All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 23 2004 // Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. of Atlanta has announced the appointment of Robert “Robbie” C. Smith as a managing director. Smith will focus on acquisition opportunities and talent recuritment. Smith spent the...
Nov 22 2004 // Insurance companies played the largest role in compensating people and businesses hurt by the Sept. 11 attacks, paying slightly more than half of the $38.1 billion in benefits, according to a recent study.The results raise...
Nov 17 2004 // BeOptiMystic.Biz, a recruiting and executive search firm, announced it is open for business with offices in Dallas, Texas, and New York, N.Y.The executive, producer and customer service recruiting and placement firm opened...
Nov 16 2004 // Peoria, Ill.-based specialty insurer RLI Corp. said it has received a subpoena from the Illinois Division of Insurance in connection with industry-wide investigations into producer compensation agreements. Company...
Nov 16 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Greg Serio, speaking on behalf of the nation’s state insurance commissioners, will tell a Senate subcommittee today that state regulators play a critical role in guaranteeing a...
Nov 16 2004 // The nation’s largest independent insurance agency group will go before a Senate subcommittee in Washington today to attempt to put some distance between large insurance brokers facing allegations of illegal...
Nov 16 2004 // In testimony today before a Senate subcommittee, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America President and CEO Ernie Csiszar urged public policy makers to give careful consideration to efforts that make insurance...
Nov 11 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) issued the statement below in response to the lawsuit filed by the California Applicant Attorneys Association (CAAA) challenging the regulations regarding Medical Provider Networks...
Nov 11 2004 // Austin, Texas-based National Alliance Research Academy announced the publication of the third edition of their producer compensation study titled, Producer Profile: Compensation, Production, and Responsibilities. This...
Nov 10 2004 // In a letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioner President, Diane Koken, who also serves as the commissioner of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers...
Nov 10 2004 // Compensation issues that have been raised in the wake of the recent actions by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer were discussed recently by Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, Len Brevik, executive vice...
Nov 9 2004 // Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks — both individuals killed or seriously injured and individuals and businesses impacted by the strikes — have received at least $38.1 billion in compensation, with...
Nov 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Appleby & Sterling Inc. is now offering workers’ comp insurance.Dollars: Minimum premium of $3,000, 36 classifications. Carrier: Rated “B++” VIII, admitted.States...
Nov 8 2004 // According to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), notable features of Arizona’s workers’ compensation system included a lifetime entitlement to medical and indemnity...
Oct 25 2004 // Workers’ compensation writers in New Hampshire want an average 2.5 percent hike for voluntary market advisory loss costs and a 12.7 percent average increase in residual market premiums, according to the most recent...
Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Workforce Safety and Insurance announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ compensation policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership...
Oct 25 2004 // You work hard, yet you’re frustrated. Why is your client still suffering from employee injury problems and escalating workers’ compensation insurance cost regardless of your efforts?So, is the solution to do...
Oct 25 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Appleby & Sterling Inc. is now offering workers’ comp insurance.Dollars: Minimum premium of $3,000, 36 classifications. Carrier: Rated “B++” VIII, admitted.States Available:...
Oct 22 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) recently released its annual revision of Advisory 2000-1, which announces the amounts to be paid to injured workers under the state’s workers’...
Oct 19 2004 // After going after a number of big property/casualty and life insurers, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer appears to have UnumProvident Corporation on his radar screen too.UnumProvident Corporation (NYSE: UNM) today...