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Atlas Management Appoints Leighton Group Managing Director

Mar 7 2006 // Atlas Insurance Management, an independent insurance management and consulting company, announced from its headquarters in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, the appointment of Nicholas Leighton as Group Managing Director for the...

Calif. commissioner issues new workers’ compensation regulations

Mar 6 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced new workers’ compensation regulations that will require all insurers in the state to submit certification forms that verify that claims adjusters and...

Putnam Appointed VP of Calif.’s State Compensation Insurance Fund

Mar 3 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has appointed John E. Putnam to vice president and member of its Executive Committee. Putnam, 52, of Fresno, brings a quarter century of workers’ compensation...

Colo. Supreme Court Decides Negligent Hiring Case

Mar 3 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has joined other industry members in an amicus brief to Colorado’s Supreme Court arguing that an employer is not liable under the tort of negligent...

Calif. Commissioner Issues New Workers’ Compensation Regulations

Feb 22 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced new workers’ compensation regulations that will require all insurers to submit certification forms that verify that claims adjusters and medical bill...

Growing Your Property Casualty Agency

Feb 20 2006 // Hiring a relative can be a terrific or a terrible move. Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy working with your relatives, day after day. Personal and professional problems frequently arise. Regardless, for years,...

Off-the-job worker injuries outpacing safety gains

Feb 20 2006 // Contrary to popular belief, today’s workers are safer on the job than they are at home or in their communities. According to the National Safety Council, recent gains in lowering workplace death rates, which are down...

AIG affirms ban against contingency compensation

Feb 20 2006 // Producers should no longer expect contingent commissions from American International Group, according to the settlement with New York Attorney General Spitzer and what the company says is its own global policy...

Calif. Workers’ Compensation

Feb 19 2006 // Reduced rates and renewed competition in Calif.California workers’ compensation insurance rates are taking a turn for the better. Thanks to reform legislation, employers should have more access to reasonable rates....

AIG affirms ban against contingency compensation; N.Y. insurance chief Mills disagrees with Spitzer

Feb 19 2006 // Producers should no longer expect contingent commissions from American International Group, according to the settlement with New York Attorney General Spitzer and what the company says is its own global policy...

Growing Your Property Casualty Agency

Feb 19 2006 // Hiring a relative as an agency producerHiring a relative can be a terrific or a terrible move. Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy working with your relatives, day after day. Personal and professional problems...

Fireman’s Fund to Bring Nearly 200 Jobs to St. Louis Area

Feb 17 2006 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is in the process of adding 190 new jobs, including 145 new claims professional positions, to its existing operations in Earth City, near St. Louis. As part of the company’s...

Acordia Names Van Ness Managing Director for Central, Northern Calif.

Feb 16 2006 // Acordia, the insurance brokerage subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., has named Greg Van Ness managing director for all of its insurance brokerage operations in Northern and Central California, including the San Francisco...

Calif. Man Arrested on Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Feb 13 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced the arrest of Alejandro Ruiz Lopez, 26, on felony charges of workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation revealed that Lopez allegedly falsified a...

Travelers Introduces Indian Tribal Workers’ Compensation Product

Feb 9 2006 // St. Paul Travelers has introduced a Tribal Workers’ Compensation product for Indian tribes and their enterprises. This product is specifically designed for federally-recognized Indian tribes that have a tribal...

NCCI Official Predicts Higher Costs for S.C. Workers’ Compensation

Feb 8 2006 // South Carolina’s workers’ compensation costs promise to be much larger than the 12.7 percent suggested by Martin Simmons, the Consumer Advocate’s actuarial witness and according to Peter M. Burton, NCCI...

Off-the-Job Worker Injuries Outpacing Safety Gains, National Council Says

Feb 8 2006 // Contrary to popular belief, today’s workers are safer on the job than they are at home or in their communities. According to the National Safety Council, recent gains in lowering workplace death rates, which are down...

Best Affirms FSR for New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corp.

Feb 6 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa” to Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) (New Zealand). The outlook for both...

WASH. REPORTS 79 WORKERS DIED ON THE JOB

Feb 6 2006 // Seventy-nine workers died on the job in Washington in 2005, down from 93 in 2004, and 112 fatal workplace injuries in 1998, the state Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) reported. According to L&I, the most...

Managing Your Agency

Feb 5 2006 // For smaller companies, such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical tool to facilitate cost-effective growth and stimulate productivity.Outsourcing often receives a bad...