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Property Owner Sued for Negligence in Hiring of Worker With Criminal Record

Apr 24 2024 // April Hurley’s attacker entered her apartment after identifying himself as the building maintenance man — a job he should never have obtained, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that accuses the property owner and...

Iowa Governor Signs Measure to Increase Compensation for Boy Scouts Abuse Victims

Apr 22 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa men who were victims of child sexual molestation while they were in the Boy Scouts of America could get higher legal compensation under a measure lawmakers approved and the governor signed...

North Carolina Adjuster and Son Charged With Embezzlement in Roof Jobs

Apr 18 2024 // A North Carolina mother and son adjusting and contracting team are scheduled to appear in court next month on charges of scamming more than $20,600. Both have been charged with similar offenses in the last two years, the...

Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Job Discrimination

Apr 18 2024 // The US Supreme Court made it easier for employees to sue over discriminatory job transfers, siding with a St. Louis police officer who says she was shifted to a different role against her will because she is female.The...

5 Strategies for Managing Carrier & Client Relationships in a Hard Market

Apr 15 2024 // As hard-market conditions continue to drive rate increases, independent agents face two challenges: explaining policy changes to their clients while continuing to nurture relationships with their carrier...

What’s So Great About a Career in an Insurance Agency?

Apr 15 2024 // What’s so great about a career in an insurance agency?Lots, actually. Like opportunity, flexibility, training, challenges, good pay, helping others, and job security. What’s more, it’s an opportunity...

St. Louis Residents Seek Compensation for Illnesses Tied to Nuclear Contamination

Apr 8 2024 // Karen Nickel has been dealing with lupus and other illnesses for years, illnesses she blames on childhood exposure to a suburban St. Louis creek where Cold War-era nuclear waste was dumped decades ago. It’s time, she...

Private Credit Is Top Choice for Insurers Managing $13 Trillion

Apr 5 2024 // For the first time, a fixed-income sector — private credit — topped the list of favored assets in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s annual survey of global insurance companies.Of the 359 executives polled, 53%...

People Moves: AXA XL Promotes Cole to Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Marine; DUAL’s Specialist Motor MGA KGM Names Astin as Managing Director

Mar 27 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL and DUAL’s specialist motor MGA KGM.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Cole to Global Chief Underwriting Officer for...

Acrisure Creates New England Region With Plunkett as Managing Partner

Mar 27 2024 // Acrisure announced the formation of its New England region, encompassing its businesses in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Acrisure’s New England presence includes 27...

UK Stands to Lose 8 Million Jobs From AI, Analysis Warns

Mar 27 2024 // As many as 8 million UK workers are at risk of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence with current government policy, the Institute for Public Policy Research warned.AI already impacts 11% of tasks done by UK staff,...

Maine Approves 19% Drop in Workers’ Compensation Costs Starting in April

Mar 26 2024 // Newly-installed Maine Insurance Superintendent Robert Carey announced approval of an average workers’ compensation insurance loss cost decrease of 19%. The new loss costs go into effect for new and renewing policies...

People Moves: BMS Hires Howden’s Spraggs, Austwick and Woolcott for FinPro Division; Newline Opens Sydney Office, Hiring Beswick as Head of Professional Indemnity

Mar 25 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker BMS Group and the re/insurer Newline Group.A summary of these new hires follows there. BMS Hires Howden’s Spraggs, Austwick and Woolcott...

Compensation Trends Reshaping Client Service Salaries Within Insurance Agencies

Mar 18 2024 // After numerous requests for insurance industry compensation information, our team at Capstone started to track and analyze compensation data derived from our recruiting activities. Our most recent report came out in...

Massachusetts Couple Charged With $627K in Workers’ Compensation Fraud and More

Mar 15 2024 // A Hopkinton, Massachusetts couple has been arrested and charged in connection with separate schemes to defraud their workers’ compensation insurance carriers, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and their...

People Moves: Arch Reinsurance Promotes 3 Senior Leaders: Halgan, Hardy Pickering and Pun; DUAL France Taps Déal From Everest as Managing Director

Mar 13 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Reinsurance and DUAL France.A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Reinsurance Promotes 3 Senior Leaders: Halgan, Hardy Pickering and PunArch...

New York Inspector General Reports on 2 Workers’ Compensation Fraud Cases

Mar 11 2024 // New York State Inspector General Lucy announced a sentencing and a guilty plea in two separate workers’ compensation fraud cases.Lang announced the sentencing of Brian Simpson, 55, of Monroe County, who defrauded the...

That Insurance Talent Crisis? It’s a Global Knowledge Opportunity

Mar 4 2024 // Over the next 15 years, 50% of the current insurance workforce will retire. It’s a jarring number. This leaves more than 400,000 open positions unfilled, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. At the same time,...

Job Cuts, Fleeing Investors: How Anti-DEI Lawsuits Take a Toll on Targets

Mar 1 2024 // Elizabeth Gore is fighting for survival.Just six months ago, the founder of financial technology startup Hello Alice was getting ready to close an investment round to grow its business offering grants and networking...

Boston Property Manager Sued For Revoking Job Offer for Woman With Breast Cancer

Feb 28 2024 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing a Boston property management firm for allegedly violating federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a new hire with a disability and...