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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)...
Fund Opposing DEI-Hiring Goals Targets Nike, Kraft and Autodesk
Dec 31 2024 // A new investment fund that plans to oppose corporate DEI hiring goals is taking aim at Nike Inc., Kraft Heinz Co. and Autodesk Inc. Azoria Partners’ fund says it will avoid S&P 500 companies with specific...
UK Insurer Aviva to Cut Up to 2,300 Jobs in $4.65 Billion Direct Line Deal
Dec 31 2024 // British insurer Aviva could cut up to 2,300 jobs as it takes over smaller rival Direct Line in a 3.7 billion pound ($4.65 billion) cash-and-stock deal, the companies said on Monday [Dec. 23], creating the UK’s...
Surviving the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Closing the Talent, Skills Gap in Underwriting
Dec 20 2024 // With a “silver tsunami” of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right now, said...
Man Charged With Hiring Another to Burn Down His Home for $1.3 Million in Insurance
Dec 20 2024 // A New York man has been arrested on charges of conspiracy, arson and insurance fraud for allegedly hiring a man to set fire to his Yonkers home and then attempting to collect more than $1.3 million from his home insurance...
Swiss Insurer Helvetia’s Cost-Saving Plans Will Impact About 500 Jobs: CEO
Dec 16 2024 // Swiss insurer Helvetia plans to cut jobs and relocate some workers as part of an efficiency program aimed at saving about 200 million francs ($224 million) over the next three years. The measures will affect around 500...
Virginia Approves 12% Loss Cost Decrease for Workers’ Compensation
Dec 12 2024 // Virginia has approved a 12.0% loss cost decrease in the workers’ compensation voluntary market along with rate decreases in the assigned risk market, effective April 1, 2025. The State Corporation Commission (SCC)...
Court Nixes Workers’ Compensation for ‘Light Beer’ Drinking UPS Driver
Dec 11 2024 // A United Parcel Service (UPS) driver who was intoxicated when he crashed his semi-trailer delivery truck has been denied workers’ compensation benefits. Delaware Superior Court Judge Kathleen Vavala last week...
New York Expands Workers’ Compensation For Mental Health to All Workers
Dec 9 2024 // New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand workers’ compensation benefits to people who are facing job-related mental health crises. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2025, allows...
JPMorgan Bolsters Florida Bet With 300 New Jobs in Orlando
Dec 4 2024 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to hire 300 people in the Orlando area over the next two years, part of the largest US bank’s expansion in the South. The firm will renovate its 250,000-square-foot...
Talent, Again
Dec 2 2024 // It’s no surprise to independent agencies that talent, quality talent, is hard to find. Employers of every size and industry — across nearly every state — say they are facing unprecedented challenges...
Patronis to Leave Florida CFO Job to Run for Gaetz’ Seat in Congress
Nov 27 2024 // Florida’s chief financial officer, Jimmy Patronis, whose office oversees insurance agent and adjuster licensing, along with insurance fraud investigations, plans to step down and run for Congress next year. News...
People Moves: HUB Int’l Names Dutton President of HUB Canada West; Von Mesterhazy Appointed Managing Director of Allianz UK Specialty, as O’Keeffe Retires
Nov 26 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at HUB International and Allianz UK Specialty. A summary of these new hires follows here. HUB International Names Dutton President of HUB Canada West HUB...
Connecticut Approves 6% Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease for 2025
Nov 21 2024 // The trend of decreasing rates in Connecticut workers’ compensation insurance will continue as the state’s insurance regulator has approved an industry proposed 6% rate decrease beginning January 1, 2025. The...