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How to Keep Workplace Friendships from Jeopardizing Your Job
Oct 20 2009 // When it comes to workplace relationships, the general advice is to keep your distance. After all, friendships can be tested by a number of different issues in the workplace. But the people we see every day at work often...
Employers Plan Big Changes for Benefit Plans for Next Year
Oct 19 2009 // As employees flip through their open enrollment packets, they may notice substantial changes to their medical plan for 2010, from increases in employee contributions to a new wellness program. According to the 2009...
Commercial Buyers Remain Winners In Current Insurance Market
Oct 19 2009 // Insurance markets are in a relative state of calm and commercial insurance buyers are benefitting from generally stable pricing, global insurance broker Lockton says in a new report. In its overview, Lockton reports that...
Employers Plan Big Changes for Employee Medical Plans for Next Year
Oct 7 2009 // As employees flip through their open enrollment packets, they may notice substantial changes to their medical plan for 2010, from increases in employee contributions to a new wellness program. According to the 2009...
How the Great Recession is Changing the American Workplace
Oct 5 2009 // Going to work may never be the same again: the Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last years, if not longer. The work force is graying as college graduates can’t find...
Public Employers in Ohio May See Lower Comp Premiums
Oct 5 2009 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, workers’ compensation premiums for Ohio’s Public Employer Taxing Districts (PECs) will drop by an average of 17 percent. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of...
Small Business to Congress: Fix Health Insurance Now!
Oct 2 2009 // Whether they’re young or old, entrepreneurs always have a hunger to come up with the next big idea, or to do something better than anyone else. That’s the spirit that lives in each and every small business...
Commercial Buyers Remain Winners In Current Insurance Market
Oct 1 2009 // Insurance markets are in a relative state of calm and commercial insurance buyers are benefitting from generally stable pricing, global insurance broker Lockton says in a new report. In its overview, Lockton reports that...
Willis Commercial Network to Streamline Renewals Process
Oct 1 2009 // Willis Group Holdings has announced that its Willis Commercial Network (WCN), in partnership with local independent brokers in the UK, will launch an initiative in conjunction with its insurer partners to eliminate...
PGI Commercial Expands Hospitality Program to Illinois
Sep 29 2009 // PGI Commercial, headquartered in New Jersey, has introduced a hospitality insurance program in Illinois on an admitted basis. Coverage is provided by member companies of American Safety Insurance Group, which carry an...
Kentucky Employers Mutual Lowers Workers’ Compensation Rates 6%
Sep 25 2009 // Kentucky’s largest workers’ compensation insurance provider says it is lowering its rates for businesses around the state for the fourth consecutive year. The rate reduction by Kentucky Employers’ Mutual...
Aon Consulting Canada Appoints Coll Chief Commercial Officer
Sep 24 2009 // Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corp;, announced that Douglas A. Coll, has joined Aon Consulting Canada in the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer, focused on revenue...
Continental Risk Offers New Small Business Product
Sep 22 2009 // Continental Risk based in Lodi, Calif., is now offering a new business owners policy for small businesses that includes additional coverages outside of the typical property/casualty package. The program’s features...
Wyoming Workplace Deaths Tied to ‘Ornery’ Culture
Sep 21 2009 // A federal official who’s been studying Wyoming’s high rate of workplace fatalities said the state needs to foster an environment where workers regard following safety procedures as proof of their...
Florida’s Newly-Formed Ascendant to Rescue First Commercial Policies
Sep 21 2009 // The new company will use independent agents and brokers for sales. Florida officials announced that a new Miami-based insurance company will pick up the insurance for about 15,000 of the policyholders now with First...
Florida’s Newly-Formed Ascendant to Rescue First Commercial Policies
Sep 21 2009 // The new company will use independent agents and brokers for sales. Florida officials announced that a new Miami-based insurance company will pick up the insurance for about 15,000 of the policyholders now with First...
Employers Must Keep Company Picnics and Team-Building Activities Voluntary
Sep 21 2009 // When Fun ‘n Games at Work Take a Bad Turn Phyllis Young and her co-worker and friend, Sarah Bales, won the hula-hoop contest and the balloon toss, making them the favorites to also win the three-legged sack...
Whelan Joins Hartford as VP of Commercial, Financial Risks
Sep 17 2009 // Stephen Whelan has been named vice president of commercial and financial risks for the The Hartford Financial Services Group’s Hartford Financial Products (HFP) division. Whelan will report to Michael Dandini, who...
Roach Howard Smith & Barton Adds Daves in Commercial Division
Sep 16 2009 // Independent insurance brokerage firm and Assurex Global partner, Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), has added sales executive Brand Daves to the Commercial Insurance division of its Fort Worth office. Daves joins...
North Carolina Updates Professional Employer Organization Requirements
Sep 15 2009 // North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has signed into law stronger financial requirements for Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) operating in the state. The Professional Employer Organization Act (SB 1029), which...
