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What to Know About the Senior Care Market

Dec 13 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Sexual Orientation Job Bias Case

Dec 12 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a chance to decide whether the main federal job-bias law bars discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.The nation’s highest court on Monday rejected an appeal by Jameka...

Illinois Sees Growth in Medical Payments per Workers’ Compensation Claim

Dec 8 2017 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Illinois grew 3.1 percent per year on average from 2012 through 2015, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).In all,...

As China’s Financial Sector Opens, Acute Talent Shortage Could Hinder Growth

Dec 6 2017 // In the last two years, more than 30 global asset managers have been awarded licenses to set up wholly-owned units in China as they sought a share of the country’s $1.5 trillion private fund management market.Yet only...

Chief Risk Officers’ Average Salary Tops $190,000: RIMS

Dec 5 2017 // Risk professionals at all levels in the United States saw an average 3.5 percent base salary increase this year, while the average base salary for a chief risk officer in the United States reached $190,800, according to...

Randall & Quilter Sells R&Q Managing Agency to U.S. MedMal Insurer Coverys

Dec 1 2017 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced it has completed the sale of its Lloyd’s managing agency, R&Q Managing Agency Ltd. (RQMA), to Coverys, a provider of medical professional liability...

Victim Compensation for Emotional Suffering: How Much Is Right?

Dec 1 2017 // If a company sends one of its workers to a crime-ridden neighborhood to repair a leaking roof and the worker is held up by gunpoint, has his wallet stolen and is so terrified that he can’t return to work, how much...

Mining Jobs to Focus on Community Relations as Robots and Sensors Take Over

Nov 30 2017 // Some mines in the next decade will run without humans and instead rely on robots, virtual models and sensors, according to Anglo American Plc.Anglo is betting on technology, such as computerized drills with...

Workers’ Compensation Still Under Pressure from Drug Repackagers, Compounding Pharmacies

Nov 27 2017 // Though the number of physician dispensed prescriptions has declined considerably from just a few years ago, the workers’ compensation industry continues to battle a market seeking to maintain high prices by changing...

The Senior Care Market Still Going Strong

Nov 20 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...

When Hiring Seek the Help of a Bad Cop

Nov 20 2017 // I checked my email first thing this morning and got a resignation letter from someone on my team; a relatively new hire. She couldn’t put up with the ambiguity of working for a small entrepreneurial business.Having...

Pharmacy Cost in Workers’ Compensation Continues to Fall: CompPharma Survey

Nov 15 2017 // Workers’ compensation payers saw an average 11 percent reduction in their pharmacy spend in 2016, driven by a 13.3 percent reduction in opioid cost, according to an annual survey by pharmacy benefit manager...

Kansas Assistant Insurance Commissioner Forms Campaign to Run for Top Job

Nov 14 2017 // The Kansas insurance commissioner’s chief deputy is interested in running for the top job himself next year.Assistant Insurance Commissioner Clark Shultz appointed a treasurer last month for a campaign for the...

Judge Sanctions Kansas Pizza Restaurant for Gender Discrimination in Job Offerings

Nov 14 2017 // Two teenagers whose firing from a Kansas pizza restaurant prompted a national discussion on pay inequality should receive back pay and the corporation that owned the restaurant must implement policies to ensure it follows...

Louisiana Golf Tournament Raises over $35K for Children of Workers Killed or Disabled on the Job

Nov 7 2017 // The fourteenth annual LWCC Kids’ Chance invitational golf tournament raised over $35,000 for the Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF) Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program.The Kids’ Chance Scholarship Program...

Can Cyber Open the Door to Attracting Talent?

Nov 6 2017 // No longer a long-range concern on the distant horizon, the talent crunch within the insurance industry is here. Despite years of warnings and research, insurance organizations face a perfect storm of labor market...

Brown Joins NFP as Managing Director for Central Texas

Nov 3 2017 // Insurance broker and consultant, NFP Corp., has hired Kevin Brown as a managing director in its Austin, Texas, office. He will lead NFP’s retail sales and distribution operation, serving the Central Texas market, and...

October Commercial Insurance Renewal Rates Up Except Workers’ Compensation: IVANS Index

Nov 3 2017 // In October, premium renewal rates were up for the majority of standard commercial lines products, with workers’ compensation remaining the major line where rates did not go up, according to IVANS Index that tracks...

UK Could Lose 75,000 Insurance, Banking Jobs as a Result of Brexit: Regulator

Nov 1 2017 // Sam Woods, Britain’s top banking regulator, said a consultancy’s estimate that Brexit could cause as many as 75,000 job losses in banking and insurance is “plausible” if the U.K. leaves the European...

Singapore Looks to Create Thousands of Finance, Insurance Jobs

Oct 31 2017 // Singapore wants to bolster its status as a wealth management and foreign-exchange center as part of plans to create more financial-sector jobs and mitigate the effect of rapid changes in technology.In a plan unveiled...