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What Supreme Court’s Head Scarf Ruling Means for Employers
Jun 1 2015 // A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Abercrombie & Fitch Co. can be sued for denying employment to a woman wearing a head scarf will compel companies large and small to brush up on the nuances of bias and do more to...
Supreme Court Backs Muslim Woman’s Job Bias Claim Over Head Scarf
Jun 1 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who filed a lawsuit after she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious...
NCCI State of the Line Report Reveals Positive Outlook for Workers’ Compensation Market
Jun 1 2015 // The workers’ compensation industry had a pretty good 2014 in which its combined ratio improved for the third consecutive year, premium grew for the fourth consecutive year, and claim frequency declined about two...
Ex-N.Y. Senate Leader Accused of Getting Son No-Show Job at Insurance Co.
May 29 2015 // Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos got his son a no-show job with a medical malpractice insurer who was lobbying the Legislature, according to a federal indictment. Father and son “engaged in a...
AEGIS London’s Managing Director Moves to Canopius as Group CEO
May 21 2015 // AEGIS London announced that Stuart Davies, the company’s managing director, has resigned to take up the group CEO role at Canopius. At Canopius, Davies succeeds Michael Watson who remains the company’s...
Cyber, Talent, Data Among Game Changers for Insurers
May 18 2015 // Protecting clients against growing and poorly understood risks associated with information technology system failures is a leading concern of the insurance industry today, according to a group of prominent underwriters and...
How On-Demand Economy Is Changing Workers’ Compensation
May 15 2015 // The workers’ compensation industry must contend with a fast-growing on-demand economy where jobs are filled via apps and more employees are temporary contractors. “Technology is changing how we think about...
Southeast Schools Hoping to Fill Need for Insurance Cybersecurity Experts
May 5 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...
Crawford & Company Adds Managing Director to American Aviation Team in Miami
May 5 2015 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, a provider of claims management programs, added Ken Forsyth to its Crawford Global Technical Services (GTS) as managing director Aviation – the Americas effective April 23, 2015....
IFG Cos. Names Denton Executive Managing Director in California
May 4 2015 // IFG Cos. has named Michael R. Denton executive managing director in property. He is based in IFG’s Irvine, Calif. office. Denton assumes responsibility for leading and managing the brokerage property division,...
How to Interest Millennials in Insurance Careers
May 1 2015 // Many property/casualty insurance professionals are worried about how the industry is going to replace the huge population of baby boomers retiring now and over the next decade. Almost half of insurance industry...
Report: 50 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2014
May 1 2015 // Fifty workers died from injuries on the job in Massachusetts last year. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupation Safety and...
RIMS Report: Insurance Gamechangers Include Cyber, Talent, Data
May 1 2015 // Protecting clients against growing and poorly understood risks associated with information technology system failures is a leading concern of the insurance industry today, a group of underwriters and brokers told risk...
Connecticut Labor, Advocates to Honor Workers Who Died on the Job
Apr 28 2015 // Organized labor is marking Workers Memorial Day by calling on the Connecticut legislature to pass bills intended to improve employee safety. One measure would require the state’s Department of Administrative Services...
Florida-Based The Villages Insurance Adds Cameron as Managing Advisor
Apr 28 2015 // The Villages Insurance has added Matt Cameron as managing advisor to its Pinellas Plaza, Fla., office. Cameron has over 23 years experience in the insurance industry, most recently as an agent at the local AAA...
Hub Names Jellen Managing Director of Entertainment Practice in California
Apr 27 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has named Robert Jellen as managing director of Hub’s Los Angeles, Calif.-based entertainment practice. Hub also added Seth Cohen, vice president, and Dany Rodriguez, account executive, to...
Cracking Under Pressure: Answers to the Workers’ Compensation Quiz
Apr 20 2015 // We gave you the questions on Friday; you have had all weekend to ponder your responses. Here are the answers for which you have been waiting. Good luck, we hope you do well. 1. What country was the first to implement a...
What Agencies Need to Know About Recruiting the Next Generation
Apr 20 2015 // Recruiting the next generation of talent is not a new challenge but a difficult one. At the recent NetVu15 conference in Indianapolis, a workshop titled “Generation XYZ in the Workplace” drew a large crowd,...
Revamp Your Current Millennial Retention Practices
Apr 20 2015 // The Millennial generation is making big waves in the business world. Already 77 million strong and accounting for 25 percent of the U.S. workforce, Millennials are redefining the workplace of the future. Unfortunately,...
Creating Performance-Based Compensation
Apr 20 2015 // For many businesses and employees, the standard business model is for the employer to pay the employee a fixed salary based on a basic understanding that the employee will perform certain tasks. Compensation might be...