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North Carolina Vows Crackdown on Workers’ Compensation Scofflaws
Apr 4 2012 // Officials in North Carolina said they will review their efforts to ensure that employers are purchasing workers’ compensation coverage after facing criticism they have done little to make sure that employers comply...
160-Year Old Hanover Retaking Its Place as P/C Industry Leader
Apr 3 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals. Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Agency Management Challenges
Apr 2 2012 // How Money, Motivation and Morale Connect Pop quiz: Agency owners, please write down a short list of the management challenges constantly facing your company. The catch – you cannot list increasing new business revenue or...
Louisiana Swamp Tour Owners Seek Compensation for Flooding
Mar 27 2012 // Iberville and Ascension parishes in Louisiana should compensate the owners of Alligator Bayou Swamp Tours for opening a floodgate in 2009 that ruined their business, an attorney for the company told a state appellate...
Legality of Employers Asking Job Applicants For Facebook Passwords Questioned
Mar 22 2012 // In their efforts to vet job applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person’s social networking profiles and instead are asking to log in as the user to have a look...
N.Y. Agency Groups Will Not Appeal Compensation Disclosure Ruling
Mar 21 2012 // It looks like the courtroom battle has ended for the New York State’s broker compensation disclosure regulation. Earlier this month, the New York appeals court agreed with the lower court and said insurance...
Mississippi House, Senate Divided Over Workers’ Compensation Changes
Mar 16 2012 // The Mississippi Legislature is split on a bill that would make changes to the state’s workers’ compensation law. Opponents say it would tilt the scales against workers, but proponents say it would return...
RIMS Commends N.Y. Broker Compensation Disclosure Ruling
Mar 15 2012 // The Risk & Insurance Management Society is applauding the New York appeals court for upholding the broker disclosure rule. “Consumers deserve the same transparency and information from their insurance brokers...
How Workers’ Compensation Fared in 2012 Florida Legislature
Mar 15 2012 // While their debates over property insurance and no-fault auto insurance consumed the attention of state officials and the media, Florida lawmakers were quietly dealing with several other insurance issues including...
Vicarious Liability Ruling May Impact Education Insureds in California
Mar 14 2012 // The California Supreme Court ruled that a public school district may be vicariously liable for the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of a guidance counselor who allegedly sexually abused a student. And that...
FastComp.com Adds Workers’ Compensation Coverage in Ten States
Mar 14 2012 // Ten new states now have access to workers’ compensation coverage from FastComp.com. The states are Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island and Utah. The product is now...
Workers’ Compensation Bill Sent to Missouri Governor
Mar 9 2012 // Lawmakers gave final approval on March 7 to legislation that would expand the type of ailments covered by the state workers’ compensation system, a move that supporters hope will make Missouri more attractive to...
Arrowhead Names McIntosh AVP of Workers Compensation in Northern California
Mar 9 2012 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead Wholesale Insurance Services named Tony McIntosh assistant vice president of its worker’s compensation practice in Northern California. McIntosh, who will be headquartered in Bencia,...
IAG to Restructure CGU Operations; 600 Jobs to Go
Mar 9 2012 // Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced that it is restructuring its “operating model” for its Australia Intermediated business, CGU. The changes are aimed at generating “annual cost savings of...
Captives Bring Premium Dollars and Jobs to Missouri
Mar 9 2012 // When it comes to the captive insurance industry, slow and steady growth is just fine with the state of Missouri. But it’s not like the state is reluctant to encourage captives to form or relocate there. Far from...
K&B Introduces Workers’ Compensation Program
Mar 7 2012 // K&B Underwriters has launched a new workers’ compensation product in collaboration with SeaBright Insurance Co. The carrier will bring a claims handling and loss control program to K&B’s senior living...
Florida House OKs 3 Victim Compensation Measures Worth Millions
Mar 7 2012 // Three high-profile claims bills that would let victims of governmental negligence receive millions in compensation cleared the Florida House on Monday. The bills now go to the Senate. One bill (SB 4) would require that an...
Markel International Acquires UK Managing Agent Quay Underwriting
Mar 6 2012 // Markel International announced from its London headquarters that it has acquired the portfolio of business of Quay Underwriting (QU), a managing agent based in Dorset. Markel said QU “provides a wide range of...
What Steve Jobs Would Do in Insurance
Mar 5 2012 // After reading Walter Isaacson’s great book about Steve Jobs, I began to imagine: What would Steve Jobs do if he were running an insurance agency? The first obstacle I thought about was that Steve Jobs could not do it...
Captives Bring Premium Dollars and Jobs to Missouri
Mar 5 2012 // The State Is Serious About Encouraging Captive Growth When it comes to the captive insurance industry, slow and steady growth is just fine with the state of Missouri. But it’s not like the state is reluctant to...
