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3 Ways to Accomplish Diversity & Inclusion in the Hiring Process

Aug 16 2021 // How’s your diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) strategy these days? Non-existent, a paragraph in the employee handbook or a manifesto? More importantly, is it collecting dust or a living, breathing document...

Why Health Insurance & Workers’ Compensation Insurance Are Not True Insurance

Aug 16 2021 // Fully funded or level funded traditional health insurance provided by employers is not insurance except for people who buy their own insurance, i.e., the small business owner. To qualify as insurance, the insurance policy...

Blenheim Underwriting Launches Lloyd’s Managing Agency

Aug 10 2021 // Blenheim Underwriting Ltd. announced it has received final approval and the necessary permissions from UK regulators and Lloyd’s to act as a managing agency for Syndicate 5886.The effective date of transfer of...

While Aon and Willis Were Focused on Merger, Marsh Attracted Producer Talent

Aug 5 2021 // While Aon and Willis Towers Watson were trying for many months to land their merger, their competitors were able lure away some of their producer talent – capitalizing on the “distraction and uncertainty”...

Workers’ Compensation Research Study Shows No Treatment Delays Due to COVID

Aug 2 2021 // COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers’ compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other services provided to injured workers, a study released by the Workers’...

New Producer Hiring: The 3D Interview

Aug 2 2021 // Most people date for six to 12 months before they ever consider getting married.It’s how you get to know what someone is like. You get to know how they deal with traffic jams; do they stay cool and calm or become a...

Lessons from the Pandemic for Workers’ Compensation

Aug 2 2021 // The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us tough lessons. We have learned the strengths and limitations of globalization, our public health systems, and our ability to respond during a crisis.In the U.S. workers’...

UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) Expands to Republic of Ireland

Jul 30 2021 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has expanded its membership into the Republic of Ireland (ROI) following an initiative driven by Chief Executive Mike Keating.The move to enable MGAs,...

‘Talent War’ Forces Companies Across Globe to Pay Higher Salaries to Woo Workers

Jul 30 2021 // The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened a shortage of white-collar workers in many countries, forcing companies to pay higher salaries to woo talent, a top London-based recruiter said on Tuesday [July 27].Robert Walters –...

Workers’ Compensation Research Study Shows No Treatment Delays Due to COVID

Jul 26 2021 // COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers’ compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other services provided to injured workers, a study released by the Workers’...

Managing Through Disruption: The Importance of Risk Management for Supply Chains

Jul 26 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group.Over the last decade, we have witnessed many types of unpredictable disasters, including terrorist attacks, wars, earthquakes, economic crises,...

Judge: Florida Condo Collapse to Receive $150m in Initial Compensation

Jul 26 2021 // As the remaining rubble from the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront condominium was cleared away Wednesday, a Florida judge said victims and families who suffered losses will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation...

5 Questions Graduates Want to Know About Insurance Careers

Jul 19 2021 // I got my start in the insurance industry like so many of us, sans a specific insurance and risk management education but with a bachelor’s degree and a fortuitous connection. Next year marks 20 years since I...

Broker Ardonagh Opens Data and Risk Management Center in Ireland, Bringing 60 Jobs

Jul 13 2021 // The Ardonagh Group, a top 20 global insurance broker and the UK’s largest independent insurance broker, announced it will open the Ardonagh Global Data and Risk Management Centre this month, bringing 60 new highly...

Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Prison for Workers’ Compensation Fraud Scheme

Jul 9 2021 // A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to prison for a fraud scheme to evade payroll taxes and workers’ compensation requirements in the construction industry.U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced...

Five Ways to Position Workers’ Compensation in a COVID-19-impacted World

Jul 8 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group.With prevailing economic pressures widely expected to persist, more and more businesses will consider different ways to adapt, including the...

MGA Rokstone Launches US$18M Marine Cargo Facility, Hiring Lloyd’s Veteran Birchard

Jul 6 2021 // Rokstone, the London-based speciality re/insurance managing general agent (MGA), has launched a US$18 million global facultative general marine cargo facility.Backed by A-rated global carriers, the facility includes US$5...

QBE Re Opens Office in Colombia, Hiring Hofmann from Howden

Jun 30 2021 // QBE Re announced the opening of a new Colombian office and a key regional hire to support local reinsurance in Latin America.The new office will be located in Bogotá, Colombia, and will write life reinsurance business. It...

Foodservice Distributor Settles Claims of Discriminatory Hiring at Illinois Facility

Jun 30 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor said US Foods will pay $159,550 in back pay and interest to 114 female and Black job applicants as part of an to resolve alleged hiring discrimination found at its Bensenville, Ill.,...

Central London Could Lose as Many as 835,000 Jobs to Remote Working: Report

Jun 29 2021 // Central London could lose as many as 835,000 jobs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with employees in service industries increasingly able to work remotely and flexibly, according to research by a consulting...