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The Right Man for the Right Job
Jan 12 2004 // An Exclusive Interview with Gregory Serio Gregory V. Serio, the superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department, is a busy man—moving between Albany, Manhattan, Washington D.C. and elsewhere about the country....
Building Agency Value Through Perpetuation
Jan 12 2004 // Editor’s note: Agency perpetuation, or ownership succession for an agency, seems to be on the minds of many agency owners today. To address issues involved in planning for the transfer of agency ownership, the...
Workers’ Compensation Specialist Participates in Safety Presentation
Dec 16 2003 // John Bohn, Home Office Loss Control Specialist for GUARD Insurance Group, participated in a recent workshop entitled Safety at Work II: Risk Management Techniques for Small Business co-sponsored by the Occupational Safety...
Avoiding the Half-Million Dollar Mistake
Dec 15 2003 // Hiring the wrong producer is what I call a $500,000 mistake. In fact, in analyzing the fallout from hiring the wrong producer, the mistake can often be greater than one-half million dollars. Believe me, I’ve been...
Workers’ Compensation
Dec 15 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Integrated Programs Insurance Inc. has a market for workers’ compensation. Dollars: Minimum premium of $10,000. Carrier: Rated “A IX.” States Available: All except California &...
A New Workers’ Compensation Insurer for Businesses Situated in New York State
Dec 9 2003 // First Pavilion Insurance Company published its intention to form a stock insurance corporation under the provisions of the Insurance Law of the State of New York. The Company plans to write excess insurance policies with a...
Avoiding the Half-Million Dollar Mistake
Dec 1 2003 // Hiring the wrong producer is what I call a $500,000 mistake. In fact, in analyzing the fallout from hiring the wrong producer, the mistake can often be greater than one-half million dollars. Believe me, I’ve been...
S&P Affirms American Compensation Insurance Co.’s ‘Bpi’ Rating
Nov 26 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘Bpi’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Minnesota-based American Compensation Insurance Co. (American Compensation). The ratings reflect its...
Agency Salary Survey 2003
Nov 17 2003 // The following agency compensation survey and commentary appeared in the March 2003 Middleton Letter, which was previously published by the late Carol Hammes, and is now produced by Marsh, Berry & Co. Inc. in...
Incentive Programs Offer Alternative to Traditional Compensation
Nov 17 2003 // The insurance agency industry, like most other industries, has struggled with “merit” type compensation programs that attempt to reward employees based on the quality of their work effort. Unfortunately, in the...
Agency Salary Survey 2003
Nov 17 2003 // The following agency compensation survey and commentary appeared in the March 2003 Middleton Letter, which was previously published by the late Carol Hammes, and is now produced by Marsh, Berry & Co. Inc. in...
Incentive Programs Offer Alternative to Traditional Compensation
Nov 17 2003 // The insurance agency industry, like most other industries, has struggled with “merit” type compensation programs that attempt to reward employees based on the quality of their work effort. Unfortunately, in the...
Nev. Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rates to Decrease
Nov 13 2003 // Nevada’s employers should see a drop in their 2004 premiums for workers’ compensation as a result of the filing submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. approved by Nevada Insurance...
Geospatial Tool Aids Fla. in Managing Wildland Fire Risk
Nov 13 2003 // Space Imaging announced the completion of the Florida Fire Risk Assessment project for the Florida Division of Forestry (DOF). The project involved compiling numerous statewide current and historical datasets, and working...
Stretching Your Budget with “On-Call” Tech Professionals
Nov 3 2003 // One of the decisions that any agency principal faces sooner or later is “How much technological expertise do I need in house?” In an ideal world, you would have a network specialist, an information technology...
The Garamendi Plan: Workers’ Compensation Reform Phase II
Nov 3 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi outlined the second phase of his workers’ compensation reform plan Oct. 21. The reform legislation that he helped shape during the first phase of this effort is...
Wooley, Kyle Battle for Louisiana’s Top Insurance Job
Nov 3 2003 // And then there were two. That is the scenario for this month’s runoff election (Nov. 15) in the race to be the next insurance commissioner in Louisiana. The Oct. 4 primaries brought the field of candidates down to...
Workers Compensation Fund Sues State of Utah
Oct 23 2003 // The Utah Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Utah over the ownership of the assets of WCF. This dispute has been long standing. WCF believes that the assets of the...
Va. Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Fund On Financial Watch
Oct 7 2003 // An actuarial review of the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Fund reportedly finds that the outlook for the program’s ability to meet future claims payments has deteriorated. However, the State...
Lloyd’s Chairman Calls for Action to Tackle Compensation Culture
Sep 16 2003 // Speaking at Town Hall Los Angeles recently, Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s of London insurance market, said that the compensation culture and increasing barriers to free trade cause serious harm to industries that...
