All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Feb 5 2006 // Last year was not a big year for raises in independent insurance agencies as salaries in many agencies across the county stayed right where they were in 2004. Producer commission rates stayed the same also.More than 1,000...
Feb 5 2006 // President/ Office Sales Accounting Personal Commercial Marketing Agency TotalP/C Premium Volume CEO Manager Manager Manager Lines Mgr. Lines Mgr. Manager Revenue 2005 Average Salary $93,468...
Feb 1 2006 // Aon Construction Services Group has appointed Cary White managing director. He will be responsible for producing and managing insurance accounts for both contractors and homebuilders, and be based in San Francisco. White...
Jan 30 2006 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) takes issue with the AP article that appeared on Insurance Journal’s Web site Jan. 30, for it shows once again the extent to which opponents of workers’ compensation...
Jan 30 2006 // Seventy-nine workers died on the job in Washington in 2005, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said. That’s down from 93 the year before. The most common cause of death was motor vehicle accidents,...