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How Identity Theft Ruined Alabama Victim’s Finances, Career
Feb 12 2013 // Air National Guard Maj. Zane Purdy was making more than $100,000 a year working for a defense contracting company when his identity was stolen and sold to a tax fraud ring. Now, Purdy makes $7.25 an hour at a Krystal...
Aon Risk Solutions Names Resident Managing Director in New Jersey
Feb 8 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, appointed Peter Hutton as resident managing director in the New Jersey office. The office is located in Morristown, N.J.Peter HuttonIn his new role,...
Workers’ Compensation Insurer MEMIC Expanding to Florida
Feb 6 2013 // Portland, Maine-based workers’ compensation insurer The MEMIC Group said it will open its first office in Florida in the second quarter of 2013. MEMIC President and CEO John T. Leonard said the company’s plan...
New York Recruiting Insurers for Health Benefit Exchange
Feb 5 2013 // New York has started recruiting insurance companies to provide coverage through the New York Health Benefit Exchange created under national health care reforms. The exchange says that plans must provide comprehensive...
Willis Names Daniels Managing Partner of Northern California
Feb 5 2013 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, named Andrew R. Daniels as managing partner of Northern California. The appointment is effective March 18. Daniels will be will be based in San Francisco and will lead...
Washington Senate Delays Vote On Workers’ Compensation Bills
Feb 1 2013 // The Washington state Senate on Wednesday passed its first bills of the 2013 legislative session, but put off a vote on a set of contentious measures intended to save businesses money by changing workers’ compensation...
Washington Senate Panel Considers Workers’ Compensation Bills
Jan 25 2013 // The GOP-led Washington state Senate Commerce and Labor Committee this week was scheduled to consider five bills intended to save businesses money by changing workers’ compensation rules. Proponents say the measures,...
Wells Fargo Names Lindstrom Managing Director for Colorado
Jan 22 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance named Jon Lindstrom managing director for its Colorado offices. Lindstrom will lead business development, client service and sales, and cross-sell for the company’s insurance operations in...
Jeb Bush: Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Reform a Minor Issue
Jan 16 2013 // When former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush briefly veered off topic at an education forum in Nashville this week, he inadvertently took aim at what’s expected to be among Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam’s legislative...
Who’s Worth What? Take IJ’s Agency Salary Survey Today
Jan 15 2013 // Insurance Journal is once again polling insurance agency owners, producers, CSRs and other agency staff to find out who’s worth what in the independent agency system. Don’t miss out on your chance to...
UK Banks Come to Terms with Britain’s Compensation Industry
Jan 14 2013 // The boss of Britain’s biggest retail bank struck a chord with the public when he complained of getting unsolicited calls from claims management firms promising him compensation from his own and other banks. But while...
Managing Underwriter Bill Creates Unwelcome Surprise for Some Texas Agents
Jan 14 2013 // A bill passed during the 2011 session of the Texas Legislature is creating havoc for some independent insurance agents in the state. House Bill 3410 creates a definition of a managing underwriter, and addresses the filing...
Montana Court: Hutterites Must Pay Workers’ Compensation
Jan 14 2013 // A divided Montana Supreme Court says forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers’ compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion into religion. The 4-3 decision...
Plea Expected in Baton Rouge Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case
Jan 11 2013 // A former Prairieville, La., resident is accused of stealing more than $215,000 from workers’ compensation cases and a service firm that managed those cases for insurance companies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cam T. Le...
Florida Doctors Dispute Workers’ Compensation Drug Cost Claim
Jan 10 2013 // Florida doctors are disputing a state report saying drugs dispensed by physicians directly to patients are raising workers’ compensation rates. The Florida Medical Association said in a statement issued that doctors...
GEICO Recruiting College Grads for Leadership Program in Virginia Office
Jan 4 2013 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, said its Fredericksburg, Va., regional office is recruiting college graduates for its “Supervisor Leadership Program.” The...
Allstate Adding 136 New Jobs in Ohio
Jan 3 2013 // Allstate says it’s planning to add 136 new jobs in Ohio. The insurance company said that it plans to appoint 12 new insurance-agency owners in Columbus and hire 36 licensed sales representatives for new and existing...
Bangs, Stiltner Promoted by Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp.
Jan 3 2013 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted William B. Bangs IV to senior vice president of Policyholder Services and Agency Relations, and Michael Stiltner to vice president and general...
Montana Court: Hutterites Must Pay Workers’ Compensation
Jan 2 2013 // A divided Montana Supreme Court says forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers’ compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion into religion. Monday’s 4-3...
Missouri Republicans to Tackle Workers’ Compensation
Dec 28 2012 // Nearly two dozen years after Monroe Gunter retired from a long career at a Missouri power company, he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer often caused by exposure to asbestos. Gunter sued his former employer, claiming...
