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Talks Begin over Compensation for Minnesota Bridge Collapse Victims
Mar 28 2008 // Negotiations over a compensation fund for victims of the Minnesota Interstate 35W bridge collapse have begun. A House-Senate conference committee conducted its first meeting without resolving any major differences between...
Security Capital to Cut 60 Jobs
Mar 27 2008 // Bermuda-based monoline insurer Security Capital Assurance Ltd. (SCA) announced that it will reduce its workforce by approximately 60 positions. “The reductions are focused largely on the insurance business...
West Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Workers Compensation Fraud
Mar 25 2008 // A Wyoming County, W. Va. man pleaded Monday guilty to one misdemeanor count of wrongfully seeking workers compensation benefits in an amount less than $1000, according to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L....
British Insurers Call for Government Action on Personal Injury Compensation
Mar 25 2008 // The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has joined with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the UK’s leading employers’ organization, and Citizens Advice to call for the Government to introduce its...
Mass. Construction Worker Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Mar 25 2008 // A Brockton, Mass. man was arraigned on charges he collected over $9,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while he worked at two different jobs, according to the attorney general’s office. Officials said John...
How to Integrate Generations X, Y and Baby Boomer Employees
Mar 24 2008 // As the workforce ages, organizations are faced with challenges in assimilating new workers with older workers who are reaching retirement age. A study from the American Society of Training and Development shows that 76...
Wyoming To Study Workers’ Compensation
Mar 21 2008 // Wyoming’s Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee is set to study Wyoming’s workers’ compensation program this year. According to the state legislature, the committee will conduct a...
Carpenter Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Texas
Mar 13 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Donald Miller of Yoakum on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Miller received one year of probation and was ordered to pay $2,132...
Former N.D. Work Comp Exec, House Leader Want CEO Job
Mar 12 2008 // A former North Dakota workers’ compensation director and a one-time state House majority leader are among those interested in serving as a temporary chief executive at Workforce Safety and Insurance, agency directors...
How to Hire a New Producer
Mar 10 2008 // Hiring employees is a process crucial to the success of a business. Finding and keeping a good producer is even more crucial, since that person is responsible for growth in new sales. Therefore, the right selection and...
Who’s Worth What?
Mar 10 2008 // Agency Salary Survey: Survey reveals fewer pay raises in 2007 but most agencies’ salaries hold firm Fewer independent agencies gave salary increases to managers, sales producers and support personnel in 2007 compared...
Job Bias Claims Against Employers Up 9%– Biggest Rise in Years
Mar 6 2008 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a total of 82,792 private sector discrimination charge filings last fiscal year, the highest volume of incoming charges since 2002 and the largest annual...
Travelers Adds Workers’ Compensation to Aviation Unit
Mar 5 2008 // Travelers’ Aviation unit has introduced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for corporate flight departments. Travelers’ new aviation workers’ compensation program will provide coverage...
Wake-Up Call: One-Third of American Workers Sleeping on the Job
Mar 4 2008 // Roughly one-third of American workers said they had fallen asleep or become very sleepy at work in the past month, according to a survey released. The survey of 1,000 people by the National Sleep Foundation found...
Maryland Considers Hiring Own Lead Inspector for Toys
Feb 29 2008 // Maryland would hire inspectors to monitor toys for lead content under a bill headed for approval in the House of Delegates. The chamber agreed unanimously this week to agree to a preliminary version of a bill to hire two...
Liberty Mutual to Add 300 Jobs in New Western Mass. Office
Feb 29 2008 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance will open a 300-person office in Springfield, Mass. in the third quarter to handle growth, some of which is expected from the state’s move to a managed competition auto insurance...
Texas Work Comp Division: Job Injuries, Illnesses Increased in 2006
Feb 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation reported that the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in private industry in Texas increased in...
Mich. Acting Commissioner Ross Staying on the Job
Feb 25 2008 // Michigan’s acting insurance commissioner is staying on the job. Ken Ross was named commissioner of the state’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday, Feb. 22nd. Ross has...
‘Managing the Cycle’ Remains No. 1 Priority, Lloyd’s Survey Finds
Feb 24 2008 // Lloyd’s of London has published its fourth annual underwriting survey, which reveals that “managing the insurance cycle” remains the most important issue for the industry in 2008 with 93 percent of...
‘Managing the Cycle’ Remains #1 Priority Lloyd’s Survey Finds
Feb 19 2008 // Lloyd’s has published its fourth annual underwriting survey, which reveals that “managing the insurance cycle remains the most important issue for the industry in 2008 with 93 percent of underwriters believing...
