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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...
How To Use Compensation to Boost Sales
Aug 16 2010 // Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry Hill, N.J. He deals with agencies across the country on issues ranging from...
3 Keys to Establishing a Total Agency Growth Culture
Aug 16 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;...
3 Keys to Establishing a Total Agency Growth Culture
Aug 16 2010 // Agency Leadership Must Assure that Sales Force Does Not Shoulder New Business Production Alone Why is agency growth important? Agents and brokers are faced with a continued economic downturn combined with sustained soft...
How to Use Compensation to Boost Sales
Aug 16 2010 // Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry Hill, N.J. He deals with agencies across the country on issues ranging from...
California Commissioner Asked to Raise Workers’ Compensation Rate
Aug 12 2010 // The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Governing Committee has approved the recommendation to allow the pure premium rate in the state to rise by 29.6 perent, as was expected and widely...
ACE European Group Names Dixon as Regional Managing Director
Aug 11 2010 // ACE European Group named Steve Dixon as regional managing director, ACE Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Dixon succeeds Giles Ward, who has led ACE MENA since 2006, now appointed to the position of CEO for ACE...
Judge Blocks FDNY Hiring, Says Test Invalid
Aug 6 2010 // The mostly white Fire Department of New York is temporarily barred from hiring more than 300 rookie firefighters because it used an entry exam that discriminates against blacks and Hispanics, a federal judge ruled. In a...
