All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 11 2012 // As the fourth anniversary of a deadly Metrolink crash approaches, many survivors of the incident in Southern California say a federal liability cap has left them inadequately compensated.Just a year after a judge rationed...
Sep 10 2012 // A federal appeals court has revived an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit against United Airlines Inc., and said U.S. law generally requires employers to reassign disabled workers to vacant jobs for which they...
Sep 10 2012 // Slowing economic growth across much of Asia has failed to crimp expansion plans by the region’s insurance companies, even as the rest of the financial industry slashes jobs.While banks and brokerages cut costs and...
Sep 10 2012 // Demotech’s review of second quarter 2012 data, as reported by insurers to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, shows that industry workers’ compensation direct written premiums continued to...
Sep 10 2012 // Florida workers’ compensation insurers are seeking a statewide average 6.1 percent rate hike. If approved, the filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) would mark the third consecutive...
Sep 9 2012 // Sentry Insurance, based in Stevens Point, Wis., says it’s cutting 27 office jobs in central Wisconsin and 144 home-based agents across 10 states as it restructures its strategy for selling personal line policies....
Sep 7 2012 // The insurance division of Royal Bank of Scotland says it plans to cut nearly 900 jobs as it prepares for a stock market flotation.The European Commission has set a deadline of 2014 for RBS to dispose of Direct Line Group...
Aug 31 2012 // The state Assembly approved a series of changes to California’s workers’ compensation system Friday, voting on a 170-page bill that arose in the final days of the legislative session.The changes were sought by...
Aug 28 2012 // Michigan’s regulators say the state’s workers’ compensation premium rates are dropping for the second year in a row.Michigan Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Steven H....
Aug 24 2012 // Florida employers may see their workers’ compensation rates increase as the National Council on Compensation Insurance announced it is seeking a statewide average 6.1 percent rate hike on behalf of insurers.If...
Aug 22 2012 // North Carolina state agencies do a poor job communicating with each other to identify employers who are possibly breaking the law because they don’t have workers’ compensation insurance or fail to pay...
Aug 21 2012 // Louisiana’s private sector employment grew 2.6 percent from July 2011 to July 2012, adding 39,500 jobs. July was the 23rd straight month with over-the-year private sector job growth in Louisiana.Louisiana’s...
Aug 21 2012 // Despite a 30 percent increase in Oregon’s workforce, the state’s workers’ compensation claims are down sharply since the system was overhauled two decades ago. Workers’ Compensation Division...
Aug 16 2012 // Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. announced the planned opening of two new Midwest service centers, located in New Albany, Ohio, and Coralville, Iowa.The Coralville location is contingent on the approval of...
Aug 13 2012 // Florida Governor Rick Scott has reappointed seven judges on the state’s court that handles workers’ compensation claims.Judge W. James Condry II, 54, of Orlando, has been a judge of Compensation Claims for the...
Aug 9 2012 // The Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission announced this month that Stephen Morelli has joined the group as its newest commissioner.Stephen MorelliThe commission has 16 commissioners in total, one of whom...
Aug 8 2012 // Insurance producers who assist group health insurance customers with coverage in Arkansas may collect a compensation fee from clients to make up for reduced commissions from health insurance companies, state regulators...
Aug 8 2012 // Insurance industry hiring appears to be steady with 54.5 percent of companies saying they intend to increase staff and 77.4 percent expect to grow revenue.If the industry follows through on its plans, there will be a one...
Aug 6 2012 // The federal government will temporarily take control of parts of Hawaii’s authority to regulate workplace safety.In response to federal concern over staff reductions in the Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health...
Aug 1 2012 // Just months after Florida lawmakers enacted a new law designed to target the role of check cashing companies in the construction industry, state officials announced a string of arrests netting more than $140 million in...