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Survey Says Insurance Industry Hiring to Increase in 2nd Half of 2000
Aug 8 2000 // Results of a new survey, conducted by management Recruiters International Inc. (MRI), indicate that 50.4 percent of executives with responsibility for hiring in the insurance industry plan to increase staff hiring in the...
Farmers Ins. to Close Maryland Phone Center, Eliminate 114 Jobs
Aug 4 2000 // Farmers Insurance Group will close an insurance call center in Timonium, Maryland by the end of this year, a company official said. The move, done for financial reasons according to Carol Siegfried, Farmers’...
Salaries of Insurance Executives Searchable on
Jul 11 2000 // Insure.com has launched its new Insurance Executive Salary Tool, an interactive guide to the paychecks of the leaders of the insurance industry. The tool allows insure.com readers to view executive compensation for a...
Ohio Casualty Restructures Avomark, Cuts Jobs
Jun 29 2000 // Ohio Casualty Corp. is restructuring its Avomark Insurance Co. operations, which will result in cutting 114 jobs. The changes are geared to reflect the company’s new Internet-only strategy and will result in an...
Pennsylvania Employer Sentenced for Not Carrying Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Jun 21 2000 // A Westmoreland County employer who pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor violations of the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law was recently sentenced to five years probation, ordered to pay $14,798 in restitution and...
Wrong Time for a Career Change
May 15 2000 // Jo Blackmore of Van Nuys was arrested on workers’ comp fraud. The 55-year-old real estate agent continued to work while receiving disability benefits. According to CDI fraud investigators, on April 28, 1998,...
PEOs Change Focus by Courting Agents as Partners, not Customers
Apr 10 2000 // As much as 10 years ago, independent insurance agents were being courted by professional employer organizations (PEOs), which viewed the small structure of agents’ offices as ripe for their human resources...
