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Workers’ Compensation Fund Installs HNC Claims Advisor for Subrogation
Jun 3 2002 // San Diego-based HNC Software Inc., a provider of high-end analytics and decision management software, announced that Workers Compensation Fund, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has installed HNC Claims Advisor for...
George Hogue: Perfect for the Job
May 27 2002 // We tried to get George Hogue to come to the IIAT convention in June so we could give him a plaque and a round of applause, but he won’t be there. He made other plans. And besides, he doesn’t like to call...
George Hogue: Perfect for the Job
May 27 2002 // We tried to get George Hogue to come to the IIAT convention in June so we could give him a plaque and a round of applause, but he won’t be there. He made other plans. And besides, he doesn’t like to call...
AXA to Cut 700-1000 Jobs in U.K. P/C Unit Restructuring
May 15 2002 // France’s AXA announced plans to undertake a wholesale restructuring of its p/c operations in the U.K. which will eventually involve the loss of between 700 and 1000 jobs. The job cuts are aimed at stopping the losses...
The Illusion of Protection: Terrorism, War and Workers’ Compensation
Apr 15 2002 // The impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11th on the property/casualty insurance industry can hardly be overstated—the largest catastrophe loss ever; an unprecedented convergence of coverages, creating a...
EQECAT Developing Compensation Loss Cost Models for WCIRB
Apr 4 2002 // EQECAT Inc. has been awarded a contract to develop the earthquake loss costs for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) of California. The loss costs are to be incorporated into their rate filing...
Calif. Workers’ Compensation Medical Payments on the Rise
Apr 3 2002 // The average medical payment per workers’ compensation claim in California has been increasing significantly in recent years mainly as a result of more visits to non-hospital providers and rising hospital costs,...
It’s no Accident, But is There Coverage’
Mar 11 2002 // Back in the early years of insurance, some great sage recognized that insurance should not apply to damages for the intentional conduct of the insured. Thus, murderers cannot buy murderer’s liability insurance and...
It’s no Accident, But is There Coverage’
Mar 11 2002 // Back in the early years of insurance, some great sage recognized that insurance should not apply to damages for the intentional conduct of the insured. Thus, murderers cannot buy murderer’s liability insurance and...
Workers’ Compensation
Feb 25 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Regency Pacific Insurance Services has available a workers’ compensation program. Appointment as a broker. Dollars: Various minimum premiums. Carrier: Everest National. Admitted. Rated “A+...
Workers’ Compensation A Thorn in Side of U.S. Companies
Jan 24 2002 // Workers’ compensation, one of the insurance lines most acutely affected by the terrorism of 2001 and by the continued absence of government backstop insurance for terrorism events, is fast becoming a high-priced...
Controversy Erupts Over Terms of WTC Victims’ Compensation Fund
Jan 7 2002 // No sooner had Special Master Kenneth Feinberg announced the rules governing payments by the Victims’ Compensation Fund, established by the federal government to compensate the survivors and the families of victims of...
SurePath 3.0 Offering Tools for Processing, Managing Surety Bonds
Jan 3 2002 // California-based InSure Vision Technologies (IVT) has announced the availability of SurePath 3.0, its flagship product for processing and managing both paper-based and electronic surety bonds. Pam Stocks, InSure Vision...
Even in Paradise, A Job to Do
Nov 12 2001 // Eating papaya and drinking coffee, we relaxed on the terrace in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Waikiki Beach. It was hard to believe we were getting ready to listen to straight talk about some of the most disastrous...
Prudential U.K. Confirms $1.2 Billion Deal with Winterthur, 2,100 Job Losses Expected
Nov 5 2001 // Prudential U.K. confirmed reports which first appeared last week that it has reached an agreement to sell its general insurance business to Switzerland’s Winterthur, the insurance arm of Credit Suisse/First Boston,...
OneBeacon Appoints Lerwick Managing Director
Oct 3 2001 // Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group announced the appointment of Stuart Lerwick as Managing Director with particular focus on the management information area. Lerwick, a UC Berkeley graduate, who previously served as...
ASCNET’s 16th Annual Education Conference Slated for Orlando Oct. 24-27
Oct 1 2001 // The Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency technology, will hold its 16th Annual Education Conference, designed for principals, owners and system managers, on Oct. 24-27 at...
CITIGROUP CUTS MORE JOBS
Sep 30 2001 // In addition to the previously announced layoffs of 1,200 employees, Citigroup Inc. announced it would let go another 3,000 workers this year due to the economic downturn, according to Reuters. The world’s largest...
Customer Service at Its Best: Defining the’Perfect’ CSR
Sep 17 2001 // When asked to list the major strengths of their agency, most owners usually include the agency’s quality of service to the client. In the typical agency, the customer service representative is the foundation of good...
CITIGROUP CUTS MORE JOBS
Sep 3 2001 // In addition to the previously announced layoffs of 1,200 employees, Citigroup Inc. announced it would let go another 3,000 workers this year due to the economic downturn, according to Reuters. The world’s largest...
