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Ousted Oregon Workers’ Compensation CEO Plans to Sue
Jul 7 2014 // The man fired as leader of Oregon’s workers compensation agency after just three months on the job has filed notice that he plans to sue over his ouster. John Plotkin alleges his predecessor at SAIF Corp. wanted the...
Staffing for Your Organization’s Term Projects
Jul 7 2014 // Natural disasters are unforeseen and unpredictable: an unexpected hurricane that devastates a coastal area, a tornado that cuts across a city leaving broken buildings and homes in its path, a wildfire that sweeps across...
Last Job Cuts at Travelers’ Syracuse, N.Y., Office Scheduled for Sept.
Jul 7 2014 // The last phase of previously announced job cuts at The Travelers Companies’ Syracuse, N.Y., office will begin in September. The company’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice, filed...
Last Job Cuts at Travelers’ Syracuse, N.Y., Office Scheduled for September
Jun 19 2014 // The last phase of previously announced job cuts at The Travelers Companies’ Syracuse, N.Y., office will begin in September. The company’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice —...
ANV Launches U.S. Managing General Underwriter for D&O
Jun 18 2014 // ANV Holdings BV, the specialty insurance business, headquartered in the Netherlands, announced the opening of its first U.S. Market Managing General Underwriter (MGU), to be led by Peter McKeegan. ANV said the “team...
Are You Hiring and Managing Like Your Father’s Generation?
Jun 16 2014 // A major complaint from agency/brokerage leaders is that recruiting and keeping the right producers and staff is difficult, time-consuming and expensive – and doesn’t even result in having the right people on the...
Look Beyond Salary
Jun 16 2014 // Many Americans who leave their jobs to improve their financial situation fail to consider their total compensation package when making the decision, according to a consumer survey. The survey by the National Association of...
Allstate Recruiting Agency Owners in California
Jun 16 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add additional agency owners in California in 2014, the company recently announced. The Northbrook, Ill-based company is expanding its recruiting campaign for the sixth consecutive year....
AIG Appoints McNamee as UK Managing Director
Jun 6 2014 // AIG in Europe announced the appointment of Jacqueline McNamee as Managing Director, UK Zone, reporting to Anthony Baldwin, Managing Director and Head of Distribution, EMEA. She is replacing Nicolas Aubert, who has become...
Willis Appoints Gunn Managing Partner in Cleveland, Ohio
Jun 5 2014 // Insurance broker Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, appointed Andrew Gunnas managing partner of Willis’ Cleveland, Ohio, operations. Willis of Ohio Inc. serves over 3,000 national and local...
Insurance Regulators to Job-Switchers: Look Beyond Salary
Jun 4 2014 // Many Americans who leave their jobs to improve their financial situation fail to consider their total compensation package when making the decision, according to a consumer survey. The survey by the National Association of...
Allstate Recruiting Agency Owners in California
May 29 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add additional agency owners in California in 2014, the company announced on Thursday. The Northbrook, Ill-based company is expanding its recruiting campaign for the sixth consecutive year....
Moving Jobs to Low Cost Cities Making AIG ‘Best’ in Efficiency: P/C CEO Hancock
May 29 2014 // American International Group Inc., the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. and Canada, is shifting workers to locations including the Philippines and Texas to reduce costs. “We’re talking several thousand...
Willis Names Walkiewicz Managing Director Insurance Investment Banking
May 22 2014 // Willis Group Holdings has appointed Rafal Walkiewicz as Managing Director of its insurance investment banking division, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA). He will be based in New York “following the end of...
Gibbs Appointed Managing Director of Cooper Gay Marine
May 20 2014 // London-based broker Cooper Gay & Co Ltd has announced the appointment of Charles Gibbs as Managing Director, Marine, within the Marine and Aerospace Division, effective immediately. He will have overall responsibility...
Swiss Re Names Summerville Managing Director for Financial, Professional Services
May 19 2014 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Jeff Summerville to be head of Financial and Professional Services in North America. In this managing director role, he will lead underwriting teams for corresponding lines of...
Mass. AG Coakley Sues Drywall Company for Allegedly Misclassifying Workers
May 16 2014 // A New Hampshire drywall company and its owner have been sued for allegedly misclassifying employees as independent contractors, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office announced today. The lawsuit,...
How IBM Handles Age Disclosure, Employee Privacy, Job Bias Claims
May 13 2014 // For at least a decade, International Business Machines Corp. gave fired employees information detailing a severance package that asked them to waive age- discrimination claims and also included a page listing the job...
Delaware Task Force Eyes Lower Workers’ Compensation Costs
May 12 2014 // Delaware’s state panel established to address recent rate increases for workers’ compensation insurance in the state is recommending that medical costs be trimmed by 33 percent over the next three years. The...
Good News for Workers’ Compensation Industry: NCCI
May 8 2014 // The fact that the workers compensation combined ratio was 101 in 2013, a seven-point decrease from 2012 and a 14-point decline since 2011, is a sign that the workers’ compensation market is returning to a state of...
