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Pa. Sees Slower Growth in Workers’ Compensation Claim Costs, According to WCRI Study
Mar 15 2005 // Costs per workers’ compensation claim in Pennsylvania rose 6 percent between 2001 and 2002, according to a new report by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). This contrasts with...
NAMIC SOX, Loss History Positions Sway State Insurance Legislators; NCOIL Adopts Broker Compensation Model Act
Mar 8 2005 // National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) testimony convinced state insurance legislators to object to the application of Sarbanes-Oxley to mutual insurers and to not adopt a loss history database model...
NCOIL Approves Revised Producer Compensation Disclosure Model Act
Mar 7 2005 // The approval of a revised producer compensation disclosure model act and a resolution calling on commissioners to oppose application of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) financial reporting requirements on non-publicly traded insurers...
Conn. Gov. Meets with MetLife over Travelers Jobs
Mar 7 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell met today with Robert Benmosche, chairman and chief executive officer of MetLife Inc., to discuss the company’s recent acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity and its potential...
NCOIL Resolution Supports OSHA Ergonomics Guidelines; Hopes for Reduction in Workers’ Compensation Claims
Mar 3 2005 // A resolution supporting ergonomics guidelines for nursing homes and encouraging such facilities to use alternative mechanical lifting methods was unanimously approved on Thursday by the Workers’ Compensation...
NCOIL March 5 General Session to Address Broker Compensation, Disclosure
Feb 28 2005 // Legislators will examine options to address broker compensation and disclosure concerns during a National Conference of Insurance Legislators’ general session scheduled March 5 in Hilton Head, N.C.. The discussion,...
MetLife to Tell Travelers Employees of Job Status
Feb 22 2005 // MetLife Inc. will inform employees of Travelers Life & Annuity in Hartford, Conn. by April 4 whether job cuts will be imposed after Travelers is acquired, according to a memo. MetLife, which plans to buy...
W.V. Workers’ Compensation Commission Terminates Beckley Doctor
Feb 22 2005 // The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission in Charleston has terminated a Beckley physician from the program, “for providing health care that is excessive, medically unreasonable and...
Nominations Open for Third Annual CHOICE Workers’ Compensation Awards
Feb 21 2005 // A call for nominations for the third annual Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation has been issued by CHOICE Medical Management Services LLC of Tampa, Fla. The program recognizes physicians who deliver...
Outsiders See Need for Practical Solution to Compensation Disclosure
Feb 21 2005 // III Joint Forum: From the Outside Looking In It’s not very often that the insurance industry invites outsiders to share their opinions, so last month’s Insurance Information Institute’s Joint Industry...
Safeguards in Hiring Process Can Help Prevent Lawsuits Later
Feb 21 2005 // There are five times in the employer-employee relationship when the company is most vulnerable to a worker’s lawsuit: when a person is hired, promoted, disciplined, fired or affected by a new policy. Both litigation...
PCI COMMENDS NEVADA DOI ON BROKER COMPENSATION ISSUE:
Feb 21 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America commended the approach taken by the Nevada Division of Insurance on the disclosure of broker compensation in a temporary regulation adopted in early February....
Specialists Rank Talent Management Among Top Five Priorities in 2005
Feb 21 2005 // Providing rewards programs that attract, motivate and help retain employees has been ranked among the top five priorities for employers in 2005, according to a new survey conducted by Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Human...
MCS Names Marrone Managing Partner
Feb 14 2005 // Stephen J. Saporito, COO of Irvine, Calif.-based Millennium Corporate Solutions, announced that Frank L. Marrone has been named managing partner. As a managing partner, Marrone has been entrusted with helping chart...
Beecher Carlson Holdings Appoints Two New York Managing Directors
Feb 11 2005 // Jeffrey Lattmann and John Kerns have been named managing directors of Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc.’s New York office. Lattmann will also be a senior partner of the newly formed Executive Liability...
InVEST Offers Speaker’s Kit on Industry Careers
Feb 9 2005 // InVEST, an education program that strengthens the insurance industry by attracting a large pool of qualified insurance recruits, has released a new speaker’s presentation packet to help insurance professionals and...
PCI Commends Nev. DOI on Broker Compensation Issue
Feb 8 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America commended the approach taken by the Nevada Division of Insurance on the disclosure of broker compensation in a temporary regulation adopted last week. “Instead of...
Federal Judge Backs Maine Law Requiring Compensation Disclosure by Benefit Managers
Feb 7 2005 // A federal judge has sided with the state of Maine in an industry challenge to the constitutionality of a state law that requires pharmacy benefit managers to disclose side payments from drug companies and other financial...
IIAT SAYS COMPENSATION STUDY FLAWED:
Feb 7 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas strongly denounced as inaccurate and misleading, the claims made against independent agents and brokers by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a Washington-based consumer...
State Compensation Insurance Fund President Oki Announces Retirement
Feb 5 2005 // State Compensation Insurance Fund announced that after three years of leading California’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, Fund President Dianne Oki will retire in the coming month after a 37-year career...
