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Hair Joins Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund

Jun 14 2005 // Dan Hair joined Workers Compensation Fund as senior vice president, safety and underwriting. Hair began his insurance career with the State Compensation Insurance Fund of California in 1976, and he recently ended a 25-year...

Compensation Study Shows More Agencies Hiring Risk Managers

Jun 13 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...

Choate Named Wachovia Corp. Managing Director, SVP

Jun 13 2005 // Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachovia Insurance Services has announced that William M. Choate has joined the firm as managing director and senior vice president of Wachovia Corporation. Choate joins Wachovia Insurance Services...

Acordia Names Eldredge Managing Director, Colo. Operations

Jun 10 2005 // Acordia Inc., a Wells Fargo Company, has announced that Chris Eldredge has accepted the position of managing director, where he will oversee operations in Colorado. Eldredge brings more than 14 years of experience in...

28 Suspects Arrested in Fla. Sweep of Workers’ Compensation Cheats

Jun 10 2005 // A three-day statewide sweep has resulted in 28 arrests of suspects arrested for violations of Florida workers’ compensation laws according to Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO. The sweep is the latest move in a campaign to...

Critics Emphasize Jobs at Conn. Hearing into MetLife-Travelers Merger

Jun 9 2005 // Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez criticized MetLife’s planned acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity, calling for major changes in the company’s proposal to preserve jobs and mitigate the economic impact on...

Aon Risk Services Appoints Heffernan to Managing Director, San Jose, Calif.

Jun 8 2005 // Aon Risk Services Inc. announced that Michael Heffernan has been named managing director of the San Jose office. Heffernan, a recognized leader within the construction insurance market, was formerly co-national director of...

IIAT’s 108th Conference & Trade Show Set for June 16-17 in Austin

Jun 6 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will hold its 108th Conference & Trade Show on Thursday and Friday, June 16-17, 2005, at the downtown Austin Hilton. IIAT said the state’s premier gathering of...

Pharmaceutical Reviews Target Workers’ Compensation Drug Costs

Jun 3 2005 // With prescription drug costs in workers’ compensation mounting at an annual rate of 13 percent, Professional Reviews Inc., a physician peer review company based in Atlanta, has launched Physician Pharmaceutical...

Aon’s Construction Services Group Appoints Heffernan to Managing Director, San Jose Office

Jun 1 2005 // Aon Risk Services Inc. today announced that Michael Heffernan has been named managing director of the San Jose office. Heffernan, a recognized leader within the construction insurance market, was formerly co-national...

CONN. VOWS JOB DEVELOPMENT:

May 23 2005 // Vowing to boost the state’s status as insurance capital of the world, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is creating a special office within her Department of Economic and Community Development dedicated to retaining,...

Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs

May 23 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...

Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs

May 23 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...

Alaska Workers’ Compensation Bill Goes into Overtime

May 23 2005 // An Alaska committee of House and Senate members was unable to hammer out a compromise plan to revise workers’ compensation laws, leaving work on the bill to be completed during a special session scheduled to take...

Conn. Passes AIA-Supported Producer Compensation Legislation

May 12 2005 // The Connecticut Senate has approved legislation (HB 6806), supported by the American Insurance Association (AIA), dealing with producer compensation issues. Some of the provisions in the legislation were instructive in...

Alaska Workers’ Compensation Bill Goes into Overtime

May 12 2005 // An Alaska committee of House and Senate members was unable to hammer out a compromise plan to revise workers’ compensation laws, leaving work on the bill to be completed during a special session scheduled to take...

Main Street America Group Plans Career Fair; Charity Golf, Fun Run

May 10 2005 // Property and casualty industry career opportunities will be described and applicants introduced to opportunities at The Main Street America Group in Jacksonville, Fla. during a May 17 and 18 career fair held from 3 p.m. to...

METLIFE AGREES TO JOBS PLAN:

May 9 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell and MetLife Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert H. Benmosche announced an agreement to keep 1,310 jobs in Hartford following the acquisition by MetLife of Travelers Life &...

Mixed Signals on Compensation and Conflicts of Interest

May 9 2005 // RIMS Annual MeetingThe risk management community and some of the world’s largest insurance brokers sent mixed signals on the future of contingent commissions for insurance brokers and other potential areas of...

On the Issue of Agent/Broker Compensation & Contingencies

May 9 2005 // The PIA Western Alliance has always supported vigorous insurance oversight and penalties should be imposed when agents or brokers break the law. As an association we regularly school our members to make sure their...