All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) filed a suit against State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund), California’s workers’ comp insurer of last resort, in...
Apr 19 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Insurex Inc. and Frontier General announce the release of a new workers’ compensation product in California with ACE Casualty Risk, a division of ACE USA. The new product launched is called ACE...
Apr 16 2004 // ACE US International, a unit of ACE USA-the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies- is offering coverage for Defense Base Act (DBA) workers’ compensation exposures for prime contractors...
Apr 15 2004 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger blamed attorneys for the “two or three sticking points” that loom over negotiations on a workers’ compensation insurance reform bill.“Every time we get language, the trial...
Apr 15 2004 // The following is a statement issued by Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC).“The Association of California Insurance Companies commends the Legislature and Governor...
Apr 13 2004 // ADP Employer Services, a provider of integrated outsourced payroll and human resources services, has released its seventh annual Hiring Index, a yearly evaluation of hiring trends and issues.Compared to last year’s...
Apr 12 2004 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) could be heading toward insolvency, according to a new report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.Recent legislative initiatives in the state threaten...
Apr 7 2004 // Charles “Sandy” Blunt has accepted an offer to become the new executive director/CEO of North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance, the group announced. Blunt expects to be on the job no later than May...
Apr 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: InsureVianet introduced a new Internet-based small business workers’ compensation insurance program for agencies in Indiana and Michigan. This technology allows agents and brokers to enter...
Apr 1 2004 // The former head of the Maryland’s workers’ compensation fund has been offered the job to run North Dakota’s insurance program. Thomas Cleary was offered the position to become the new executive...
Mar 30 2004 // Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Chris Perry, a former star on the Buffalo Destroyers arena football team, has been arrested in California on grand theft charges.Perry, who began collecting New...
Mar 30 2004 // Texas truck drivers recorded the largest number of occupational incidents during 2002, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.The BLS (www.stats.bls.gov/)...
Mar 22 2004 // For larger risks, a self-insurance plan might be the right fitAs premiums for workers’ compensation rise, employers across the United States are looking for alternative ways to cover their risks. Some employers have...
Mar 22 2004 // A key factor to the success of an agency is the way producers are compensated. If the compensation is too high, the agency will lose money. If the compensation is too low, then the agency will lose the producer. The...
Mar 22 2004 // Rising healthcare costs are recognized as a key problem in the workers’ compensation industry. Medical costs once constituted 30 percent of the total workers’ comp claims expenses; today, however, they...
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts and Bolts: Integrated Programs Insurance Services (IPIS) announced it now has available a workers’ compensation program for auto related risks such as new car dealers, auto accessory stores, auto repair shops,...
Mar 22 2004 // Applicant attorneys, labor and industrial physicians are attempting to divert attention from the real cost drivers in California’s workers’ compensation system. Despite overwhelming evidence from the Insurance...
Mar 19 2004 // The company that is taking over the information services technology division at National Life Insurance Co. in Montpelier has begun telling employees who will keep their jobs and who will be let go.Of the 90 information...
Mar 8 2004 // The number of independent insurance agencies with revenue greater than $250,000 dwindled to 20,066 in 2000, from 35,000 in 1990. By 2010, the number of agencies will decline to less than 12,000. While some portion of...
Feb 16 2004 // The U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) announced the appointment of Bob Bullivant as the new managing director of the Society of Financial Advisers (SOFA) – the CII’s financial services arm...