Latest Talent Headlines
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Using a Marketing Approach to Recruiting Employees
Nov 6 2005 // This is the first in a series of articles offering “best practices” for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at: www.iiat.org, under Agency Management. The lifeblood of...
Willis Group Unveils Q3 Report
Nov 2 2005 // Willis Group Holdings Limited, the global insurance broker, reported results for the quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2005. Net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2005 was $49 million, or $0.30 per diluted...
TDI to Hold Workers’ Compensation Network Workshop
Oct 31 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled a Workers’ Compensation Health Care Network Workshop for Dec. 6, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The workshop will take place at TDI headquarters, 333 Guadalupe...
Study Finds Only 18% of Americans Approve of Insurance Industry’s Job Post-Hurricane Katrina
Oct 26 2005 // In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, an online study of approximately 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by the research group Ipsos Public Affairs shows that while nearly all respondents approve of the job being done by charities...
Employer Guilty of Providing False Information to W.V. Workers Compensation Commission
Oct 25 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced Tuesday that Richard Custer Jr., was sentenced Oct. 12 on one felony charge of making a false statement to the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Custer,...
Fla. Attorney General Cautions Hurricane Wilma Victims To Use Care In Hiring Workers
Oct 24 2005 // Attorney General Charlie Crist has advised Floridians to use extra caution when hiring workers to help clean up the damage caused by Hurricane Wilma. In particular, Crist warned those who are victims of water damage and...
Prettejohn Stresses Underwriting Discipline, Reforms in Keynote Speech to ACORD Forum
Oct 21 2005 // Lloyd’s CEO Nick Prettejohn, in what may be his last major address as Lloyd’s CEO (See IJ Web site Oct. 17 and 18), told those assembled for the ACORD Forum in London that underwriting discipline continues to...
Aon Names DeCoster Resident Managing Director for Ga. Operations
Oct 20 2005 // Aon announced the appointment of Richard (Rick) DeCoster as resident managing director of Aon Risk Services of Georgia. As resident managing director, DeCoster is responsible for brokerage services of property/casualty...
FIC Says Irresponsible Workers’ Compensation Rate Reductions Could Reverse Reform Progress
Oct 18 2005 // The Florida Insurance Council, (FIC) is warning regulators against steep, politically-motivated cuts in workers’ compensation insurance rates. FIC said the reforms resulting from the massive workers’ comp bill...
Managing Co-Owner Dismissed
Oct 17 2005 // The managing co-owner in The Leavitt Group’s Albuquerque office has been dismissed for reported misrepresentations made in proposals to 20 current or former clients over a six-year period. The misrepresentations were...
Using a Marketing Approach to Recruiting Employees
Oct 17 2005 // The lifeblood of the independent insurance agency system is sales. You are the distribution system for insurance carriers and your long-term success is rooted in your ability to produce business. As a result, you probably...
Managing Co-Owner Dismissed
Oct 17 2005 // Man Fined For Workers’ Comp Fraud A San Diego County Superior Court judge has sentenced Kevin Vint, 50, of Del Mar, Calif., to three years formal probation for conspiracy to commit workers’ compensation...
W.Va. Indicts Employer, Employee for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Oct 12 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced one employer, Brett A. Starr was indicted last month by a Kanawha County Grand Jury on the felony offense of Workers’ Compensation Fraud. At the same...
Consumer Advocate Criticizes NCCI Recommendation; Suggests 22 Percent Workers’ Compensation Decrease
Oct 11 2005 // Even though the National Council on Compensation Insurance has doubled to 7.2 percent its suggested rate reduction in Florida, Allan Schwartz, an actuary hired by Steve Burgess, an Insurance Consumer advocate says the...
Aon Cutting British Jobs
Oct 5 2005 // The world’s second largest insurance broker reported on Wednesday that it will eliminate some 750 jobs at its British operations as part of a company-wide cost-cutting effort, according to Reuters. Aon Corp. reported...
Leavitt Group Dismisses Albuquerque Managing Co-Owner
Oct 4 2005 // The Leavitt Group acknowledged this week that the managing co-owner in its Albuquerque office was dismissed on Sept. 23 for reported misrepresentations made in proposals to 20 current or former clients over a six-year...
Workers’ Compensation Web Reporting Portal Opened by PMSI-Tmesys
Sep 9 2005 // PMSI-Tmesys, a workers’ compensation services provider in Tampa, Fla. has introduced a web portal reporting service that provides instant, self-service reporting capabilities to its clients. Using the PMSI-Tmesys Web...
Assured Guaranty Appoints Bajer Managing Director for Europe
Sep 7 2005 // Assured Guaranty Corp., a subsidiary of Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced that Assured Guaranty (UK) Ltd., its European unit, has appointed Marc Bajer as managing director and head of its European business. He will be...
Workers’ Compensation Gives Nevada Business Incentives
Sep 6 2005 // A study by the state of Oregon finds that Nevada’s workers’ compensation system is a selling point for attracting businesses to locate in Nevada. Premium-related rates have increased in Nevada only once in the...
Ohio Workers’ Compensation Scandal Pulls in Governor
Sep 5 2005 // An ongoing investigation into investment mismanagement claims within the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Bureau has led to the charge of Republican Gov. Bob Taft with violating state ethics laws by failing to report gifts...
