All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Oct 12 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced one employer, Brett A. Starr was indicted last month by a Kanawha County Grand Jury on the felony offense of Workers’ Compensation Fraud. At the same...
Oct 11 2005 // Even though the National Council on Compensation Insurance has doubled to 7.2 percent its suggested rate reduction in Florida, Allan Schwartz, an actuary hired by Steve Burgess, an Insurance Consumer advocate says the...
Oct 5 2005 // The world’s second largest insurance broker reported on Wednesday that it will eliminate some 750 jobs at its British operations as part of a company-wide cost-cutting effort, according to Reuters. Aon Corp. reported...
Oct 4 2005 // The Leavitt Group acknowledged this week that the managing co-owner in its Albuquerque office was dismissed on Sept. 23 for reported misrepresentations made in proposals to 20 current or former clients over a six-year...
Sep 9 2005 // PMSI-Tmesys, a workers’ compensation services provider in Tampa, Fla. has introduced a web portal reporting service that provides instant, self-service reporting capabilities to its clients.Using the PMSI-Tmesys Web...
Sep 7 2005 // Assured Guaranty Corp., a subsidiary of Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced that Assured Guaranty (UK) Ltd., its European unit, has appointed Marc Bajer as managing director and head of its European business. He will be...
Sep 6 2005 // A study by the state of Oregon finds that Nevada’s workers’ compensation system is a selling point for attracting businesses to locate in Nevada.Premium-related rates have increased in Nevada only once in the...
Sep 5 2005 // An ongoing investigation into investment mismanagement claims within the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Bureau has led to the charge of Republican Gov. Bob Taft with violating state ethics laws by failing to report gifts...
Sep 5 2005 // An ongoing investigation into investment mismanagement claims within the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Bureau have led to the charge of Republican Gov. Bob Taft with violating state ethics laws by failing to report...
Sep 5 2005 // Believe it or not, every four-year graduate doesn’t want to jump from academics into insurance sales. Usually the student has to be sold on our industry.Is it wiser to grow by hiring a veteran agent or is it better...
Sep 5 2005 // Is it wiser to grow by hiring a veteran agent or is it better to hire someone without any insurance sales experience? Agency executives constantly debate this important issue. Big dollars are at risk. So which opinion is...
Aug 30 2005 // On Sept. 1, 2005, the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission is abolished and the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) begins at the Texas Department of Insurance. This transition is the result of House Bill...
Aug 29 2005 // “Transforming the Landscape of Workers Compensation”When: October 17-19, 2005 Where: Town Center Southfield, Michigan Instructor: Maureen Gallagher LIC, CIC, CWCP, CRM, CWCA, RPLU, CILMA Cost: $1500 For more...
Aug 26 2005 // Stone Oak Underwriters, LLC of San Antonio, TX announces they are now accepting submissions from Independent Agents for Public Entities in Texas and Alabama with this new wholesale agency created by Tom Ramsbacher,...
Aug 24 2005 // Five Florida physicians received the 2005 Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation, an honor granted to physicians who demonstrate excellence in treating injured employees.Former Secretary of Health and Human...