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County Trash Collector’s Workers’ Compensation Claim Thrown Out
Feb 21 2025 // When the garbage truck stopped, the worker stepped down from the metal step on the back of the truck to run and retrieve a trash can. When his feet hit the ground, he heard a pop in his leg, felt pain in his knee, knelt...
People Moves: West Named Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division Administrator
Feb 20 2025 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services appointed Matt West as administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division. West has more than 19 years of experience in the workers’ comp industry. He...
Trump’s Hiring Freeze Throws Wildfire Fighters Into Disarray
Feb 18 2025 // Federal firefighters have found their jobs on the chopping block as a result of US President Donald Trump’s executive orders, with a hiring freeze simultaneously blocking reinforcements in the aftermath of the Los...
People Moves: BMS Taps Howden Re’s Biddell as Managing Director and Head of London P/C; MGA DUAL UK Makes 3 Senior Appointments in Underwriting and Distribution
Feb 13 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker BMS and the managing general agent DUAL UK. A summary of these new hires follows here. BMS Taps Howden Re’s Biddell as Managing Director...
Michigan DIFS Advocates for Careers in the Insurance Industry as Part of Careers Month
Feb 11 2025 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) is highlighting in-demand jobs available to Michiganders in the insurance field as part of Insurance Careers Month. More than 73,000 Michiganders work in...
SEC Starts Shifting Agency’s Focus as Job Cut Threat Spooks Staff
Feb 10 2025 // A day after the Trump administration sent a missive to all federal employees inviting them to resign, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s acting boss, Mark Uyeda, addressed staff in a packed auditorium at...
‘Old School’ Job Search Benefits Injured Worker in Lost Wages Claim
Feb 7 2025 // A manufacturer and its workers compensation insurer thought an injured 60-year old service technician employee did not work hard enough to find a suitable replacement job as required to qualify for wage loss benefits....
Google Scraps Diversity-Based Hiring Targets
Feb 6 2025 // Alphabet’s Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a slew of U.S. businesses scaling...
People Moves: Patel Named Chair of Canopius Managing Agents, Succeeding Meader; Evolin Broking Taps Downing From Miller to Launch Construction Division
Jan 29 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the re/insurer Canopius Group and the broker Evolin. A summary of these new hires follows here. Patel Named Chair of Canopius Managing Agents, Succeeding...
2025 Agency Salary Survey: Deadline Approaching
Jan 28 2025 // It’s the final days to take this year’s Agency Salary Survey. All respondents will receive a copy of the report in Insurance Journal magazine. ALL retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the...
Big Recruiting Challenges Ahead for Insurance Agencies in 2025
Jan 27 2025 // Have you felt like hiring and recruiting has been harder lately? It’s tough to find good candidates. People seem less committed to the process. There’s more competition with offers. With so many ups and downs,...
School Employee Kicked 25 Times in 11 Days Denied Workers Compensation
Jan 17 2025 // A Virginia student assistant who suffered injuries in both knees after being kicked 25 times over a period of 11 days is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation...
Perdue Farms to Pay $4 Million For Letting Children Work Hazardous Jobs
Jan 17 2025 // Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution after it employed children in hazardous occupations at a Virginia plant and let them work past 7 p.m. during the regular school week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced...
Minnesota Staffing Firm to Pay $300K for Discriminatory Hiring Practices
Jan 16 2025 // TKO Construction Services, a Minnesota-based staffing company that provides temporary employees for commercial, residential, restoration, heavy industrial and energy construction companies, will pay $300,000 and provide...
Construction Firm Owner Sentenced for Tax, Mail and Workers Compensation Fraud
Jan 15 2025 // A Hopkinton, Massachusetts man was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2025 in federal court in Boston for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Travelers Insurance Co. over wages he paid to employees of his two construction...
Find Out How Salaries & Satisfaction Stack Up: Agency Salary Survey
Jan 14 2025 // We invite ALL retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — to participate in Insurance Journal’s annual independent insurance agency salary survey. Be a part of the industry’s...
New York AG Seeks Recovery of $2.2 Million in Crypto Tied to Remote Job Scam
Jan 13 2025 // New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit to recover $2.2 million worth of cryptocurrency held in digital wallets and stolen from New Yorkers and victims across the country in a remote job scam. James...
Injured While ‘Simply Walking’ Not Covered by Workers’ Compensation
Jan 8 2025 // Not all accidents are compensable merely because they happen at work, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) reminded in denying workers’ compensation benefits to a school bus driver for an injury...
One in Four UK Firms Cut Jobs After Reeves Budget, PMI Shows
Jan 6 2025 // Almost one in four British businesses cut jobs in December amid widespread pessimism over the squeeze on their finances from Labour’s tax-raising budget. S&P Global’s purchasing managers’ index...
He Saved the Chocolates But Lost His Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Jan 1 2025 // An employee who was injured when rescuing chocolate candies from the heat in his employer-owned delivery truck is not due workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC)...
