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TDI Names Associate Medical Advisor for Workers’ Compensation
Sep 28 2010 // Edwin R. Buster III, MD has joined the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation as an associate medical advisor. Since 1970, Dr. Buster has been in private practice at Capital Neurosurgical...
Lloyd’s Program Aims to Increase Claims Talent
Sep 24 2010 // Lloyd’s has announced that it will establish a dedicated program to recruit and train 50 claims professionals over the next five years, which it said is equivalent to “10 per cent of claims personnel currently...
Illinois Ex-Trooper in Deadly Crash Wants Workers’ Compensation
Sep 22 2010 // The former Illinois State Police trooper blamed in a southwestern Illinois freeway wreck that killed two sisters wants state compensation for his crash-related injuries. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that Matt...
6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Compensation Customers
Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...
Stronger Economic Times Add to Recruitment Challenges
Sep 20 2010 // People are a company’s greatest asset. Yet finding the right people is often challenging, particularly in the insurance industry. While the economic downturn put a hold on hiring for many firms, the seemingly steady...
North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Insurers Seek Slight Increase
Sep 20 2010 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has received the 2010 workers compensation rate filings from the North Carolina Rate Bureau, the organization that represents the state’s workers compensation...
6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Compensation Customers
Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...
Stronger Economic Times Add to Recruitment Challenges
Sep 20 2010 // People are a company’s greatest asset. Yet finding the right people is often challenging, particularly in the insurance industry. While the economic downturn put a hold on hiring for many firms, the seemingly steady...
Reid, Evans Appointed to Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court
Sep 13 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has appointed two new judges to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court. Judge David Reid of Tulsa will fill the Office 6 position previously held by Mary Black and Judge Owen Evans of Tulsa...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Assists With Posting Requirements
Sep 13 2010 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) announced it has newly revised DWC-1 claim form/Notice of Potential Eligibility (NOPE), as well as English and Spanish versions of its new hire pamphlet (Facts...
U.S. RE Analytics Names Kutsina as Managing Director
Sep 8 2010 // Anya Kutsina has been named managing director of U.S. RE Analytics LLC, a subsidiary of U.S. RE Companies Inc., an international financial services and reinsurance brokerage group. Kutsina has served as head of sales and...
Top 25 Workers’ Compensation Insurers Show 34% Increase in Premium Growth
Sep 6 2010 // Results Based on Premium Growth June 30, 2010, Versus June 30, 2009 Approximately one year ago, I discussed the premium growth reported by insurers with the top 25 gains in workers’ compensation insurance premium...
Two Appointed to Arizona State Compensation Fund Board
Sep 3 2010 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has increased the size of the Arizona’s State Compensation Fund board of directors by appointing two new members to serve during the organization’s transition to becoming a private,...
U.S. Risk Acquires Workers’ Compensation Wholesaler Unisource
Aug 31 2010 // Specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has taken over Florida-located Unisource Program Administrators, a wholesaler of workers’ compensation, for an undisclosed...
Beecher Carlson Appoints Mehta Bermuda Executive Managing Director
Aug 24 2010 // Insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm Beecher Carlson has appointed Robin Mehta as Executive Managing Director. He joins Beecher Carlson to lead the Bermuda office operations, including its Captive...
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. Promotes 3
Aug 23 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) has announced the promotions of three members of its management team. Glenn Audiffred is now assistant vice president of Information Technology Services, Pat Canning is...
BP Compensation Fund Opens for Business
Aug 23 2010 // A $20 billion compensation fund for economic victims of the BP Plc Gulf oil spill opens for business Monday amid accusations that the rules established by its administrator are unfair. Kenneth Feinberg who will run the...
How to Establish an Agency Growth Culture
Aug 18 2010 // Why is agency growth important? Agents and brokers are faced with a continued economic downturn combined with sustained soft market conditions; insurance companies continue to tier agents based on future growth;...
Connecticut Shooting Survivors, Families Told of Compensation
Aug 16 2010 // The head of Connecticut’s workers’ compensation program says the largest payouts in 12 years may eventually be made to survivors and family members of employees killed last week at a Manchester beer...
North Carolina Health Insurer Cuts Jobs
Aug 16 2010 // North Carolina’s largest health insurer says it plans to lay off about 90 people as part of cost-cutting moves to prepare for the new federal health care law. The News & Observer reports Friday that Blue Cross...
