Latest Talent Headlines
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American Wins UK Insurance Institute’s Talent Prize for Solar Oven
Jun 2 2008 // The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) announced that “a solar oven made from a single piece of reflective plastic won first prize in the CII’s Big Idea competition.” John Tilleman from Brown...
J. Smith Lanier Names New Managing Director in Tennessee
Jun 2 2008 // West Point, Ga.-based J. Smith Lanier & Co. added Mark Benson as the new managing director in its Knoxville, Tenn. office. Benson will oversee all sales, financial expenses and personnel in Knoxville. Benson joined J....
Drive for Diversity
Jun 2 2008 // Inclusiveness helps companies avoid claims, increase innovation Companies big and small — in and outside the insurance industry — can reduce risk and increase profits by improving diversity. And improving diversity can...
Ohio Agents Sponsor 2008 Insurance Career Internship Program
May 30 2008 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio, Inc. (PIA) Internship Program, recently announced that its 2008 program for insurance industry interns was operational. On May 28 the PIA welcomed 12 interns hosting a...
Insurer Executives Say More Can be Done to Attract New Talent
May 19 2008 // Encompass, The Hartford execs note that agents stand on solid ground in their role as trusted advisors Young agents today face a number of challenges, including the soft market, a downturn in the economy, and learning the...
35 Oregon Workers Died on Job in 2007
May 19 2008 // There were 35 workers who died in accidents on the job in Oregon last year, the third-lowest total in state history. The state began tracking workplace deaths in 1943, averaging 81 per year in the 1980s and falling to 55 a...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Reforms Lowered Costs for a Year
May 19 2008 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Florida appear to have decreased in 2004 in the wake of reforms enacted in 2003, but the decrease did not continue in 2005, according to a new study by the Workers...
Nationwide Insurance Cuts 204 Jobs in Oregon
May 19 2008 // Nationwide Insurance says it will cut 204 jobs at its Portland, Ore., offices in June. According to a filing with the state, the mass layoff is part of Nationwide’s plans to eliminate certain departments. Nationwide...
California Discussing Sale of State Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 19 2008 // Rumors that California is considering selling the State Compensation Insurance Fund to help close the state budget gap are true, but government officials said the idea has amounted to no more than discussion at this...
California May Boost Payouts to Workers Injured on the Job
May 19 2008 // Californians permanently injured on the job would get an average 16 percent increase in disability payments under new rules proposed by the state Division of Workers’ Compensation. The formula being proposed is based...
Colorado Bill Gives Regulator Authority to Demand Insurance Compensation
May 19 2008 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed a bill that will allow the state Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), and its Division of Insurance the legal authority to demand that insurance companies or agents compensate...
California May Boost Payouts to Workers Injured on the Job
May 15 2008 // Californians permanently injured on the job would get an average 16 percent increase in disability payments under new rules proposed by the state Division of Workers’ Compensation. The formula is based on new data...
Colorado Bill Gives Regulator Authority to Demand Insurance Compensation
May 9 2008 // Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed a bill that will allow the state Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), and its Division of Insurance the legal authority to demand that insurance companies or agents compensate...
Execs Say More Can Be Done to Attract New Industry Talent
May 8 2008 // Young agents today face a number of challenges, including the soft market, a downturn in the economy and learning the skills necessary to become a profitable and successful agent, while the industry continues to struggle...
California Discussing Sale of State Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 7 2008 // Rumors that California is considering selling the State Compensation Insurance Fund to help close the state budget gap are true, but government officials said the idea has amounted to no more than discussion at this...
Minnesota Bridge Victims Get $38 Million Compensation Package
May 7 2008 // The Minnesota legislature has given final approval of a 38 million compensation package for victims of last year’s bridge collapse. The bill passed the Senate unanimously Monday, May 5th after clearing the House on a...
N.J. Approves Jobs, Education as Driver Rating Criteria
May 5 2008 // New Jersey insurers using education and employment to rate drivers for risk are justified in doing so and the practice does not amount to racism or classism, according to a new, 581-page report released by Garden State...
New Jersey Regulators: Jobs, Education Are Sound Criteria to Rate Drivers
Apr 25 2008 // New Jersey insurers who use education and employment to rate drivers for risk are justified in doing so and the practice does not amount to racism or classism, according to a new, 581-page report released by Garden State...
Workers’ Compensation Rates Continue to Decline in Arkansas
Apr 24 2008 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced a decrease in workers’ compensation rates effective July 1, 2008. Since the passage of an all-encompassing workers’ compensation legislative...
Agents’ Workload Goes Up as Economy, Compensation Move Down
Apr 21 2008 // Soft market, economic downturn, consumer advocacy translate into more work for agencies Insurance Journal‘s Editor-in-Chief Andrea Wells was at the Big “I” Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.,...
