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Virginia Saw Increase in On-the-Job Fatalities Last Year
Sep 22 2009 // On-the-job fatalities in Virginia increased by 5 percent in 2008, despite declines in several categories. Preliminary figures released Thursday by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry show 154 workers were killed...
Hawaii Workers’ Compensation Coststo Drop Again for Fifth Year in a Row
Sep 21 2009 // Workers’ compensation insurers in Hawaii have filed to reduce by 4.1 percent the loss cost factor that goes into the rates charged to employers. This marks the fifth year in a row that workers’ compensation...
How to Hire the Next Generation of Leaders
Sep 21 2009 // the Best Talent to Your Agency The insurance industry is transitioning into a new era. For years, Baby Boomers have led the way and now, as they approach retirement, must find a way to pass along their legacy. Who will...
California Workers’ Compensation Drug Costs Up, Despite Reforms
Sep 21 2009 // Despite the adoption of California workers’ compensation medical reforms in 2004, a new study finds that both the average number of prescriptions and average prescription drug payments per claim are on the rise...
Workers’ Compensation System Failing Lower Wage Workers
Sep 21 2009 // Study Finds Few Workers File for Benefits Even When Seriously Injured Only 8 percent of lower wage workers injured on the job receive workers’ compensation benefits, according to a new report. Also, lower wage...
California State Compensation Fund Names Coyne Information Officer
Sep 17 2009 // State Compensation Insurance Fund has named Shaun Coyne as its new chief Iiformation officer. Coyne will lead State Fund’s drive to build its information technology capabilities. Coyne has 29 years of experince in...
Pitts Named Florida Workers’ Compensation Judge by Gov. Crist
Sep 17 2009 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has appointed Neal P. Pitts of Orlando as judge of Compensation Claims, succeeding Ivy Cream Harris in the Jacksonville district. Pitts, 55, has been a sole practitioner since 1987 and from 1983...
Oregon Restaurants Get Rating Return from Workers’ Compensation Group
Sep 11 2009 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced strong return results for its Liberty Northwest/Oregon Restaurant Association (LNW/ORA) workers’ compensation insurance program. The...
Hawaii Workers’ Compensation Costs Drop Again
Sep 11 2009 // Workers’ compensation insurers in Hawaii have filed to reduce by 4.1 percent the loss cost factor that goes into the rates charged to employers. This marks the fifth year in a row that workers’ compensation...
Study Shows California Workers Compensation Drug Costs Up
Sep 10 2009 // Despite the adoption of California workers’ compensation medical reforms and a pharmacy fee schedule in 2004, a new study finds that both the average number of prescriptions and average prescription drug payments per...
Idaho Agent Knows Job Safety Training and Employee Communication Pay Off
Sep 7 2009 // Nielsen Teaches Employers How to ‘Close the Window’ On Rising Comp Costs The best way insurance agents can teach employers about workers’ compensation is to get to know their business. Idaho insurance...
Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Costs Drop for 4th Straight Year
Sep 7 2009 // Kentucky workers’ compensation costs are continuing to drop, with latest figures showing an average reduction of 6.4 percent. Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark has approved the industry’s loss cost...
New Insurer Ascendant to Rescue First Commercial Insureds, Jobs in Florida
Sep 4 2009 // Florida officials announced that a new Miami-based insurance company will pick up the insurance for about 15,000 of the policyholders now with bankrupt First Commercial Insurance Co., which is in liquidation. Florida CFO...
Study: Workers’ Compensation System Failing Lower Wage Workers
Sep 3 2009 // Only eight percent of lower wage workers injured on the job receive workers’ compensation benefits, according to a new report. Also, lower wage workers — those earning just over $8 per hour on average —...
Daylight Saving Time Leads to More On-the-Job Injuries
Sep 2 2009 // Every March, most Americans welcome the switch to daylight saving time because of the longer days, but also dread losing an hour of sleep after they move their clocks forward. Now a new study shows that losing just an hour...
North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Rates Could Drop 9.6%
Sep 2 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said he has received industry rate filings for workers compensation requesting a 9.6 percent decrease in the voluntary market and a 1.3 percent increase in the assigned...
Economy Leaves Some U.S. Employees Stuck in Undesirable Jobs
Aug 28 2009 // With the U.S. economy mired in recession, workers are finding themselves stuck in bad jobs with such annoyances as managers who berate employees and bosses who hold meetings in bed. Unable to make a move when jobs are...
AmTrust to Buy Workers’ Compensation Unit CyberComp from Swiss Re
Aug 27 2009 // New York-based AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. has agreed to acquire CyberComp, the workers’ compensation business unit of Swiss Re, in a renewal rights transaction. Serving the workers’ compensation needs of...
Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Costs Drop for 4th Straight Year
Aug 27 2009 // Kentucky workers’ compensation costs are continuing to drop, with latest figures showing an average reduction of 6.4 percent. Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark has approved the industry’s loss cost...
Wells Fargo Insurance Services Names Samland Managing Director
Aug 27 2009 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services of Minnesota Inc. named Gina Samland managing director for its Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas City, Kan. operations. She is based in the Omaha, Neb., office. In her new role, Samland is...
