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Tennessee Rally Highlights Sick Cold War Workers Seeking Compensation
Jun 27 2008 // Former Cold War workers and their supporters rallied in Oak Ridge, Tenn. to demand help for workers made ill from exposure to hazardous and radioactive materials in the government’s nuclear weapons facilities. The...
Beacon Mutual Cuts Workers’ Compensation Rates in R.I. 7.2%
Jun 24 2008 // Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., Rhode Island’s largest workers’ compensation carrier, reported that it will implement a 7.2 percent average decrease in rates that has been approved by the Department of Business...
North Carolina Mortgage Insurance Firm Triad Guaranty Cutting 100 Jobs
Jun 23 2008 // A mortgage insurance company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina says it is cutting 100 jobs as the housing crisis continues. Triad Guaranty Inc. said 65 jobs will be eliminated in Winston-Salem, beginning June 30 because of...
Embattled Vermont Hotel Lacked Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Jun 23 2008 // The Cortina Inn in Killington, Vermont, which closed two months ago after being linked to Legionnaires’ disease, has filed for bankruptcy. But a bankruptcy court judge in Connecticut dismissed the inn’s case...
Aon Names Soeteman-Reijnen Managing Director – Europe, Middle East, Africa
Jun 18 2008 // Aon Risk Services has appointed Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen as managing director, head of broking excellence for Aon Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with immediate effect. The bulletin from Aon’s London office...
Drive for Diversity
Jun 16 2008 // Companies big and small — in and outside the insurance industry — can reduce risk and increase profits by improving diversity. And improving diversity can help a company to avoid potential lawsuits and claims,...
Premium Financing Compensation Disclosures: Are You in Compliance?
Jun 16 2008 // Failing to Disclose Could Lead to Lawsuits Many insurance brokers and agents who perform services for premium finance companies may unwittingly violate certain disclosure requirements under the California Insurance Code...
Montana High Court Rejects Compensation Board’s Lawsuits
Jun 9 2008 // The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s rulings against the state Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board. The board had sued four insurance companies for compensation for more than $2 million in...
Hispanic Workers Have Higher Risk of Death on the Job
Jun 9 2008 // The death rate for Hispanic workers is consistently higher than the rate for other U.S. workers, with nearly 35 percent of those deaths occurring in the construction industry, according to a report by the Centers for...
Aviva to Reorganize Norwich Union; Up to 1,800 Jobs Targeted
Jun 9 2008 // Aviva PLC, the UK’s largest Insurance group, announced plans on Friday, June 6, to slash up to 1,800 jobs at Norwich Union, its UK general insurance business, by the end of 2010 as part of a structural...
Texas Agent Group’s Recruiting Manager to Help Members Find Staff
Jun 9 2008 // Colleen O’Sullivan has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas as the organization’s first-ever recruiting manager. Sullivan’s duties will include assisting the IIAT’s Trusted Choice...
Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Resigning
Jun 4 2008 // Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Albert Betts will resign his post effective Aug. 31, 2008, the insurance department announced. Betts was appointed as the first...
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...
