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Ci Direct Facility Creates 75 Jobs in Taos, N.M.
Jul 31 2006 // A national bilingual insurance provider will provide 75 new jobs at its new facility in Taos, N.M. Gov. Bill Richardson said in a news release that the Iowa-based Ci Direct provides licensed agents for insurance and...
St. Paul Adding 600 Jobs in Conn.
Jul 26 2006 // St. Paul Travelers has announced plans to add about 600 jobs in Connecticut as it expands its operations. The property-casualty insurance company already has about 6,300 Connecticut employees, most of them in downtown...
Colorado Workers’ Compensation Premium To Remain Unchanged
Jul 26 2006 // Colorado employees are likely to see their workers’ compensation costs remain unchanged for 2007. State Insurance Commissioner David Rivera said the National Council on Compensation Insurance will not be filing for...
Agency compensation reflects organic growth, profitability and retention
Jul 24 2006 // With fewer large books of business changing hands recently, insurance agencies are relying on staff-driven, organic growth to expand their operations. Compensation packages and new recruitment and training strategies have...
Agency compensation reflects organic growth, profitability and retention
Jul 24 2006 // With fewer large books of business changing hands recently, insurance agencies are relying on staff-driven, organic growth to expand their operations. Compensation packages and new recruitment and training strategies have...
Division of Workers’ Compensation Cautions Community About Coercing Medical Evaluators
Jul 21 2006 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a statement advising that it is “neither ethical nor proper to attempt to coerce medical providers.” According to William Zachry, vice president...
Florida Job Site Sweep Results in Three Workers’ Comp Arrests
Jul 20 2006 // Job site inspections in St. Lucie County, Fla. have resulted in the arrests of three individuals and the issuance of 15 Cease and Desist orders for unauthorized workers and two citations of $2,500 for unlicensed...
CorVel Certified as Texas Workers’ Compensation HCN
Jul 20 2006 // CorVel Corporation announced that its health care network (HCN) has been certified by the Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation. In preparation for its certification, CorVel...
Swiss Re to Cut 2,000 Jobs in 2007 to Improve Efficiency
Jul 13 2006 // Swiss Reinsurance Co. said Tuesday it would cut up to 2,000 jobs by the end of 2007 in a bid to improve efficiency. Large offices in Zurich; London; Munich; Armonk, N.Y.; and Kansas City, Kan., will be primarily affected,...
GM to Close Portuguese Factory by End of 2006; 1,200 Lost Jobs Possible
Jul 12 2006 // GM is to close its factory in Portugal this year and move production of its Combo vehicle to its factory in Zaragoza, Spain, the company’s Europe vice president said July 11. The move means 1,200 lost jobs at the...
California Connects Workers to Insurance Careers
Jul 7 2006 // A coalition of insurance companies, community colleges and workforce development specialists have started a statewide insurance education program, called the California Insurance Careers Program, aimed at preparing...
Mich. Workers’ Compensation Agency, State Bar to Sponsor Seminar
Jul 6 2006 // For attorneys and others interested in learning about the state’s workers’ compensation law, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth (DLEG) and the State Bar of Michigan have teamed up to sponsor a...
California Workers’ Compensation Loss Ratios Down Significantly
Jul 6 2006 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has completed its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March 31, 2006. According to the report, workers’ comp reforms...
Washington Workers’ Compensation Benefits to Increase 3.5 Percent
Jul 5 2006 // Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation wage-replacement or pension benefits will receive a 3.5 percent cost-of-living increase. State law requires that benefits be recalculated each July 1 to...
Target Markets Mid-Year Meeting
Jul 4 2006 // Steve Way Has Built Giant HCC Holdings Via Acquisitions and He’s Not Done Yet Managing general agents and program administrators have an admirer with deep pockets in Steven Way. Getting some of that money might be...
Esurance Expands Central Valley, Calif., Office, Adds Jobs
Jun 27 2006 // Esurance, a direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, is expanding its sales and claims office in Rocklin, Calif., from 25,000 square feet to 48,000 square feet. With the expansion, the office will be able to...
Ark. AG Says Job Scam May be Operating From State
Jun 27 2006 // Attorney General Mike Beebe recently issued a consumer alert aimed at job seekers who receive bogus offers of employment from overseas. The offers are designed to trick individuals who are looking for work into wiring...
Compensation Survey: Agencies Reward on Organic Growth, Profitability, Retention
Jun 27 2006 // With fewer large books of business changing hands recently, insurance agencies are relying on staff-driven, organic growth to expand their operations. Compensation packages and new recruitment and training strategies have...
Allianz Plans Restructuring; 7480 German Job Cuts
Jun 23 2006 // Germany’s Allianz AG confirmed growing speculation that it would launch substantial cost cutting measures with the announcement on Thursday, June 22, that it plans to reduce the number of workers at Allianz...
Legal and effective incentive compensation still under fire
Jun 19 2006 // There is a critical need to preserve the right of insurance companies to determine how best to compensate the insurance agents and brokers who sell their products. In this regard, the insurance industry is like virtually...
