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Deaf Job Applicant in Oregon Wins $225K Settlement for Discrimination

Jun 10 2022 // A Portland, Oregon, software company and its staffing agency will each pay $112,500 to a deaf job applicant who said they refused to hire him because he requested a sign-language interpreter at a group job...

Workers Compensation Catastrophes: Past, Present, and Future

Jun 9 2022 // This content originally appeared on NCCI’s Insights page. It is used here with permission.Catastrophes in insurance are generally associated with large losses that occur in the property lines of business, such as...

New Hampshire Allows Exception to Workers’ Compensation ‘Coming and Going’ Rule

Jun 9 2022 // A worker who was injured in a car accident when he was traveling home from his job site in the middle, rather than the end, of the workday at the direction of his employer is entitled to workers’ compensation...

Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Midlands Management Corporation’s Wholesale Brokerage & Binding and Managing General Underwriting Divisions

Jun 6 2022 // Charleston, SC., June 06, 2022 – Johnson & Johnson will expand its footprint into Texas and Oklahoma by acquiring the assets of the Wholesale Brokerage & Binding and Managing General Underwriting units of...

7 Questions Job Seekers Ask About Remote Jobs

Jun 6 2022 // For a long time, the burden to prove the concept of work-from-home fell on the job seeker with much of the interview process spent on questioning whether this individual could be successful. Today, remote jobs are so...

People Moves: NFP Appoints Markel’s Horsman as Head of Canadian National Broking; Insurer Openly Expands Reinsurance Division, Hiring Landi From Everest Re

Jun 3 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker NFP and homeowners’ insurer, Openly.A summary of these new hires follows here. NFP Appoints Markel’s Horsman as Head of Canadian...

‘Pay-As-You-Go’ Workers’ Compensation MGA Hourly Raises $27 Million

Jun 2 2022 // Workers’ compensation insurtech Hourly has raised $27 million in a series A seed round.The platform lets employers with hourly workers run payroll, track time and attendance, and manage workers’ compensation...

Court Lets Connecticut Police Hiring Lawsuit Proceed

May 16 2022 // A former Bridgeport assistant police chief’s lawsuit claiming he was defrauded out of the police chief’s job can go forward, a state appeals court has ruled.James Nardozzi’s lawsuit stemmed from the...

Europe’s Top Court Rules Against Compensation for Banco Popular Investors

May 6 2022 // Europe’s top court said on Thursday that Banco Popular shareholders who took part in its capital increase in 2016 are not entitled to compensation for losses suffered after the Spanish bank was wound down and...

Help Wanted as New York City Implements Law Requiring Salary Ranges in Job Ads

May 2 2022 // Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City.Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for jobs...

What It Takes to Hire Insurance Talent in Today’s Job Market

May 2 2022 // Dear Mary,Your team is in the thick of recruiting every day, not only for our open roles but for positions across the nation. I’m curious what you are seeing with: Candidate willingness (or not) to move to a new...

People Moves: SBMP Names Brzozowski as Executive Director; Alera Group Promotes Brown to Managing Director

Apr 28 2022 // SBMP Hires Jim Brzozowski as Executive DirectorSBMP Insurance Group has hired Jim Brzozowski to serve as executive director. Brzozowski comes to SBMP with 16 years’ experience in the P&C industry. During that...

Two-Thirds of Employees Might Seek New Jobs if Forced Back to Office: Global Survey

Apr 26 2022 // Worker demands for more flexibility and security, bolstered by the pandemic and a tight labor market, are only growing more intense as the world economy reopens and some firms begin trying to pull employees back to...

Massachusetts Approves 3.5% Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease

Apr 26 2022 // The state’s insurance commissioner has approved an overall average decrease of 3.46% in workers’ compensation rates starting July 1, 2022 for Massachusetts businesses.Massachusetts businesses will save...

People Moves: EPIC Adds Ponter in Houston; Goosehead Promotes 10 Managing Directors

Apr 21 2022 // Kathleen Ponter Joins EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants in HoustonEPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has added Kathleen Ponter to its Houston Property & Casualty team as a producer. Ponter will utilize her...

Young Agents Remain Optimistic About Career Choice But Concerned About Economy

Apr 18 2022 // Editor’s Note: To view the complete results of the 2022 Young Agents Survey and corresponding charts download the full issue at: https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/Young agents are an optimistic bunch when it...

Pennsylvania Approves 6.25% Workers’ Compensation Cost Cut

Apr 7 2022 // Workers’ compensation costs for employers in Pennsylvania are going down for the sixth straight year.Acting Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys approved a loss-cost filing, including a 6.25% reduction in loss...

How Talent Chiefs Led Through the Pandemic

Apr 4 2022 // For insurance leaders tasked with managing their organization’s human capital, the COVID-19 pandemic presented myriad challenges around employee safety and wellness, and transformed their workplace responsibilities...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s PCI Compensation Consulting

Mar 25 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based PCI-Perrault Consulting Inc. (doing business as PCI Compensation Consulting).Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001,...

The National Alliance Launches NEW Self-Paced Courses: Intro to Commercial/Personal Lines, Flood, Ethics, Workers Compensation

Mar 24 2022 // Austin, TX., March 24, 2022 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has launched five self-paced insurance license renewal and introductory classes on the topics of Ethics, NFIP Flood Exposures,...