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Ohio Workers’ Compensation Scandal Pulls in Governor
Sep 5 2005 // An ongoing investigation into investment mismanagement claims within the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Bureau have led to the charge of Republican Gov. Bob Taft with violating state ethics laws by failing to report...
Where to Find Inexperienced Agency Producers
Sep 5 2005 // Believe it or not, every four-year graduate doesn’t want to jump from academics into insurance sales. Usually the student has to be sold on our industry. Is it wiser to grow by hiring a veteran agent or is it better...
Where to Find Inexperienced Agency Producers
Sep 5 2005 // Is it wiser to grow by hiring a veteran agent or is it better to hire someone without any insurance sales experience? Agency executives constantly debate this important issue. Big dollars are at risk. So which opinion is...
Division of Workers’ Compensation Begins at TDI Sept. 1
Aug 30 2005 // On Sept. 1, 2005, the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission is abolished and the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) begins at the Texas Department of Insurance. This transition is the result of House Bill...
Certified Workers Compensation Counselor Program (CWCC)
Aug 29 2005 // “Transforming the Landscape of Workers Compensation” When: October 17-19, 2005 Where: Town Center Southfield, Michigan Instructor: Maureen Gallagher LIC, CIC, CWCP, CRM, CWCA, RPLU, CILMA Cost: $1500 For more...
San Antonio Managing General Agency Announces Grand Opening
Aug 26 2005 // Stone Oak Underwriters, LLC of San Antonio, TX announces they are now accepting submissions from Independent Agents for Public Entities in Texas and Alabama with this new wholesale agency created by Tom Ramsbacher,...
Physicians Recognized for Treating Workers’ Compensation Patients
Aug 24 2005 // Five Florida physicians received the 2005 Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation, an honor granted to physicians who demonstrate excellence in treating injured employees. Former Secretary of Health and Human...
Ky. Temp Supplier Fined for Underreporting Workers’ Compensation to KEMI
Aug 24 2005 // A Kentucky company that supplies temporary workers for underground coal mines has pleaded guilty in Letcher Circuit Court to a felony count of insurance fraud. Boone Mountain Services Inc., of Jackhorn, Ky. was charged...
N.C. Legislators Sign ‘Limited Package’ of Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Aug 24 2005 // North Carolina legislators have taken final action on a limited package of workers’ compensation reforms (H. 99), assigning the more contentious and costly issues to an interim legislative study committee, according...
Salary.com: Small Businesses Change Pay Practices to Meet Healthcare Costs
Aug 23 2005 // New results released this week by Salary.com in its Small Business Basic Medical Coverage Survey show that nearly 90 percent of small businesses are paying more to provide basic medical insurance to their employees in 2005...
Bill Stiglitz Tells AIIA, Compensation System Under Attack
Aug 22 2005 // Our compensation system is under attack, independent agents put about $2 billion in their pockets due to profit sharing and it is under attack, there is no doubt about it,” Bill Stiglitz, Independent Insurance Agents...
Working Overtime Increases Risk of Workplace Injuries More Than Job Hazard, U.S. Study Finds
Aug 18 2005 // The long working hours culture drives up the risk of workplace injury and illness, reveals a study by occupational medicine researchers, who also conclude that the risk has nothing to do with how hazardous the job...
New Missouri Commissioner Brings Agent Experience to the Job
Aug 8 2005 // How W. Dale Finke Was Selected a Matter of Controversy Dale Finke doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. When Missouri’s Republican Gov. Matt Blunt nominated Finke to be the state’s insurance director...
New Missouri Commissioner Brings Agent Experience to the Job
Aug 8 2005 // Interviewed by Kevin B. O’Reilly Dale Finke doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. When Missouri’s Republican Gov. Matt Blunt nominated Finke to be the state’s insurance director back in February,...
Insurers Sue Security Firm for Hiring Alleged Md. Arsonist
Jul 31 2005 // The insurers for the company building the Hunters Brooke development in Charles County, Maryland have filed a lawsuit against the security firm that employed one of the men who allegedly set fire to the subdivision last...
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Hit By Legal Expenses in 2nd Quarter
Jul 28 2005 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company, based in Richmond, Va., reported that for the second quarter, total revenues were $162.0 million, compared with $147.8 million a year ago, an increase of 9.7 percent. Commissions and fees...
Ark. Issues Guidelines for Producer Compensation Disclosures
Jul 27 2005 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a bulletin reminding insurance producers that the state’s Producer Licensing Model Act (PLMA) was amended by Section 9 of Act 1697 of 2005, to create more transparency for...
Double-Digit Hikes in Health Costs Prove Drag on Profits, Hiring, Raises
Jul 22 2005 // Employees are facing a double whammy when it comes to health care costs: Many companies are likely to ask workers to pay more for their insurance while rising health care costs means companies may dole out lower...
Compensation Study Shows More Agencies Hiring Risk Managers
Jul 18 2005 // Larger insurance agencies today are more likely than not to employ a director of risk management, a claim specialist and a loss control specialist, according to Business Management Group Inc.’s 2005-2006 Non-Producer...
More Agencies Expand with Hiring of Staff Risk Managers
Jul 18 2005 // Larger insurance agencies today are more likely than not to employ a director of risk management, a claim specialist and a loss control specialist, according to a recent study. Business Management Group Inc.’s...
