All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Apr 3 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the promotion of Richard DeVito as managing director and resident sales director in the Boston office.Richard DeVitoIn his new role, DeVito will...
Apr 3 2013 // Legislation that seeks to change the way injured workers’ claims are considered passed the Senate despite opponents who say it would reduce benefits and remove impartiality from the judgment process.The measure,...
Apr 2 2013 // Global specialty insurer Torus announced it has received approval from the UK Financial Services Authority and Lloyd’s to launch its own Lloyd’s managing agency, Torus Underwriting Management Limited –...
Mar 25 2013 // Insurance Journal‘s own Don Jergler recently tackled the controversy triggered when Yahoo ended its liberal work-at-home policy. The tech firm decided that employees who work in offices with others have more...