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Small Business Units Deliver Bread n’ Butter for Peak Performing Agencies
Sep 5 2005 // In the movie “City Slickers,” Billy Crystal’s character is taught he must understand “one thing” that will make his life complete. Along the way he meets a grey-haired cowboy who appears to...
ARIZ. RULING MAY THREATEN WORKPLACE SAFETY:
Sep 5 2005 // The Arizona Supreme Court has invalidated what the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America believes was a valuable law designed to help provide drug and alcohol-free working environments, according to PCI...
More Than Half of Minn. Employers Offer Med Benefits
Aug 30 2005 // More than half of Minnesota employers offer paid medical insurance to full-time employees, according to the 2005 Minnesota Employee Benefits Survey. About 53 percent of firms offer paid medical insurance, while just 12...
Four Pa. Employers Charged in Workers’ Comp Scam
Aug 26 2005 // Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor & Industry’s (L&I) Bureau of Workers’ Compensation compliance unit announced the prosecution of four employers for reportedly failing to maintain...
AIA Calls 98 Percent Increase in Second Injury Fund a ‘Tax’ on S.C. Employers
Aug 24 2005 // The South Carolina Second Injury Fund for workers’ compensation has approved a record-breaking 98 percent annual increase in the Fund’s 2005 assessment charged to employers, another indication that repeal of...
General Casualty Expands Commercial Offerings, Welcomes Larger Properties
Aug 24 2005 // General Casualty Insurance Companies recently introduced enhanced commercial coverages and capacity and became a market for additional manufacturing lines of business. The Sun Prairie, Wisconsin-based property and casualty...
Salary.com: Small Businesses Change Pay Practices to Meet Healthcare Costs
Aug 23 2005 // New results released this week by Salary.com in its Small Business Basic Medical Coverage Survey show that nearly 90 percent of small businesses are paying more to provide basic medical insurance to their employees in 2005...
PCI Says Ariz. Court Ruling Threatens Workplace Safety
Aug 18 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is disappointed that the state Supreme Court in David C. Grammatica v. Arizona Industrial Commission has invalidated what PCI believed was a valuable law designed to...
Working Overtime Increases Risk of Workplace Injuries More Than Job Hazard, U.S. Study Finds
Aug 18 2005 // The long working hours culture drives up the risk of workplace injury and illness, reveals a study by occupational medicine researchers, who also conclude that the risk has nothing to do with how hazardous the job...
W. Va. WCC Files Suit Against Pair of Employers for Account Defaults
Aug 18 2005 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against two state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default. Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
Accident Rates in Okla. Public Sector Workplace Hit Historic Low
Aug 16 2005 // Oklahoma public sector workplace accident rates are the lowest in state history, according to Commissioner of Labor Brenda Reneau. Gov. Brad Henry, reacting to the news, said the data demonstrates “the...
Research and Markets Notes Competitor Profiles of Top UK Commercial General Insurers
Aug 16 2005 // Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c22564) has announced the addition of Competitor Profiles of the Top UK Commercial General Insurers to their offering This report will profile in depth the top...
PCI Says Court Ruling Threatens Workplace Safety
Aug 11 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is disappointed that the state Supreme Court has invalided what PCI believed was a valuable law designed to help provide drug and alcohol-free working environments in...
Okla. Employers May See Lower Workers’ Comp Costs
Aug 1 2005 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland expects workers’ compensation insurance costs for policyholders with licensed insurance companies to decrease because of benefit changes produced by a special session bill...
Fla. Officials Put Wraps on Workers’ Comp Sweeps; 100 SWOs Written to State Employers
Jul 29 2005 // Investigators from Florida’s Department of Financial Services Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the results of a recent two-day sweep of construction sites in the state. Officials said 848 site visits...
Banks Relaxing Both Commercial and Retail Credit Underwriting
Jul 29 2005 // The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported today that it has found significant easing in both commercial and retail credit underwriting standards over the past year. The OCC’s eleventh annual Survey...
LAAIA Topic: How to Place Commercial Property Insurance in Dade County
Jul 28 2005 // Three well-known South Florida commercial property insurance placement experts will provide insight into how to write this insurance in Miami-Dade County, Fla. and how to avoid becoming confused with county rules and...
TDI Announces Small Business Health Insurance Fairs
Jul 25 2005 // In an effort to help small business owners get the latest information on health insurance options, the Texas Department of Insurance is sponsoring health insurance fairs in seven cities across the state. Health insurance...
Missouri Employers Mutual Joins Trusted Choice
Jul 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America announced that Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance (MEM), based in Columbia, Mo., has joined a growing number of leading carriers that are participating in the...
CIAB: Commercial P/C Market Softens More in Second Quarter
Jul 20 2005 // The commercial property/casualty market continued to soften during the second quarter of 2005, with commercial insurance brokers reporting that insurers are aggressively competing for new business and fighting hard to keep...
