All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jul 30 2001 // As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) explores how to remedy workplace ergonomics hazards, it should not transgress statutes prohibiting federal government interference with the state-based...
Jul 20 2001 // San Diego, Calif.-based Insurance Training Academy (ITA) officially opened its doors in January 2001, to provide industry-specific educational training as a service to busy insurance agencies and companies needing skilled...
Jul 19 2001 // Seattle-based SAFECO is taking a number of steps to cut losses and bring growth back to the company which has been in business since 1923.“The expenses we currently have were not a formula for success,” SAFECO...
Jun 11 2001 // Not surprisingly, compensation continues to be the single largest agency expense. The average independent agency in the U.S. spent between 62.2 percent and 66.3 percent on compensation in 2000, according to The Middleton...
Jun 4 2001 // Not surprisingly, compensation continues to be the single largest agency expense. The average independent agency in the U.S. spent between 62.2 percent and 66.3 percent on compensation in 2000, according to The Middleton...