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Florida Businessman Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jan 31 2011 // Florida officials have charged a Duval County man with allegedly creating a fake company and fake name as part of a workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Florida CFO Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of David...
Chartis Umbrella Covers Salary Reimbursement
Jan 31 2011 // Chartis has introduced a salary reimbursement endorsement, developed by its Excess Casualty division as a supplementary benefit to its commercial umbrella insurance solutions. This coverage enhancement is designed to...
Louisiana Gained 26,300 Non-Farm Jobs in 2010
Jan 27 2011 // Louisiana added 26,300 non-farm jobs in 2010 as it continued to plow through a slow economic recovery, state labor officials said. The state still had 42,200 fewer jobs last month, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, than...
UK’s Managing General Agents Take Further Steps to Create Association
Jan 27 2011 // The next step in the launch of the UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) was successfully achieved this week, following the final meeting in a round of consultative discussions with key stakeholders,...
Hair Named Chief Risk Operator for Utah Workers Compensation Fund
Jan 26 2011 // Dan Hair, Utah Workers Compensation Fund senior vice president and chief underwriting and safety officer, has been promoted to chief risk operator. He will be responsible for developing and implementing an enterprise risk...
Iowa Employment Agency Charged with Workers’ Compensation Premium Fraud
Jan 26 2011 // The owner of a Des Moines employment agency has been indicted on federal fraud charges, accused of scheming to defraud insurance companies out of workers’ compensation premiums. Dan Sethi, of Ankeny, owns DES...
Tennessee Firms Opting Out of Workers’ Compensation Must Register
Jan 25 2011 // A new Tennessee law is requiring all construction firm owners to register with the state if they choose to opt out of the state’s workers’ compensation system. The new law is designed to protect general...
Personal Internet use Becoming Part of Employee Record
Jan 24 2011 // Those photos on Facebook showing you palling around with drunks, the raunchy joke you posted on Twitter, and those links to politically incorrect groups on your personal Web site — all of this information can now become...
Medicare Set Asides in Workers’ Compensation
Jan 24 2011 // What Agents & Brokers Need to Know One of the most important services a broker provides its customers is workers’ compensation claims review. Successful resolution and prompt closure of workers’...
Florida Competitive in Workers’ Compensation Market Arena
Jan 24 2011 // Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business being funneled to the residual market. Also, availability does not...
MarketScout Names Blaser Managing VP of Affluent Personal Lines
Jan 20 2011 // MarketScout, a Dallas, Texas-based electronic insurance exchange, announced that Lesa Blaser has joined the company as managing vice president of Affluent Personal Lines. Blaser previously served as Central Region...
University of Kentucky, Professor Settle Religious Bias Job Claim
Jan 20 2011 // An astronomy professor who sued the University of Kentucky after claiming he lost out on a top job because of his Christian beliefs reached a settlement Tuesday with the school. The university agreed to pay $125,000 to...
Senator Targets Workers’ Compensation Pay to Elderly Federal Employees
Jan 18 2011 // More than 1,000 federal workers aged 80 and older are receiving workers’ compensation benefits even though they likely have no intention of returning to work, according to a U.S. senator who wants to reduce the waste...
Willis Appoints Holmes Managing Director for Middle East
Jan 18 2011 // Willis Group Holdings has appointed Paul Holmes as Managing Director of Al Futtaim Willis Middle East, effective February 9, 2011. He will be based in Dubai and will report to Scott Pickering, CEO, Willis Central &...
Job Bias Complaints Set Record in 2010
Jan 14 2011 // Workplace discrimination complaints against private sector firms hit an all time high in 2010. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported the filings with the federal agency nationwide totaled 99,922...
Small Businesses in Hiring Mood? It’s Hard to Figure
Jan 13 2011 // U.S. small businesses appear to be on the cusp of a mini hiring revival that may be a bit stronger than the Labor Department’s data suggests. Three sets of private sector surveys released this month showed a pick-up...
Atlas General Insurance Services Announces Addition of New Carrier for its Workers’ Compensation Program
Jan 11 2011 // San Diego, CA, 1/11/2011 – Atlas General Insurance Services is pleased to announce the addition of a new carrier to enhance its workers’ compensation portfolio. This new program, developed by Atlas and Republic...
What Happened in Workers’ Compensation in 2010
Jan 10 2011 // Soft market conditions with unabated price competition and a slow economy with reduced payrolls continued to affect commercial lines including the workers’ compensation industry in 2010, as they did in 2009. Robert...
Here’s to an Interesting, and Positive, New Year
Jan 10 2011 // The year 2011 should be interesting in the insurance world, what with Republicans in Congress aiming to take down the new health insurance reform laws and states trying to figure out how to deal with the new regulations...
Personal Internet Use Becoming Part of Employee Record
Jan 10 2011 // Those photos on Facebook showing you palling around with drunks, the raunchy joke you posted on Twitter, and those links to politically incorrect groups on your personal Web site — all of this information can now become...
