Time...
Apr 5 2006 // The Insurance Institute of Indiana and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies applauded the decision by the Indiana Supreme Court to deny transfer on a case filed against the Indiana Compensation Rating...
Apr 3 2006 // (Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at iiat.org under Agency...
Apr 3 2006 // (Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at iiat.org under Agency...
Apr 3 2006 // Good employees are key to your company’s success. The first step in hiring stellar employees is to attract them, similar to how you attract clients. You need to “sell” the potential hire on the benefits...
Apr 3 2006 // Independent agents representing Zurich Insurance in the U.S. will have to disclose their income before binding any commercial lines policies for Zurich and some Zurich agents may be denied contingency compensation under...
Apr 3 2006 // Compensation for any agency is always the largest expense category. For the typical agency, total compensation (producer and employee compensation plus benefits and taxes) ranges from 50 percent to 75 percent of total...
Apr 3 2006 // By serving your employees with the same retention principles that you use with clients, you can enhance the value and durability of your employee relationships and ensure a long-term relationship.In previous articles, Paul...
Apr 3 2006 // In previous articles, Paul Martin and I have shared key strategies for recruiting, hiring and training employees. While designed to be effective and efficient, the processes we outline, nevertheless, require significant...
Apr 3 2006 // Totally ready or just terrorism ready?Is the nation’s terrorism-centric focus hurting its efforts to plan for other disasters? Dr. James L. Valverde Jr., director of economics and risk management for the Insurance...
Apr 3 2006 // Compensation for an agency is always the largest expense category. For the typical agency, total compensation (producer and employee compensation plus benefits and taxes) ranges from 50 percent to 75 percent of total...
Apr 3 2006 // The savings varies by state and other factors but in 2005 the average risk in pilot states placed in the VCAP program saved $646 compared to what it would have been charged if placed in the residual market.Agent and...
Mar 31 2006 // Safeco, based in Seattle, is offering its workers compensation product on a stand-alone — or monoline — basis in 25 states. The move is designed to give small businesses more flexibility in acquiring coverage...
Mar 28 2006 // A proxy statement issued by Allstate Corp. has shown that Chief Executive Edward Liddy’s compensation was cut by 10 percent in 2005, to $11.1 million, the second straight decrease. The Proxy statement is filed with...
Mar 23 2006 // Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a workers’ compensation bill, SB 461, this week that would have lowered compensation settlements for workers injured on the job.The bill would have allowed a physician to...
Mar 17 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that Sacramento resident Wayne Allen Sorenson, 35, has been arrested on workers’ compensation insurance fraud charges after an investigation by the...
Mar 16 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC), announced that Kristin Wall, president and chief operating officer, was named by the company’s Board of Directors to replace Steve Cavanaugh as Chief...
Mar 15 2006 // Acordia, the insurance brokerage subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., has promoted Cameron Rudolph to managing director for its Arizona operations. Rudolph has been in the insurance industry for 14 years. He joined...
Mar 9 2006 // Utah insurers faced a busy and difficult year throughout the Utah 2006 legislative session, the American Insurance Association (AIA) said.“Insurers had to play a lot of defense this year,” said Steve Suchil,...