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Report: Calif. Health Insurers Deny Policies over Jobs, Medications
Jan 9 2007 // Some Californians are refused individual health insurance policies even if they are in good health and can afford coverage because of their jobs and use of certain medications, according to a published report. Such...
Thabault Promoted to Top Job at Vermont Regulatory Agency
Jan 5 2007 // Vermont Governor Jim Douglas has appointed Paulette Thabault as the Commissioner of the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA). Thabault steps into the position upon the...
Competitive Fla. Workers’ Compensation Market Has a Few Gaps
Jan 3 2007 // The Florida workers’ compensation market is in good shape, although some small firms may be having difficulty obtaining coverage. An analysis by Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty’s office shows the...
Rule Restricting R.I. Crime Victim Compensation Challenged
Jan 2 2007 // An association of drug treatment programs is challenging a Rhode Island state policy that allows financial compensation to be denied to crime victims who have been convicted of driving drunk or dealing drugs. The Drug and...
Outgoing Md. AG Curran Interested in Workers’ Comp Fund Job
Jan 2 2007 // Outgoing Attorney General Joseph Curran said he would be interested in temporarily heading the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund while the agency’s board looks for a permanent president. Former state Sen. Thomas...
La. Reports Stable Unemployment Rate; Strong Nonfarm Job Growth
Jan 2 2007 // Louisiana gained 1,400 nonfarm jobs in November 2006 and 59,900 jobs over the year, according to the Louisiana Department of Labor. The November 2006 nonfarm job gains were repeated in every Metropolitan Statistical Area...
Infinity to Consolidate Units in Alabama; 500 New Jobs Possible
Dec 29 2006 // Birmingham headquartered Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. announced the latest phase of its growth plan, which promises to benefit Alabama’s economy and create new jobs. Assisted by incentive packages from the...
National Council on Compensation Insurance proposes increase for workers’ comp loss cost rates
Dec 25 2006 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has submitted a filing for an average increase of 3.4 percent for workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs in Nevada, according to state Insurance...
Commissioners, compensation rules, earthquakes made for shaky ground
Dec 25 2006 // In the era when cowboys and gold panners roamed, the West was characterized as a wild yet adventurous place to live. Judging by 2006’s insurance industry headlines, those sentiments don’t seem to have...
National Council on Compensation Insurance proposes increase for workers’ comp loss cost rates
Dec 24 2006 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has submitted a filing for an average increase of 3.4 percent for workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs in Nevada, according to state Insurance...
Seven Indicted for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Texas
Dec 15 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that seven individuals were indicted, in separate cases, in Travis County on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The individuals allegedly collected a combined $31,358...
N.Y. Drywall Contractor Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Dec 15 2006 // A New York business owner faces charges of insurance fraud following his arrest by Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau’s office for allegedly defrauding the New York State Insurance Fund of more than...
NCCI Proposes Increase for Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs
Dec 15 2006 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has submitted a filing for an average increase of 3.4 percent for workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs, according to Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice...
Study Shows Iowa with Significant Insurance Industry Job Growth
Dec 12 2006 // A recent 48-page study by the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc. said that Iowa now surpasses Connecticut for insurance company job growth. From 1995 to 2005, insurance jobs in insurance companies in Connecticut...
Conn. Gov. Rell Touts New Jobs, Campus Construction by The Hartford
Dec 7 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell presented some good news today by announcing that The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., plans to construct a $146 million, 450,000-square-foot campus for its Hartford Life...
La. Adds More than 75,000 Nonfarm Jobs Since October 2005
Nov 28 2006 // Since October 2005, 75,700 new workers have joined Louisiana’s workforce, according to the October 2006 nonfarm employment estimates released recently by the Louisiana Department of Labor. “Louisiana’s...
German Insurer Allianz Foresees Future Job Cuts
Nov 28 2006 // German insurer Allianz SE said it had reached a new labor deal that avoids any near-term compulsory layoffs but still foresees some 5,700 jobs cut by the end of 2008. Under the agreement with the ver.di union, Allianz...
How Southeast insurance chiefs got their jobs
Nov 20 2006 // Southeast insurance commissioners seem happy about how they got where they are. During the recent Southeastern Regulators’ Association annual conference in South Carolina, moderator Michael Maloney asked: “What...
Washington employers to save $315 million in workers’ compensation
Nov 20 2006 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that the state’s employers and workers could save an estimated $315 million in workers’ compensation premiums next year as the result of a six-month partial suspension...
People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success
Nov 20 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...
