All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 15 2002 // The impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11th on the property/casualty insurance industry can hardly be overstated—the largest catastrophe loss ever; an unprecedented convergence of coverages, creating a...
Apr 4 2002 // EQECAT Inc. has been awarded a contract to develop the earthquake loss costs for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) of California. The loss costs are to be incorporated into their rate filing...
Apr 3 2002 // The average medical payment per workers’ compensation claim in California has been increasing significantly in recent years mainly as a result of more visits to non-hospital providers and rising hospital costs,...
Mar 11 2002 // Back in the early years of insurance, some great sage recognized that insurance should not apply to damages for the intentional conduct of the insured. Thus, murderers cannot buy murderer’s liability insurance and...
Mar 11 2002 // Back in the early years of insurance, some great sage recognized that insurance should not apply to damages for the intentional conduct of the insured. Thus, murderers cannot buy murderer’s liability insurance and...
Feb 25 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Regency Pacific Insurance Services has available a workers’ compensation program. Appointment as a broker.Dollars: Various minimum premiums. Carrier: Everest National. Admitted. Rated “A+...
Jan 24 2002 // Workers’ compensation, one of the insurance lines most acutely affected by the terrorism of 2001 and by the continued absence of government backstop insurance for terrorism events, is fast becoming a high-priced...
Jan 7 2002 // No sooner had Special Master Kenneth Feinberg announced the rules governing payments by the Victims’ Compensation Fund, established by the federal government to compensate the survivors and the families of victims of...
Jan 3 2002 // California-based InSure Vision Technologies (IVT) has announced the availability of SurePath 3.0, its flagship product for processing and managing both paper-based and electronic surety bonds.Pam Stocks, InSure Vision...
Nov 12 2001 // Eating papaya and drinking coffee, we relaxed on the terrace in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Waikiki Beach. It was hard to believe we were getting ready to listen to straight talk about some of the most disastrous...
Nov 5 2001 // Prudential U.K. confirmed reports which first appeared last week that it has reached an agreement to sell its general insurance business to Switzerland’s Winterthur, the insurance arm of Credit Suisse/First Boston,...
Oct 3 2001 // Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group announced the appointment of Stuart Lerwick as Managing Director with particular focus on the management information area. Lerwick, a UC Berkeley graduate, who previously served as...
Oct 1 2001 // The Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency technology, will hold its 16th Annual Education Conference, designed for principals, owners and system managers, on Oct. 24-27 at...
Sep 30 2001 // In addition to the previously announced layoffs of 1,200 employees, Citigroup Inc. announced it would let go another 3,000 workers this year due to the economic downturn, according to Reuters. The world’s largest...
Sep 17 2001 // When asked to list the major strengths of their agency, most owners usually include the agency’s quality of service to the client. In the typical agency, the customer service representative is the foundation of good...
Sep 3 2001 // In addition to the previously announced layoffs of 1,200 employees, Citigroup Inc. announced it would let go another 3,000 workers this year due to the economic downturn, according to Reuters. The world’s largest...
Aug 29 2001 // On Aug. 24, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Colorado Commission on Taxation, urging the group to consider a proposal that would provide insurers with a credit against premium taxes for...
Aug 27 2001 // In addition to the previously announced layoffs of 1,200 employees, Citigroup Inc. announced it will let go another 3,000 workers this year due to the economic downturn, according to Reuters. The world’s largest bank...
Aug 20 2001 // Houston-based U.S. District Judge David Hittner issued a ruling Aug. 8 conferring class action status on a lawsuit involving claims of overcharging for workers’ compensation coverage by Reliance National Indemnity...
Aug 16 2001 // In addition to the previously announced layoffs of 1,200 employees, Citigroup Inc. announced it will let go another 3,000 workers this year due to the economic downturn, according to Reuters.The world’s largest bank...