Latest Talent Headlines
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Private Sector Surveys Point to U.S. Jobs Recovery
Mar 4 2010 // Three forward-looking surveys of U.S. hiring intentions point to a tentative jobs recovery in coming months. The surveys by U.S. staffing and payroll companies suggest businesses are cautiously rebuilding staff, especially...
Mass. AG Coakley Opposes Proposed Workers’ Compensation Rate Hike
Mar 3 2010 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said she opposes an insurance industry request to raise workers’ compensation premiums by about four percent this year. She said the hike would put an “additional...
Kentucky Governor Urges Workers Compensation Rate Cut
Mar 3 2010 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has asked the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer to consider returning some of its $147 million surplus as a premium reduction or dividend to the small businesses that it...
Massachusetts Worker’s Compensation Premium Rates Could Rise
Mar 2 2010 // Massachusetts workers’ compensation insurance rates would rise an average of 4.5 percent under a new rate proposal submitted by the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau. The bureau is the licensed...
Arrowhead Announces Workers’ Compensation & Commercial Division Executive Appointments
Feb 26 2010 // San Diego, CA, 02/26/2010 – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc., a leading provider of top rated insurance programs, is pleased to announce executive management level promotions. These changes are effective...
Mississippi Court Rules on CGL Coverage for Subcontractor Work
Feb 19 2010 // A general contractor’s hiring of a subcontractor does not necessarily preclude coverage under its commercial general liability (CGL) policy for shoddy work performed by the subcontractor, Mississippi’s highest...
South Carolina Court: Worker Hurt at Job Housing Covered by Insurance
Feb 18 2010 // A seasonal worker is entitled to workers compensation benefits for an injury sustained after falling at a housing complex supplied by his employer, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled. The court sided with the...
Barney & Barney Creates Compensation Consulting Practice
Feb 12 2010 // San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC has launched a national Compensation Consulting Practice. This new addition will offer clients a specialized level of expertise in the areas of executive compensation, sales...
Older Employees Lower Indemnity Costs for Workers’ Compensation
Feb 7 2010 // Workers 65 years old and older tend to have lower indemnity costs for workers’ compensation than do younger workers, largely because of their lower weekly wages. That information from a new industry study could be...
Workers’ Compensation Patients Benefit Less from Back Surgery
Feb 4 2010 // Surgery provides better results than nonsurgical treatment for most patients with back pain related to a herniated disk—but not for those receiving workers’ compensation for work-related injuries, according to...
Mississppi Judge in Scruggs’ Downfall Looks Back on Career
Jan 29 2010 // Outside Mississippi’s 3rd Judicial District, Henry Lackey is best known as the judge whose integrity and intrepidness led to the downfall of famed trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs and several colleagues. In his hometown...
Obama Job Drive Earns Business Plaudits at Davos
Jan 28 2010 // Wall Street executives welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to create jobs and a softening of his attack on banks, but questioned on Thursday whether proposals in his State of the Union address would become...
TV Networks, Talent Firm Reach $70 Million Settlement With Older Writers
Jan 25 2010 // Seventeen major television networks and production studios and seven talent agencies have reached a $70 million settlement of complaints brought by 165 writers aged 40 or older who alleged age discrimination. Approximately...
Insurers to Curb Agency Compensation in 2010, Ward Group Study Finds
Jan 24 2010 // Total property/casualty insurance agency compensation is expected to decrease slightly in 2010, largely due to contingent commission changes. Four out of 10 insurance companies plan to modify their agent compensation plans...
Michigan Workers’ Compensation Claim Costs Among Lowest, Most Stable
Jan 21 2010 // Workers’ compensation total costs per claim in Michigan are among the lowest of 15 states, and the growth of these costs in Michigan over time has been more stable than in most other study states, according to a new...
Older Employees Lower Indemnity Costs for Workers’ Compensation
Jan 19 2010 // Workers 65 years old and older tend to have lower indemnity costs for workers’ compensation than do younger workers, largely because of their lower weekly wages. That information from a new industry study could be...
West Virginia Workers Compensation Insurer BrickStreet Approved in Illinois
Jan 15 2010 // West Virginia-based BrickStreet Mutual Insurance said it has been approved to begin writing workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois. The move continues an expansion drive for the company, which was approved to...
Practice Patterns of Workers’ Compensation Doctors Affect Costs
Jan 12 2010 // Analyzing physicians’ practice patterns may hold valuable clues about how to curb the nation’s rising health care costs, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. According to...
Lockton Promotes Hall as Managing Director for Cargo
Jan 11 2010 // Lockton has promoted Peter Hall to the role of Managing Director of its 16-strong Cargo practice. His appointment “is recognition of his 20 years’ experience servicing clients in the global cargo insurance...
Insurers to Curb Agency Compensation in 2010, Consultant Study Finds
Jan 7 2010 // Total property/casualty insurance agency compensation is expected to decrease slightly in 2010, largely due to contingent commission changes, according to a new compensation study. Four out of 10 insurance companies plan...
