All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 21 2005 // The IBA West “Guide to Compensation Disclosure,” includes: discussion of possible components of compensation disclosure; sample introductory clauses; sample commission disclosure clauses; sample contingent...
Nov 21 2005 // Montana’s state-run insurance program for workers injured on the job before July 1990 needs a $14 million infusion or it could run out of money in 10 years, leaving the state responsible for up to twice as much in...
Nov 15 2005 // A new proprietary web-based application that incorporates structured interviews into the workers’ compensation claims process has been introduced by Crawford & Company of Atlanta.Crawford Claims Advantage...
Nov 10 2005 // A leading provider of property and casualty insurance to businesses and individuals is coming to Baltimore, Gov. Robert Ehrlich announced. The Chubb Corporation, based in Warren, N.J., expects to open a commercial...
Nov 9 2005 // Aon has appointed Gary Vitalone resident managing director of Aon Risk Services Washington.In this role Vitalone will be responsible for brokerage services of property & casualty insurance, and risk management...
Nov 7 2005 // An impending employment crisis threatens independent insurance agencies and will become disastrous by 2010 unless employers act now, Lisa Harrington, Florida Association of Insurance Agents vice president of Education,...
Nov 7 2005 // This is the first in a series of articles offering “best practices” for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at: www.iiat.org, under Agency Management.The lifeblood of the...
Nov 6 2005 // An impending employment crisis threatens independent insurance agents and will become disastrous by 2010 unless employers act now, Lisa Harrington, Florida Association of Insurance Agents vice president of Education, told...
Nov 6 2005 // This is the first in a series of articles offering “best practices” for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at: www.iiat.org, under Agency Management.The lifeblood of the...
Nov 2 2005 // Willis Group Holdings Limited, the global insurance broker, reported results for the quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2005.Net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2005 was $49 million, or $0.30 per diluted share,...
Oct 31 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled a Workers’ Compensation Health Care Network Workshop for Dec. 6, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.The workshop will take place at TDI headquarters, 333 Guadalupe...
Oct 26 2005 // In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, an online study of approximately 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by the research group Ipsos Public Affairs shows that while nearly all respondents approve of the job being done by charities...
Oct 25 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced Tuesday that Richard Custer Jr., was sentenced Oct. 12 on one felony charge of making a false statement to the Workers’ Compensation Commission.Custer,...
Oct 24 2005 // Attorney General Charlie Crist has advised Floridians to use extra caution when hiring workers to help clean up the damage caused by Hurricane Wilma. In particular, Crist warned those who are victims of water damage and...
Oct 21 2005 // Lloyd’s CEO Nick Prettejohn, in what may be his last major address as Lloyd’s CEO (See IJ Web site Oct. 17 and 18), told those assembled for the ACORD Forum in London that underwriting discipline continues to...
Oct 20 2005 // Aon announced the appointment of Richard (Rick) DeCoster as resident managing director of Aon Risk Services of Georgia. As resident managing director, DeCoster is responsible for brokerage services of property/casualty...
Oct 18 2005 // The Florida Insurance Council, (FIC) is warning regulators against steep, politically-motivated cuts in workers’ compensation insurance rates.FIC said the reforms resulting from the massive workers’ comp bill...
Oct 17 2005 // The managing co-owner in The Leavitt Group’s Albuquerque office has been dismissed for reported misrepresentations made in proposals to 20 current or former clients over a six-year period. The misrepresentations were...
Oct 17 2005 // The lifeblood of the independent insurance agency system is sales. You are the distribution system for insurance carriers and your long-term success is rooted in your ability to produce business. As a result, you probably...
Oct 17 2005 // Man Fined For Workers’ Comp Fraud A San Diego County Superior Court judge has sentenced Kevin Vint, 50, of Del Mar, Calif., to three years formal probation for conspiracy to commit workers’ compensation...