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Think Bold. Grow Your Human Capital: MarshBerry Commentary

May 3 2019 // Peter Drucker wrote in The Effective Executive, “An organization that just perpetuates today’s level of vision, excellence and accomplishments has lost the capacity to adapt. And since the one and only thing in...

North Carolina On-the-Job Deaths Rise to Highest Level Since 2008

May 1 2019 // Signs that more people are dying on the job has workers’ advocates demanding that North Carolina’s labor department do more to inspect and punish companies that imperil their workers. Members of the AFL-CIO...

Hartford InsurTech Hub Holds Demo Day, Completes Second Accelerator Program

Apr 30 2019 // Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, hosted its second Demo Day at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford, Conn., on April 26.The InsurTech Accelerator is the first component of Hartford InsurTech...

California Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau Issues Report on Opioids

Apr 24 2019 // The use of opioids has significantly and continuously declined in the California workers’ compensation system since 2012, a trend that may be leading to a shift in the patterns of medical treatments for...

Montana Passes Workers’ Compensation Law for Firefighters

Apr 22 2019 // Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has signed a bill to make it easier for firefighters to receive workers’ compensation for cancer and other occupational diseases.The bill signing ends a 20-year fight for...

Supreme Court to Weigh If U.S. Job Bias Law Protects Gay, Transgender Employees

Apr 22 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether federal law bars employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, accepting cases that could let the court’s new conservative majority...

New York Contractors Arrested in Workers’ Compensation Fraud Scheme

Apr 18 2019 // Two New York state contractors were arrested on charges they filed fraudulent applications for a roofing project in Amsterdam, N.Y., as part of a workers’ compensation fraud scheme.Jose A. Sanchez, owner of Sanchez...

New York City May Ban Pre-Hire Marijuana Tests for Many Job Applicants

Apr 15 2019 // Many job-seekers would no longer face tests for marijuana use under legislation that New York City is likely to enact, taking a novel step as lawmakers and employers around the U.S. grapple with workplace policies about...

London Continues to Lose Financial Sector Jobs Over Brexit

Apr 15 2019 // Job vacancies in London’s finance industry have halved in two years as uncertainty over Brexit knocks business confidence, a survey by recruiter Morgan McKinley has found.The number of jobs available in the...

5 Steps to Improving Producer Hiring Results

Apr 10 2019 // As an agency owner, the success of your business is directly tied to your hiring process.Each bad hire can easily cost $100,000 to $200,000. However, good producers can add $1 million of annual revenue (which nets most...

AIG CEO Duperreault Was Paid $20.9 Million in 2018, Half of 2017 Compensation

Apr 3 2019 // Insurer American International Group Inc. said on Tuesday it paid Chief Executive Officer Brian Duperreault $20.9 million in 2018 while also outlining a series of reforms to its pay practices in the face of shareholder...

Insurance Industry Facing Competitive Labor Market

Apr 1 2019 // Like other industries today, the property/casualty insurance industry is facing a highly competitive job market as it strives to fill positions needed to grow.The unemployment rate for the insurance industry is 1.7...

Agencies Looking for New Talent Have Their Work Cut Out for Them

Apr 1 2019 // Newsflash to insurance agency owners seeking to onboard new employees: Expect to have to pay more, offer more and train more.Those trying to hire probably know that already. “What we’re seeing in particular in...

In Their Own Words: Why Producers Change Jobs

Apr 1 2019 // Q: We have a zillion newbies and plenty 50-plus year old veteran producers. I’ve tried the out-of-industry route. Frankly, my agency isn’t good at training. I want experienced, ‘hit the ground...

California Workers’ Compensation Institute Elects 2019 Board

Mar 22 2019 // Rose Barrett of the Berkshire Hathaway Group was reelected as the chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board of directors for 2019.Barrett, who has served on the CWCI board since 2014 and has been...

Thinking Past the Obvious: Former CEO of XL Group McGavick Looks Back

Mar 21 2019 // The former chief executive officer of XL Group, Mike McGavick, admits that frequently during his career he has taken on leadership roles that some of his contemporaries considered too hot to handle—such as the...

Facing Bias Claims, Facebook Will Revamp Its Platform for Housing, Jobs, Credit Ads

Mar 20 2019 // Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and “harmful” practices, the company and U.S. civil rights groups said on...

Brexit Makes It Harder for Fintech, Financial Services Firms to Recruit Top Talent: Report

Mar 19 2019 // Leaving the European Union is making it harder for fintech firms in Britain to recruit top talent, a report said on Tuesday, threatening to slam the brakes on a 7 billion pound ($9 billion)growth sector just as EU states...

CBS Settles $1.25M Investor Lawsuit over ‘Improper’ Redstone Compensation

Mar 18 2019 // CBS Corp. directors agreed to settle for $1.25 million investors’ claims that network owner Sumner Redstone received millions of dollars in improper compensation after he became incapacitated in 2014.The money...

The 5-Step Evidence Based Hiring System

Mar 18 2019 // As an agency owner, the success of your business is directly tied to your hiring process.Each bad hire can easily cost $100,000 to $200,000. However, good producers can add $1 million of annual revenue (which nets most...