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Is Ebola Compensable Under Workers’ Compensation?
Oct 20 2014 // Two tests must be satisfied before an illness or disease can be considered occupational and thus compensable under workers’ compensation. First, the illness or disease must be “occupational,” meaning that...
EPIC Hires Cosgrove as Managing Principal in New York
Oct 13 2014 // Retail insurance broker EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center) has hired William P. (Bill) Cosgrove as managing principal and Financial Institutions Practice leader. Cosgrove will be based in New York and will report to...
Report: Kansas Job Growth Lagging but There’s Hope for Next Year
Oct 10 2014 // A new report shows Kansas job growth is lagging well behind the nation but predicts the employment outlook will be better next year. Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research on...
Is Ebola Compensable Under Workers’ Compensation?
Oct 10 2014 // Two tests must be satisfied before an illness or disease can be considered occupational and thus compensable under workers’ compensation. First, the illness or disease must be “occupational,” meaning that...
How States Rank, High to Low, in Workers’ Compensation Premiums
Oct 9 2014 // A list of state rankings for workers’ compensation premiums shows a slight drop in premiums in the last two years, and that a number of states are close in terms of how much employers are paying. The list put out by...
New National Search Firm Specializing in P/C Insurance Opens in Kansas
Oct 7 2014 // A new executive search and recruiting firm exclusively dedicated to the property/casualty insurance industry has opened its doors in Prairie Village, Kan. Cohn Search Group provides a full-service recruiting experience to...
Willis Management (Guernsey) Gets New Managing Director
Oct 6 2014 // Willis Group Holdings, the global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Martin Best as the managing director of Willis Management (Guernsey) Ltd. In his new role, Best will report to Paul Owens,...
AmTrust Buys Workers’ Compensation Unit from Florida Blue Cross
Oct 6 2014 // AmTrust Financial Services has closed its purchase of a workers’ compensation insurer—a subsidiary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida (Florida Blue)—right according to plan. AmTrust isn’t disclosing...
Competing for Talent in Today’s Market
Oct 6 2014 // The “war for talent” within the insurance industry is heating up. Insurance organizations are facing a mass exodus of tenured, skilled professionals and are struggling to keep up. The past 10 years have seen...
Marijuana and Workers’ Compensation on Industry’s Watch List
Oct 3 2014 // Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles on the the marijuana insurance industry. Upcoming stories will include reports on potential changes to federal laws, and regional reports on how medical...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurers Seek Bigger Rate Cut
Oct 2 2014 // Florida’s workers’ compensation insurers, already on record recommending an average 2.5 percent cut in rates, now say that a 3.3 percent cut is justified. The modification in the industry’s rate filing by...
N.Y. to Authorize Emergency Job Absence for Volunteer Firefighters
Sep 26 2014 // New York state has amended its labor law to authorize job absences by volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel during declared states of emergency. “This law ensures that volunteer firefighters and EMTs who are...
Ex-Deutsche Bank South Africa Head Adds Investment Talent at RMI
Sep 23 2014 // Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings Ltd., which owns stakes in four insurers, hired Chris Meyer, head of RMB Morgan Stanley, as the holding company run by a former Deutsche Bank AG executive adds investment talent. Meyer will...
How Spouse’s Personality Influences Job Success
Sep 22 2014 // As people spend more and more time in the workplace, it’s natural for co-workers to develop close bonds — what’s often referred to as a “workplace spouse” or an “office wife.” But when...
Workers’ Compensation Premiums Increased By 5.1% in First Half of 2014
Sep 22 2014 // Demotech’s review of second quarter 2014 data, as recently reported by insurers to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, shows that workers’ compensation insurers reported a 5.1 percent increase...
E&O Insights: How Well Do You Know Your Workers’ Compensation Risk?
Sep 22 2014 // The workers’ compensation class of business results in upwards of 10 percent of all errors and omissions (E&O) claims every year. While this may not seem like a lot, it is a class agents must be sensitive to for...
Ryan to Head Research for Marsh’s Workers’ Compensation Center
Sep 19 2014 // Tom Ryan has been named market research leader at Marsh’s Workers’ Compensation Center of Excellence. Tom Ryan Ryan been with Marsh Risk Consulting for the past 20 years. Most recently, he was the Northeast...
CGSC’s Esser on Managing Wholesale Expansion and Growth
Sep 17 2014 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford’s CEO, Toby Esser, has had a busy year since we last spoke with him at the Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monte Carlo, but the company he heads (CSGC) is moving forward to realize cost...
AIG’s Expanded Operations Will Create 300 Jobs in Kansas
Sep 9 2014 // American International Group Inc. held a grand opening Tuesday to celebrate its expansion in Olathe, Kan., which will bring 300 new jobs to the state by the end of 2015. Gov. Sam Brownback and AIG President and CEI Peter...
4 Strategies for Restoring Workers’ Compensation Profitability
Sep 9 2014 // Selling workers’ compensation comes at a price. In 2013, underwriters generated a loss of one percent for every premium dollar written. As such, agents also face many financial constraints, making this line of...
