All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 24 2005 // A Kentucky company that supplies temporary workers for underground coal mines has pleaded guilty in Letcher Circuit Court to a felony count of insurance fraud.Boone Mountain Services Inc., of Jackhorn, Ky. was charged with...
Aug 24 2005 // North Carolina legislators have taken final action on a limited package of workers’ compensation reforms (H. 99), assigning the more contentious and costly issues to an interim legislative study committee, according...
Aug 23 2005 // New results released this week by Salary.com in its Small Business Basic Medical Coverage Survey show that nearly 90 percent of small businesses are paying more to provide basic medical insurance to their employees in 2005...
Aug 22 2005 // Our compensation system is under attack, independent agents put about $2 billion in their pockets due to profit sharing and it is under attack, there is no doubt about it,” Bill Stiglitz, Independent Insurance Agents...
Aug 18 2005 // The long working hours culture drives up the risk of workplace injury and illness, reveals a study by occupational medicine researchers, who also conclude that the risk has nothing to do with how hazardous the job is.After...
Aug 8 2005 // How W. Dale Finke Was Selected a Matter of ControversyDale Finke doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. When Missouri’s Republican Gov. Matt Blunt nominated Finke to be the state’s insurance director...
Aug 8 2005 // Interviewed by Kevin B. O’ReillyDale Finke doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. When Missouri’s Republican Gov. Matt Blunt nominated Finke to be the state’s insurance director back in February,...
Jul 31 2005 // The insurers for the company building the Hunters Brooke development in Charles County, Maryland have filed a lawsuit against the security firm that employed one of the men who allegedly set fire to the subdivision last...
Jul 28 2005 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company, based in Richmond, Va., reported that for the second quarter, total revenues were $162.0 million, compared with $147.8 million a year ago, an increase of 9.7 percent.Commissions and fees...
Jul 27 2005 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a bulletin reminding insurance producers that the state’s Producer Licensing Model Act (PLMA) was amended by Section 9 of Act 1697 of 2005, to create more transparency for...
Jul 22 2005 // Employees are facing a double whammy when it comes to health care costs: Many companies are likely to ask workers to pay more for their insurance while rising health care costs means companies may dole out lower...
Jul 18 2005 // Larger insurance agencies today are more likely than not to employ a director of risk management, a claim specialist and a loss control specialist, according to Business Management Group Inc.’s 2005-2006 Non-Producer...
Jul 18 2005 // Larger insurance agencies today are more likely than not to employ a director of risk management, a claim specialist and a loss control specialist, according to a recent study.Business Management Group Inc.’s...
Jul 18 2005 // Larger insurance agencies today are more likely than not to employ a director of risk management, a claim specialist and a loss control specialist, according to a recent study.Business Management Group Inc.’s...
Jul 14 2005 // The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Wisconsin state agencies have launched an alliance aimed at preventing workplace hazards statewide, according to a statement from the...
Jul 14 2005 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission is preparing for Jan. 1, 2006, when it will be responsible for the state workers’ compensation system, as the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission ceases to...
Jul 9 2005 // Rising costs of construction materials and more expensive workers’ compensation insurance are causing roofing contractors to use more uninsured workers according to Department of Financial Services Office of...
Jul 4 2005 // Steve Way Has Built Giant HCC Holdings Via Acquisitions and He’s Not Done YetManaging general agents and program administrators have an admirer with deep pockets in Steven Way. Getting some of that money might be one...
Jul 4 2005 // Reynolds sworn in as president, McCain wins Drex Foreman Award.Among the many highlights of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 108th IIAT Conference and Trade Show, held June 16 and 17 in Austin, were the...
Jul 4 2005 // The cries for meaningful workers’ compensation reforms have reverberated in the halls of the capitol buildings in Austin and Oklahoma City for many years. Session after session the respective legislatures tinkered...