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Tennessee Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Bill

May 9 2013 // Tennessee’s workers’ compensation system is going to undergo its most significant changes in decades including the creation of a new administrative court system to handle workers’ compensation...

Oklahoma Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Overhaul

May 8 2013 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on May 6 signed a measure to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system, one that was backed by Republican lawmakers, the state’s top insurance regulator and insurance...

Insurer Plans 1,000 More Jobs in Lansing, Michigan

May 2 2013 // Buoyed by a year of record profits, a Michigan insurance company said it is planning a $100 million expansion that could lead to the addition of more than 1,000 jobs at its headquarters.Lansing-based Jackson National Life...

Florida Approves Cap on Physician-Dispensed Drugs for Workers’ Compensation

May 2 2013 // After years of struggling to rein in the cost of physician-dispensed drugs, Florida workers’ compensation insurers finally reached a compromise with physicians and drug companies that is projected to reduce costs by...

Boston Tragedy Is Latest Challenge for Victim Compensation Chief Feinberg

Apr 29 2013 // His work has immersed him in events that read like a roster of recent catastrophes, from 9/11 to the Gulf oil spill. Now, Kenneth Feinberg is adding the Boston Marathon bombings to that list.The Massachusetts native and...

Report: 32 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2012

Apr 28 2013 // Labor and worker rights activists are honoring 32 workers who died on the job last year.The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health released a report on April 25...

What Young Agents Say About Their Career Choice

Apr 23 2013 // The road to becoming a successful independent insurance agent is not always easy. The economy and often volatile property/casualty insurance market cycle are just two of the potholes agents must maneuver. Young agents in...

Delaware Workers’ Compensation Panel Meets

Apr 22 2013 // A state panel looking at soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is considering a two-year freeze on inflation-based fee increases for medical providers.The proposal is one of several the panel was to consider at...

Recruiting Next Generation of Insurance Professionals

Apr 22 2013 // All successful organizations have visionary leaders. Dr. Edwin S. Overman, CPCU, was a leader in the insurance business and an advocate for insurance education. He served as president of The Institutes from 1966 to 1987,...

Reworked Workers’ Compensation Formula Lowers Premiums

Apr 22 2013 // A reworking of a key piece of the workers’ compensation rating formula isn’t changing rates overall but is changing premiums for most insureds, according to experts.Tony DiDonato, director and senior actuary at...

UK Insurer Aviva to Cut 2,000 Jobs Worldwide

Apr 18 2013 // British insurer Aviva Plc will cut as many as 2,000 jobs worldwide in the latest cost-cutting drive aimed at revitalizing its flagging fortunes, the company confirmed on Thursday.Chief Executive Mark Wilson told staff the...

Boston Marathon Bomb Victims May Turn to BAA Insurance, Central Fund for Compensation

Apr 17 2013 // Victims of the Boston Marathon bombings will eventually win some kind of compensation, but it is far too early to know how much money there will be, whether private donors or insurers will provide most of it, and how long...

Delaware Workers Compensation Panel Continues Work

Apr 15 2013 // A state panel looking at soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is considering whether injured workers should be paid total disability benefits for 90 days even if they can perform light duty in the workplace. The...

Agency Gives $75K Boost to Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers Nonprofit

Apr 11 2013 // The nonprofit Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers received $75,860 from the employees of insurance agency BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Co. along with Jim and Kathy Pender, Marc Brynes and The Oswald Companies.DVIC is a...

Florida Workers’ Compensation Ruling Could Cost $65 Million, Says NCCI

Apr 11 2013 // A Florida court’s ruling that the state’s 104-week limit on injured workers’ temporary benefits is unconstitutional could increase costs by $65 million, says the workers’ compensation...

Washington Weighs Compensation for Wrongful Convictions

Apr 9 2013 // Alan Northrop anxiously waits outside a Senate committee hearing, his girlfriend rubbing his shoulders and whispering words of support as he prepares to sign in to testify about nearly two decades of freedom lost.“Oh...

Citigroup Seeks Compensation from Nasdaq for Facebook IPO: Report

Apr 9 2013 // Citigroup has filed a claim with Nasdaq OMX Group to potentially receive compensation for losses associated with Facebook Inc.’s glitch-ridden market debut last May, according to two people with knowledge of the...

New Workers’ Compensation Formula Lowers Premiums for Most Employers

Apr 9 2013 // A reworking of a key piece of the workers’ compensation rating formula isn’t changing rates overall but is changing premiums for most insureds, according to experts.Tony DiDonato, director and senior actuary at...

The Right Career Choice for the Next Generation

Apr 8 2013 // The road to becoming a successful independent insurance agent is not always easy. The economy and often volatile property/casualty insurance market cycle are just two of the potholes agents must maneuver. Young agents in...

The Next Generation

Apr 8 2013 // Workers 45 and over account for 48 percent of the insurance industry’s workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics This means nearly half of the workforce will be retired or on the verge of retirement in...