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Workers’ Compensation Insurtech Pie Raises $127 Million With Plan to Acquire Carriers
May 28 2020 // Workers’ compensation provider Pie Insurance announced the closing of $127 million in new financing and capital commitments. Gallatin Point Capital joined the insurtech’s current investors in the capital raise,...
Citing 9/11 Victims Fund, Lawmakers Eye U.S. Compensation Pool For COVID-19 Workers
May 18 2020 // A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers last week unveiled a plan to compensate essential workers who fall sick or die from COVID-19. The lawmakers are modeling their Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act after the September...
Your Template to Write an Awesome Insurance Job Advertisement
May 18 2020 // A job description is the most important step to launch your recruiting project because: It’s the advertising piece that generates excitement about your company. It’s the information you put on paid job...
What to Expect in Workers’ Compensation Costs From COVID-19: NCCI
May 18 2020 // If only 10% of health care workers contract COVID-19 and all of their claims are deemed compensable, workers’ compensation loss costs for that sector could double or even triple in some states, according to an...
AIG Shareholders Approve Insurer’s Executive Compensation Plan
May 15 2020 // Shareholders of American International Group Inc. strengthened their support for the U.S. insurance company’s executive compensation plan after the board made changes to its pay packages, according to vote totals AIG...
DUAL Acquires Specialty Managing General Agency in New Zealand
May 7 2020 // DUAL, the underwriting arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in New Zealand specialty underwriting agency International Underwriting Agencies (IUA). “This is an...
Goodreau Joins Michigan’s High Street Insurance as Managing Partner, COO
May 6 2020 // Traverse City, Michigan-based insurance brokerage, High Street Insurance Partners (HSIP), has added Scott Goodreau as managing partner and chief operating officer. Goodreau, who joined the company in April, brings nearly...
What to Expect in Workers’ Compensation Costs From COVID-19: NCCI
May 6 2020 // If only 10 percent of health care workers contract COVID-19 and all of their claims are deemed compensable, workers’ compensation loss costs for that sector could double or even triple in some states, according to an...
Raising Workers’ Total Health With Workers’ Comp The Many Ways a Job Affects a Worker’s Well-Being
May 4 2020 // Workers’ compensation leaders are being urged to move away from thinking primarily about how best to prevent and treat a worker’s physical injury to considering how to help the whole worker. It’s a...
Recovered from COVID-19, Wary First Responders Back on Job
Apr 29 2020 // The new coronavirus doesn’t care about a blue uniform or a shiny badge. Police, firefighters, paramedics and corrections officers are just a 911 call away from contracting COVID-19 and spreading it. With N95 masks...
Maryland Insurance Administration Announces Apprenticeship Program
Apr 28 2020 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is participating in an apprenticeship program designed to attract talent to the insurance industry. The program is led by Invest, which is affiliated with the Independent Insurance...
Houston-Area Manufacturer to Pay $225K to Settle Hiring Discrimination Suit
Apr 21 2020 // Champion Fiberglass Inc. (Champion), a Houston-area manufacturing company, has settled a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) accusing the company of discriminatory hiring practices. The...
States Easing Path to Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Coronavirus Workers
Apr 21 2020 // Sympathetic state lawmakers and regulators in states both red and blue promise to make COVID-19 a major cost driver for workers’ compensation insurers. The governors of Kentucky, Arkansas, North Dakota and Florida...
Attracting the Next Generation of Insurance Talent
Apr 20 2020 // While the insurance industry offers many of the attributes upcoming graduates and young professionals seek in a career, it is often overlooked. According to one study, only 7% of Generation Z considers itself very familiar...
How To Stretch Your Recruiting Budget During & After COVID-19
Apr 20 2020 // COVID-19’s lasting effect on hiring will force insurance organizations to make difficult staffing decisions. It isn’t the norm for me to write a budget and planning article in April; I assume the same can be...
How Insurance Producers Can Refresh Their Career this Spring
Apr 20 2020 // The spring months usher in a time of growth and change and often serve as a catalyst for organizing and reevaluating personal lives and careers. For the insurance industry, the season can bring a fresh wave of...
Aspen Re Names Axis Re’s Kreuzer Senior Managing Director for Americas
Apr 7 2020 // Scott Kreuzer has been appointed senior managing director, Americas, at Aspen Re, effective May 4, 2020. Kreuzer joins Aspen Re from Axis Reinsurance where he has served as senior vice president, head of Casualty North...
3-Part Hiring Plan During COVID-19
Apr 6 2020 // My recruiting career began 18 months before The Great Recession, so to say I’m seeing similarities between then and the current COVID-19 situation is an understatement. I remember the anxiety and uncertainty about...
Blenheim Gets Initial Approval from Lloyd’s to Launch New Managing Agency
Mar 27 2020 // Blenheim Underwriting announced it has been granted “approval in principle” by the Lloyd’s board to establish a new managing agency. Blenheim said it can now submit an application to the Prudential...
NCCI Moves Workers’ Compensation Issues Symposium Online for May 12
Mar 25 2020 // The workers’ compensation rating and information organization National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) said it is converting its Annual Issues Symposium from a live to a virtual event due to the coronavirus...
