All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2012 // Indiana’s high court has ruled that the state’s fund established to cover excess damages in medical malpractice cases may not dispute the existence or cause of a plaintiff’s injury in a case in which the...
Nov 13 2012 // The troubled workers’ compensation line of business got a break in 2011 as employment and payrolls stabilized and overall net premiums written increased by 10 percent, according to an A.M. Best report.However, A.M....
Nov 12 2012 // Britain’s government needs to limit compensation paid to customers mis-sold loan insurance, John Cridland, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, wrote in the Times on Monday.The head of...
Nov 7 2012 // Economists say a wildfire that burned 346 homes and scorched 28 square miles in the Colorado Springs area over the summer could provide an economic boost over the next five years. Insurance claims for the contents and...
Nov 5 2012 // Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed the wife of a high-ranking state official to the Board of Workers’ Compensation.Deal released an executive order Friday naming Elizabeth Gobeil to replace former GOP state Rep....
Nov 5 2012 // BrickStreet Insurance is still the dominant workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia, despite competition from more than 200 other companies.The Legislature created BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been...
Oct 29 2012 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he will approve a 6.1 percent rate increase to become effective January 1, 2013 for workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida.The decision was based the...
Oct 24 2012 // A monthly reading of U.S. private sector employment has been revamped to put it more in line with the closely watched government nonfarm payrolls report.Automatic Data Processing said on Wednesday it had made the changes...
Oct 24 2012 // Barclays PLC has set aside another 700 million pounds ($1.1 billion) to compensate customers who bought payment protection insurance which they didn’t need. The bank’s announcement raised its total provision...
Oct 18 2012 // Express Scripts, a nationwide prescription manager of more than a billion prescriptions each year, has created a new program to help workers’ compensation payers save money on medications.The new product is based on...
Oct 16 2012 // Oklahoma State Rep. Joe Dorman wants to find out what insurance options could be made available for career technology students in Oklahoma.In announcement released by the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Dorman, D-Rush...
Oct 12 2012 // An appellate court is urging the Florida Legislature to reconsider a state law that makes injured employees pay employers’ legal costs if they lose good faith workers’ compensation appeals. A three-judge panel...
Oct 8 2012 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is looking for new members for its board of directors.The terms of six of the 11 directors are ending in December. The board oversees the operation of North...
Oct 8 2012 // As high unemployment persists and the global economic recovery remains halting and uneven, the “resume tsunami” seems to have subsided to a “resume riptide.”According to Deloitte’s latest...
Oct 2 2012 // BrickStreet Insurance is still the dominant workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia, despite competition from more than 200 other companies.The Legislature created BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been...
Sep 27 2012 // A South Carolina court has found that an erotic dancer who suffered a gunshot wound while performing is not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits since she didn’t meet the definition of being an employee...
Sep 26 2012 // By David Connolly President iQ ConsultingAn excerpt from an interview with a successful agency owner DC: Historically, what has consistently been the biggest challenge you face as an agency owner?Owner: “In our...
Sep 24 2012 // Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 Best Agencies to Work For.The winners demonstrate that while salary and other tangible benefits are obviously important to employees, the intangibles may be more important. These...
Sep 20 2012 // Leader of a South Texas city have approved a $700,000 settlement for female police applicants who failed a physical ability test. The Corpus Christi City Council accepted terms of a federal consent decree. The Justice...
Sep 19 2012 // North Carolina-based insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group Inc. said it has partnered with two insurance industry executives, Terry Younghanz and Richard Parks, to form a new managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on...