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Bayeux Joins Aon Risk Services as Managing Director
Oct 20 2009 // Aon Corp has named John Bayeux as managing director of Aon Risk Services. Bayeux has 22 years of experience as a risk manager and insurance broker in the financial institutions sector. He will work with clients, the...
Q&A with Ironshore’s Kelley: Why He Left AIG and His Plans for Ironshore
Oct 19 2009 // In December, 2008, Kevin Kelley left Lexington Insurance Co., the largest excess and surplus lines insurance company, after more than 30 years during which he helped the company become one of parent American International...
Supreme Court Notebook: Judges as Umpires of Lawyers’ Compensation
Oct 16 2009 // Chief Justice John Roberts once famously and controversially described a judge’s role as akin to an umpire who merely calls balls and strikes. This past Wednesday, Roberts offered a new take on that argument in a...
Chimp Owner Claims Connecticut Woman was Mauled on the Job
Oct 16 2009 // An attorney representing the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a woman is calling the attack a work-related incident and said her family’s case should be treated like a workers’ compensation...
Risk Services Expands Workers’ Compensation Program Unit Nationally
Oct 15 2009 // Florida-based Risk Services, a provider of traditional and alternative commercial insurance programs, has expanded its workers’ compensation program administrator division nationally. Risk Services said it will...
Florida Approves 6.8% Workers’ Compensation Rate Cut
Oct 15 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has given the green light to an overall statewide average workers’ compensation rate decrease of 6.8 percent. The decrease, which was proposed by the industry’s...
P/C Insurance Company Salaries Holding Steady
Oct 15 2009 // Despite tough economic times, salary budgets within the property/casualty insurance industry appear to be holding steady, according to a new study from an insurer trade group. According to the Property Casualty Insurers...
Risk Managers Call for Insurance Broker Compensation Disclosure
Oct 14 2009 // In a report released today, The Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS) is calling for complete disclosure of revenue streams from placing insurance products. The push for transparency outlined in the report is...
Texas-based Firm Named PIA’s Managing General Agency of the Year
Oct 13 2009 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has named Empower Insurance Group MGA Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, as recipient of its 2009 Managing General Agency of the Year Award. “Empower...
London: International Insurance Center
Oct 5 2009 // Systems Changes, Technology, Talent Pool Position London Market for the Future London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers,...
Ironman Kevin Kelley: Strength Through Multiple Platforms
Oct 5 2009 // Ironshore’s CEO on Why He Left AIG and How He’s Building His Young Company In December 2008, Kevin Kelley left Lexington Insurance Co., the largest excess and surplus lines insurance company, after more than 30...
London: International Insurance Center
Oct 5 2009 // Systems Changes, Technology, Talent Pool Position London Market for the Future London’s insurance market comprises general carriers, specialty carriers, reinsurers, brokers, underwriters, claims handlers, lawyers,...
Florida Hearing on 6.8% Workers Compensation Rate Drop Set for Oct. 6
Oct 2 2009 // There will be a public hearing in Tallahassee on Oct. 6 for the insurance industry’s proposed 6.8 percent workers’ compensation rate decrease for Florida employers. The National Council on Compensation...
Beecher Carlson Names Dodero as Managing Director in Chicago
Oct 1 2009 // Commercial insurance brokerage and risk management consultancy Beecher Carlson has appointed Frank Dodero as managing director in Chicago, expanding the firm’s national healthcare practice. Dodero brings more than 25...
Torus Opens New Managing General Agency in Bermuda
Sep 30 2009 // Torus, a global specialty insurer, has established Torus (Bermuda) Services Ltd. as a Managing General Agent (MGA) in Bermuda for Torus Insurance (UK) Limited, to “provide enhanced service to its customers, increase...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Guaranty Fund Elects Directors
Sep 29 2009 // The Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association announces its newly elected / re-elected board of directors. Terms begin Oct. 1, 2009 and run through Sept. 30, 2013. Heading the FWCIGA board is Tom...
Kentucky Employers Mutual Lowers Workers’ Compensation Rates 6%
Sep 25 2009 // Kentucky’s largest workers’ compensation insurance provider says it is lowering its rates for businesses around the state for the fourth consecutive year. The rate reduction by Kentucky Employers’ Mutual...
October 7th Lunch Discussion: The State of California Workers’ Compensation…. not for the Faint of Heart
Sep 24 2009 // SAN DIEGO – The Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Diego along with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation of San Diego will be hosting a lunch discussion on October 7, 2009 with guest speaker Linda Smith,...
U.S. Should Focus on Value, Pay Doctors a Salary: Healthcare Experts
Sep 24 2009 // The secret to fixing healthcare in the United States is to focus on value, a measure that takes into account both quality and cost, says Dr. Denis Cortese, president of the Mayo Clinic. The Rochester, Minnesota-based...
Washington Workers’ Compensation Rates Could Rise 7.6 Percent
Sep 23 2009 // The state of Washington yesterday announced higher workers’ compensation insurance premiums for 2010 than earlier forecasted. In June, the state’s Department of Labor and Industries advised the Workers’...
