More than 83 percent of injured workers report they are satisfied with the medical care they receive from Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system, according to Labor and Industry Secretary Stephen M. Schmerin, who cited results of a recent state survey. The …
High-tech charts and up-to-the-minute data meticulously track Hurricane Frances as employees run storm simulations that pop out specific damage estimates for certain zip codes. This office in Atlanta is not run by a federal disaster agency, it’s an extension of …
But Not Everyone Thinks Renewing the Federal Backstop is a Good Idea Regardless of whether George W. Bush is re-elected or John Kerry moves into the White House, the property/casualty insurance industry appears to have a good chance of getting …
It’s Not Just the Insurance Industry Using Credit Scores to Size-Up Customers Brenda Matthews thought she had a new job lined up at Johnson & Johnson headquarters in New Jersey. After applying online for a position as a patent specialist, …
Federal, State Efforts Credited with Reducing Drunken Driving Death Toll Drunken driving deaths fell in all but one of 13 states targeted by a campaign that includes money for ads and enforcement efforts to get drinkers off the road, according …
Nuts & Bolts: The Mattei Cos. is offering a new market for wholesale distributors. Targeted accounts include distributors of beer, wine, soft drinks, water, paper, grocery and auto parts. Coverage includes property, general liability, auto, inland marine, crime and umbrella. …
Nuts & Bolts: Venture Programs Inc. added a restaurant package through Alea North America Ins. Co. to its Venture Hospitality program. The restaurant package includes property, general liability, liquor liability, automobile, inland marine and crime. Restaurants insured through Venture Hospitality …
Nuts & Bolts: NIF Weather Risk Management, a division of NIF Group Inc. of Manhasset, N.Y., introduced a new series of financial weather products for companies and municipalities in all 50 states. The coverage is priced based on deviations from …
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff reminded fall-seeded barley, wheat and forage producers that they have until Sept. 30, 2004 to purchase crop insurance or modify existing choices for 2005. “Crop insurance has been a valuable risk-management tool for many producers …
Hurricane Isabel wasn’t all bad, apparently. Martha Jefferson Hospital is reporting record numbers of births for June and July, and Isabel can take the credit. “The math works,” said Ann Nickels, Martha Jefferson’s spokeswoman. Isabel slammed Virginia Sept. 18, 2003. …
