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Connecticut Approves Workers’ Compensation Cost Decrease for 2026
Nov 3 2025 // Connecticut’s insurance regulator has approved an industry filing that will lower workers’ compensation rates beginning January 1, 2026. The new voluntary market rates will reflect an average 3.8% decrease in...
Five Correctional Department Employees Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Oct 31 2025 // Five current and former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) employees were arrested this week for separate schemes to defraud DOCCS and the state’s workers’ compensation...
GM to Cut EV, Battery Production and 1,200 Jobs at Michigan Plant
Oct 30 2025 // General Motors GM.N said on Wednesday it will cut U.S. electric vehicle and battery production and 1,200 factory jobs at its EV plant in Detroit along with 550 jobs at an Ohio battery plant as the automaker responds to a...
Starr Acquiring IQUW; Starr Managing Agency to Be Among 10 Largest at Lloyd’s
Oct 29 2025 // Starr, a global investment and insurance organization, announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire IQUW Group, a specialty insurance and reinsurance business that combines data and analytics with...
Delaware Workers’ Compensation Rates Dropping Again
Oct 24 2025 // Delaware’s workers’ compensation insurance rates paid by employers will decrease for the ninth year in a row, effective December 1. The voluntary private market average loss costs are expected to drop by 11.6%,...
Why Remote Hires Can Be Your Agency’s Best Recruiting Solution
Oct 20 2025 // Before I make my case about the value of remote hires, it’s important to acknowledge the reasons agencies, large and small, tell me they don’t want to hire remote employees. Remote hiring isn’t 100%...
NAMIC to Federal Lawmakers: Do Your Job on Flood Insurance Program
Oct 16 2025 // Two weeks into the expiration of the National Flood Insurance Program, one of the insurance industry’s trade associations is once again calling for a reauthorization. The National Association of Mutual Insurance...
Workers’ Compensation Medical Claims Costs Rising Across Most States: WCRI
Oct 16 2025 // Medical costs per claim have begun to rise following a period of relative stability post-pandemic, a new report shows. A new Workers Compensation Research Institute report shows medical payments per claim recently started...
Proactive Strategies for Managing Multifamily Housing Risks
Oct 15 2025 // Date: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 Venue: Zoom Time: 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT – HAI Group is pleased to announce its seventh annual Virtual Risk Management Conference, a free event tailored to housing and...
Fintech and AI Drive London Finance Job Vacancy Growth in Q3, Recruiter Says
Oct 14 2025 // A boom at financial technology firms and growing demand to get to grips with artificial intelligence lifted financial sector job vacancy numbers in London in the third-quarter, Morgan McKinley’s London Employment...
DOL Awards $890K to Texas for Disaster Recovery Jobs After July Storms
Oct 8 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor announced the award of $890,000 in grant funding to Texas to support disaster-relief jobs and employment training services for residents suffering from the aftermath of severe storms. On July...
Workers’ Compensation Continues to Lead P/C Industry With Strong Profits
Oct 8 2025 // Although economic uncertainty could affect insurers in the near to midterm, the workers’ compensation line continues to be a key driver of the profitability of the entire property/casualty insurance industry even as...
Higginbotham’s Extraordinary Growth Fueled by Recognizing Talent at Every Level
Oct 6 2025 // It’s not by accident that Higginbotham continually finds itself on the shortlist of best independent insurance agencies to work for. The Fort Worth, Texas-based firm is intentional about every aspect of its business,...
How We’re Harnessing AI for Proactive Risk Management in Workers’ Compensation
Oct 6 2025 // Over the past decade, the insurance industry has undergone an increasingly rapid transformation, driven by advancements in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and now generative AI technologies. These advancements...
Edison to Open LA Fire Compensation Applications by Thanksgiving
Sep 24 2025 // Edison International expects to begin accepting applications “well before” Thanksgiving to compensate victims of the deadly Eaton Fire that destroyed swaths of the Los Angeles area in January, according to CEO...
New Visa Fees Spur Offshoring Talks, Hiring Turmoil
Sep 24 2025 // The Trump administration’s hefty new visa fees for H-1B workers have prompted high-level talks inside companies in Silicon Valley and beyond on the possibility of moving more jobs overseas—precisely the outcome the...
British Motorists to Get £200 Million Compensation From Insurers
Sep 19 2025 // British insurance companies are paying £200 million ($270 million) to compensate motorists whose claims were underpaid, the Financial Conduct Authority said on Friday. Insurers including Direct Line Insurance Group Plc...
Carrier Revenue Growth Expected to Outpace Hiring in Next Year
Sep 8 2025 // Approximately 81% of insurance companies expect to increase their revenue in the next 12 months, but only about 53% expect to increase their staff in that same period, according to a new insurance labor market outlook...
Publisher Gannett Wins Dismissal of Nearly All of Journalists’ Job Bias Lawsuit
Sep 5 2025 // Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, won the dismissal of most of a lawsuit, including all class action claims, alleging its diversity policies led to widespread discrimination against white journalists. U.S....
NY Fed Finds Modest Impact of AI on Jobs Even as Usage Increases
Sep 5 2025 // Use of artificial intelligence among businesses jumped in the last year and is expected to continue to grow, yet few firms have cut jobs as a result so far, according to a new Federal Reserve Bank of New York study. Around...
