Latest Talent Headlines
All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Small Town Hiring Blues
Jun 7 2010 // Overcome the Hurdles of Recruiting to Smaller ‘Big Cities’ Regardless of a high unemployment rate, top talent will always be in demand among insurance organizations. If your company is based in a smaller city,...
Nautilus Insurance Group Receives Managing General Agents Award
Jun 4 2010 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Nautilus Insurance Group, comprised of W.R. Berkley Corp. member companies Nautilus Insurance Co. and Great Divide Insurance Co., has been recognized with community service, advertising and...
New York Approves Disclosure-Compensation Statement
Jun 4 2010 // New York agents can use a 226-word, boilerplate statement written by a trade group to comply with compensation-disclosure regulations that go into effect next year, state regulators said. The Professional Insurance Agents...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Finalizes Rate Reduction
Jun 2 2010 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved a 3.9-percent overall private employer premium rate decrease for the upcoming policy year, beginning July 1, 2010. The upcoming rate cut...
The Agency Salary Blues: How to Keep Employees Happy
May 19 2010 // While slugglish agency salary growth has employees singing the blues, some agency management consultants believe employee satisfaction can be kept up even in tough times. One way agency owners can keep their employees...
16 Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurers to Return $9.4 Million
May 19 2010 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has ordered 16 workers compensation insurance companies to return more than $9.4 million in excessive profits to their policyholders. Under state law, workers compensation...
California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Market More Lucrative
May 18 2010 // Prices are improving in the California workers’ compensation insurance market — at least according to one specialty workers’ compensation carrier in the Golden State. According to PacificComp President...
The Agency Salary Blues: Staff Morale Takes Hit in Tough Economy
May 18 2010 // Stagnant and declining agency salaries have many agency employees singing the blues, and most agents don’t expect things to change, at least not anytime soon. While independent agency salaries maintained or decreased...
Arizona Privatizing Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 17 2010 // The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill to privatize the state workers’ compensation insurer as an Arizona mutual insurance company, beginning Jan. 1, 2013. The State Compensation Fund (SCF) was created in 1925...
Soft Market, Recession Delivers Stronger Managing General Agencies
May 17 2010 // AAMGA’s Rothert Says Opportunities for New Business on the Horizon Managing general agents have a positive attitude about what’s to come in the next year. The soft market and recession forced many MGAs to get...
Arizona Privatizes Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 13 2010 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law Senate Bill 1045, which repeals and amends state statute, directing the State Compensation Fund — known as SCF Arizona — to privatize and become a mutual insurance...
Florida Workers Compensation Rates to Drop Again
May 12 2010 // Workers compensation insurers writing in Florida have filed for an average 4.2 percent rate decrease. This marks the eighth decrease in workers compensation rates since 2003. The cumulative overall statewide average...
Argo Launches Alteris for Managing Agents; Names Schenck President
May 12 2010 // Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, has formed Alteris, Inc., a services provider for managing general agencies. Alteris will offer...
Small Business Owners’ Outlook Improves But Hiring Remains Weak
May 11 2010 // Small U.S. business owners are slightly less pessimistic about their outlook, and in the face of continuing weak sales do not plan to boost capital spending or employment, a monthly survey of small businesses showed. The...
74% of Nation’s Top Insurance Companies Are Hiring
May 4 2010 // The insurance industry employment outlook for 2010 is guarded, but cautiously optimistic, according to a new survey that also revealed 74 percent of the nation’s top insurance companies are currently...
Arizona Privatizing Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 3 2010 // The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill that to privatize the state workers’ compensation insurer as an Arizona mutual insurance company, beginning Jan. 1, 2013. The State Compensation Fund (SCF) was created in...
EPIC Appoints Liedel Employee Benefits Managing Principal
Apr 28 2010 // EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, announced that Dana Liedel, who joined EPIC as principal and corporate development officer in November 2009,...
UK’s Brown Warns Banks of Compensation Claims
Apr 23 2010 // British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said any bank found guilty of wrongdoing could have to pay millions of dollars in compensation. Britain this week launched a probe into alleged fraud by Goldman Sachs after the United...
Oklahoma House Passes Workers’ Compensation Reform Measure
Apr 22 2010 // Legislation aimed at improving the state’s workers’ compensation system for injured workers and reducing costs for Oklahoma employers has passed the House of Representatives. Senate Bill 1973, by Rep. Dan...
Florida’s SUNZ Insurance Expands Workers’ Compensation to 5 States
Apr 21 2010 // SUNZ Insurance Co., a St. Petersburg, Florida-based insurer, has added five states to its coverage area for writing workers’ compensation policies. Known primarily for its presence in Florida, SUNZ said it is now...
