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Trust But Verify: New York Cyber Regs Mean Managing Third-Party Security

Sep 8 2017 // This year, the beginning of September marked a critical implementation deadline for some of the toughest new cybersecurity regulations in the country – the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) 23NYCRR...

New York’s BOLT Solutions Hires Temple as Managing Director

Sep 5 2017 // BOLT Solutions Inc., a New York-headquartered provider of an online distribution and customer support platform for the property and casualty insurance industry, has hired Tom Temple as managing director of business...

Zalewski Named Chair of California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board

Aug 29 2017 // California Gov. Jerry Brown has named Katherine Zalewski chair on the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. Zalewski served on the board since her appointment by Brown in 2014. Prior to her appointment, she...

West Virginia Miner Who Survived 2006 Sago Blast Dies on Job

Aug 28 2017 // A coal miner who died on the job in West Virginia was the brother of one of the 12 killed in the Sago Mine disaster of 2006.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that authorities identified the miner found dead Friday as...

Sioux Falls, S.D., Sees Drop in People Working Finance, Insurance Jobs

Aug 28 2017 // The finance industry has lost hundreds of workers in the past three years as health care and retail companies continue growing their workforce in the area.The Argus Leader reports that finance and insurance companies...

Allstate To Create 2,250 Jobs With North Carolina Expansion

Aug 21 2017 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to more than double its North Carolina workforce by expanding in the Charlotte area, creating 2,250 new jobs by 2020. Gov. Roy Cooper and leaders of the nation’s largest publicly-traded...

Tailor Your Talent Brand to Fit Today’s Candidates

Aug 21 2017 // Outdated, behind-the-times, old-fashioned and boring — all of these terms have been used to describe the insurance industry at one point in time. It’s clear that the industry has an image problem. But what...

Liotta Named Chairman of Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission

Aug 18 2017 // Gov. Mary Fallin has named Mark Liotta as chairman of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission.Liotta, a former state representative from Tulsa, succeeds Robert Gilliland, whose term on the commission expires...

$7M in BP Oil Spill Fines to Create 300 Conservation Jobs

Aug 11 2017 // About $7 million in BP oil spill penalties will create 300 conservation jobs in Gulf of Mexico states.Jeff DeQuattro of The Nature Conservancy said that employment will ramp up over three years: 10 people working in each...

Allstate To Create 2,250 Jobs With North Carolina Expansion

Aug 11 2017 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to more than double its North Carolina workforce by expanding in the Charlotte area, creating 2,250 new jobs by 2020. On Wednesday, Gov. Roy Cooper and leaders of the nation’s largest...

Future of Job-Based Health Insurance Seems Secure

Aug 7 2017 // Are employees worried about losing their health insurance from their employer? The ongoing political turmoil around “Obamacare” all but guarantees they’ll still be able to do that.Ask Walt Rowen, whose...

Several States See Drop in Opioid-Related Workers’ Compensation Claims: WCRI

Aug 4 2017 // As states institute opioid policies to address the opioid epidemic, a new study has found considerable decreases in the prevalence of longer-term dispensing of opioids to injured workers in a number of states studied.The...

How to Protect Older Workers from Injuries on the Job

Aug 2 2017 // When managers at Bon Secours Virginia Health System started analyzing worker’s compensation cases, they noticed a bad combination: Lifting heavy and sicker patients was taking a toll on older nurses.“We saw an...

Transgender Chinese Man Wins Groundbreaking Job Discrimination Lawsuit

Aug 1 2017 // A Chinese court has ruled that a transgender man was unjustly dismissed by a former employer, the plaintiff said Thursday [July 27], in the country’s first such discrimination lawsuit.The 29-year-old man, who...

Bass Pro to Pay $10.5M to Settle Hiring Discrimination, Retaliation Suit

Jul 26 2017 // Federal employment officials say Springfield, Mo.-based Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC, a national retailer of fishing, camping, and hunting equipment and apparel, has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle a hiring...

Wisconsin’s Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund

Jul 24 2017 // The Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (Fund) was created in 1975 to provide medical malpractice insurance for Wisconsin healthcare providers in excess of the provider’s primary limits of coverage. The...

4 Ways to Help New Producers Beat the Odds

Jul 24 2017 // To say that most new producers don’t hit the ground running is an understatement. Between learning about the specific products and coverages the firm offers, beginning to prospect leads, and acclimating to a new job,...

MarshBerry Adds Barber as Talent Acquisition Manager

Jul 19 2017 // Woodmere, Ohio-based MarshBerry has hired Bob Barber as a talent acquisition manager. His responsibilities include overseeing a team of direct reports to source and screen high quality sales professionals for the role of...

AXIS Capital to Launch Lloyd’s Managing Agency

Jul 14 2017 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced it will launch a Lloyd’s managing agent after receiving authorization from Lloyd’s, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct...

Connecticut Firefighter Fired After Workers’ Compensation Investigation

Jul 13 2017 // A Connecticut fire chief says a firefighter has been fired following an investigation into alleged workers’ compensation fraud.In a statement issued Tuesday, Hartford Fire Chief Reginald Freeman says the...