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MetLife Study: Almost One-Quarter of Workers Changed Jobs Last Year

Jan 30 2006 // With nearly one-quarter (22 percent) of all employees changing jobs over the past 18 months — and 74 percent of businesses expecting competition for talent to escalate over the next 18 months...

EPI Study Says Premium Jumps Mean Job Loss for Low-Skilled Employees

Jan 24 2006 // A study released Tuesday by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) reveals that as the cost of insurance premiums rise, pressure on businesses to keep labor costs in check results in job loss and involuntary part-time...

W.Va. claimant pleads guilty of workers’ compensation fraud

Jan 23 2006 // Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has been sentenced to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Villers was sentenced Dec. 16 in the Circuit Court of...

Workers’ compensation reform tops PCI’s legislative agenda in S.C.

Jan 23 2006 // Comprehensive reform of South Carolina’s workers’ compensation system, including repeal of the Second Injury Fund are top legislative priorities of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America during...

“Lighting Up” Could Mean Looking for Another Job

Jan 20 2006 // The trend to institute smoking bans in public buildings, restaurants and other areas may be taking a giant leap right forward right into the work arena.Scotts Miracle Grow has announced to its employees that after a grace...

Swiss Re Plans GE Job Cuts

Jan 20 2006 // While Swiss Re and General Electric are working to close the sale of GE Insurance Solutions, it seems that less GE employees will be working at all when the deal is completed. Swiss Re indicated on Wednesday, Jan. 18, that...

Higginbotham & Associates Adds New Managing Directors

Jan 18 2006 // Independent insurance agency Higginbotham & Associates, based in Fort Worth, Texas, added brokers John Huggins and Mark Vann to its managing director team to recognize their individual sales production of $1 million...

Study: 7% of American Workers Drink on the Job

Jan 13 2006 // Just over seven percent of American workers drink during with workday, mostly at lunch, and even more, nine percent, have nursed a hangover in the workplace, according to a study.Young, single men are tied most often to...

N.D. Employers to Receive $46M in Workers’ Compensation Premiums

Jan 13 2006 // For the 2005-06 premium year, North Dakota employers are reportedly enjoying the benefits of an estimated $46 million in premium dividend credits from Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI), the state’s...

S.C. Gov. Sanford, PCI, Emphasize Workers’ Compensation Reform

Jan 13 2006 // The effort to implement comprehensive reform of the South Carolina workers’ compensation system took important steps forward this week as legislation was filed in the House and Senate and Gov. Mark Sanford expressed...

Carr Named Managing Principal of Integro’s Atlanta Office

Jan 11 2006 // Integro has announced Andrew Carr has been appointed managing principal, client development for the company’s Atlanta office. Carr has more than 25 years experience in property and casualty brokerage, including 15...

W.Va. Workers’ Compensation Claimant Sentenced to Six Months for Fraud

Jan 11 2006 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, has announced that Jason C. Davenport pleaded guilty last month to one misdemeanor offense of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation benefits, and has been...

Integro Hires Managing Principals for Property Practice

Jan 9 2006 // Integro in New York has appointed Gregory DiPrato and Valerie Schmalzried as managing principals for the company’s Property Practice. DiPrato has more than 26 years of property brokerage experience, most recently...

Workers’ Compensation Reform Tops PCI’s 2006 Legislative Agenda in S.C.

Jan 4 2006 // Comprehensive reform of the South Carolina workers’ compensation system, including the repeal of the Second Injury Fund are the top legislative priorities of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...

In recruiting, qualify before you sell

Jan 2 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the third 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...

Four claim types common at Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Jan 2 2006 // Premium fraud, working without workers’ compensation coverage, fraudulent certification and claimant fraud are common types of fraud encountered by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Vincent Mazzara,...

AUTO DEALERS COMPENSATION OF CALIF. RETURNS $9.6 MILLION

Jan 2 2006 // The trustee board of the Auto Dealers Compensation of California Inc. has announced an equity distribution of approximately $9.6 million to its auto dealership members. AD-COMP is a private workers’ compensation...

Four claim types common at Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Jan 1 2006 // Premium fraud, working without workers’ compensation coverage, fraudulent certification and claimant fraud are common types of fraud encountered by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Vincent Mazzara,...

In recruiting, qualify before you sell

Jan 1 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the third 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...

In recruiting, qualify before you sell

Jan 1 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the third 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...