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Agents take aim at Zurich compensation, disclosure settlement
Oct 9 2006 // Two associations for independent insurance agents have urged a federal court to reject recent settlement provisions between Zurich Insurance and states that affect thousands of agents who were not involved in the original...
Managing the rising tide of employment practices lawsuits
Oct 9 2006 // The reality of today’s workplace is that a wide variety of employee grievances may escalate, almost without warning, into costly lawsuits. Any time an employee objects to a company employment practice that is...
California governor vetoes workers’ compensation bills
Oct 9 2006 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed two bills that he said would have undermined the bipartisan workers’ compensation reforms passed by the legislature in 2004. “When I ran for office, skyrocketing...
Oregon employers to pay less for workers’ compensation in 2007
Oct 9 2006 // Oregon will reduce the workers’ compensation pure premium rate by 2.1 percent for 2007, maintaining Oregon’s streak of not raising the rate in 16 years, Gov. Ted Kulongoski recently announced. “No other...
California anticipates lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates 6.3 percent
Oct 9 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced on Sept. 28 that he will likely recommend a further reduction in the state’s workers’ compensation insurance rates of at least an additional 6.3...
Iowa Principal Group to Expand Operations, Add 200 Jobs
Oct 2 2006 // Principal Financial Group Inc. is expanding its Des Moines operations and anticipates hiring at least 200 more workers by the end of 2007. The Des Moines-based insurance and financial services company said Friday it...
Integro Adds New Managing Principal in Chicago Office
Sep 26 2006 // Integro today announced that William T. Sullivan has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a managing principal. He comes to Integro from Aon, where he served as a relationship manager. According to the Integro written...
California State Compensation Insurance Fund appoints Tudor president
Sep 25 2006 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Board of Directors appointed James C. Tudor as the organization’s president. Tudor’s appointment caps an extensive four month national search for a...
Marsh & McLennan cutting 750 jobs
Sep 25 2006 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., the world’s biggest insurance brokerage, said it will cut 750 jobs, consolidate some locations and revamp its information technology structure to cut costs. Marsh & McLennan,...
Aon freed to accept contingent pay when serving as managing general agents
Sep 25 2006 // Aon Corporation said it has obtained agreement from five agencies in three states to amend its settlement agreements so that it can accept contingent compensation from an insurer for which Aon is acting as a general agent...
Swiss Re Confirms 2000 Job Cuts
Sep 25 2006 // From a financial standpoint Swiss Re’s integration of GE Insurance Solutions seems to be progressing well. However, it has inevitably led to job cuts, or as the British would put it, redundancies. Swiss Re announced...
GEICO Adds 800 Jobs in Virginia
Sep 21 2006 // GEICO insurance company announced it would add nearly 800 jobs at its regional headquarters in Stafford County. The facility, one of seven regional offices, employs about 3,000 people and already is one of the...
Agents Take Aim at Zurich Compensation, Disclosure Settlement
Sep 20 2006 // An association for independent insurance agents has urged a federal court to reject recent settlement provisions between Zurich Insurance and states that affect thousands of agents who were not involved in the original...
Fla. Nixes Citizens’ Plan; Bans Hiring of Lawyers for Rate Appeals
Sep 19 2006 // Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his Cabinet have rejected a proposed plan of operation for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation and instead ordered the state’s insurer of last resort to hold a series of public...
Marsh & McLennan Cutting 750 Jobs
Sep 18 2006 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., the world’s biggest insurance brokerage, said last Friday it will cut 750 jobs, consolidate some locations and revamp its information technology structure to cut costs. Marsh &...
Nationwide Health Insurance to Cut 350 Jobs in Ohio, Calif.
Sep 14 2006 // Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Health Plans, an affiliate of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. that provides health insurance in Ohio and California, will begin cutting about 350 jobs next year, a spokesman for the larger...
Aviva Targets 4000 Jobs, $470 Million Cost Savings at Norwich Union
Sep 14 2006 // The U.K.’s Aviva plc announced that its British business Norwich Union has targeted some 4000 jobs for elimination in an initiative to “reduce duplication and improve efficiency to deliver annual cost savings...
Brandt Named Manager for Calif. State Compensation Insurance Fund
Sep 13 2006 // Vacaville, Calif. resident Cheri Brandt has been promoted to manager for State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Customer Service Center. Brandt started her State Fund career in 1990 when she was hired as a claims...
Western Agents Upset Brokers Working Against Compensation Agreements
Sep 12 2006 // Reacting to an investors’ conference last week at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods in New York, the Western Insurance Agents Assocation issued a release indicating it is upset that brokers and insurers who broke the law...
Ireland’s Quinn-direct to Create 1000 New Jobs
Sep 5 2006 // One Company that seems confident in the growth predictions of the Research & Markets report (See related article) is Ireland’s Quinn Group. It plans to hire as many as 1000 new workers for its insurance...
