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Colorado Wildfire Compensation Compromise Moving Along
May 9 2012 // A compromise proposal to allow Colorado wildfire victims to seek state compensation in excess of liability limits remains on track for approval in the Legislature. A Senate committee voted 5-0 Monday in favor of a bill to...
Two Dozen Agencies to Host Job Fairs Next Week Near Pittsburgh, Penn.
May 8 2012 // Some two dozen independent insurance agencies will host job fair events next week in the Pittsburgh, Penn., region. The agencies said they are looking to fill jobs in customer service and sales. The agencies are planning...
Probe Prompts Kansas Inflatables Company to Cancel Jobs
May 7 2012 // Several parents were caught off guard when two Wichita, Kan., companies that provide inflatable rides canceled reservations at the last minute. Last June, Moonwalks for Fun’s license to provide inflatable rides was...
O’Keefe Named Managing Director for Wells Fargo Insurance in Carolinas
May 7 2012 // Wells Fargo Insurance has named Suzanne O’Keefe senior vice president and managing director for its operations in the Carolinas. She will be based in the company’s Raleigh, N.C. office. She will also be...
Job Disability Rolls Rise During Recession
May 7 2012 // Monica Soltes was excited 10 years ago to leave Merrill Lynch and start her own business as an independent financial planner in San Diego. After she fell off a porch at her cousin’s cottage and broke her elbow, her...
West Insurance Employment: California Job Market to Stay Soft
May 7 2012 // The phrase “Go west young man,” may not apply so well to the insurance industry in the nation’s most populous state. An examination of Bureau of Labor Statistics and Economic Development Department data...
Insurance Jobs Outlook: Getting Better, Region by Region
May 7 2012 // The property/casualty insurance jobs outlook is slowly, gradually getting better – or at least not getting worse. A growing number of insurance businesses are hiring more workers this year. Meanwhile, many others are...
Oil, Economy Fuel Insurance Hiring in Texas
May 7 2012 // Job Outlook Across the nation, employment levels in insurance agencies and brokerages declined at a faster rate than the overall U.S. employment level since the recession began in 2007. The good news: Some independent...
Sales Agents, Good Talent Always Priorities in the Midwest
May 7 2012 // As in every other business sector, during the past few years organizations within the property/casualty insurance industry have sought to maximize efficiencies and take full advantage of the talent in their existing...
West Coast Farmers Brings New Jobs to East
May 7 2012 // Farmers Insurance is a household name on the West Coast. But on the East Coast? Not so much. The 85-year-old insurer wants to change that, with a big expansion plan east of the Mississippi. “We are the third-largest...
Southeast Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Jobs Picture
May 7 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
Southeast Agencies, Carriers Now Hiring
May 7 2012 // Here is some of the positive insurance employment news for the Southeast: Allstate In February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South...
In East Region, Insurance Sector Hiring Is ‘Slightly Elevated’ in 2012
May 7 2012 // The insurance employment market in the East and Northeast regions — as in most other parts of the country — can be summed up the following way: hiring is “slightly elevated” compared to last year, but there...
Conn. House Passes Firefighter Compensation Bill
May 4 2012 // A bill that would make certain local firefighters eligible for workers’ compensation coverage for mental or emotional damage has passed the Connecticut House of Representatives. State representatives voted 141-to-0...
Menard Guards Wrongly Paid Workers’ Compensation
May 3 2012 // In a little-noted appearance before the Illinois House Appropriations-Public Safety Committee, the director of the Department of Corrections said millions of dollars in workers’ compensation payments to Menard prison...
Mississippi Lawmakers Pass Workers’ Compensation Changes Backed by Employers
May 2 2012 // Mississippi legislators offered sharply different views of a bill they passed Monday to change the way compensation is awarded to workers injured on the job, or to survivors of those killed at work. If Republican Gov. Phil...
Aon Risk Solutions Appoints Resident Managing Director in Atlanta
May 1 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, appointed John Jassmann to resident managing director in Atlanta. John Jassmann In his new role, Jassmann will lead and grow the operations in Georgia,...
Bill Aims to Fix Problems with Medicare Set-Asides for Workers’ Compensation
May 1 2012 // The insurance industry is among the business and legal interests applauding legislation to resolve delays and inconsistencies in Medicare’s approval process for set-aside funds for injured workers’...
58 Massachusetts Workers Were Killed on Job in 2011: Report
Apr 30 2012 // A new report says 58 Massachusetts workers were killed on the job in 2011, at an average of 1.1 worker death each week. The report, titled “Dying for Work in Massachusetts,” was published last week by the...
Resource Edge Consults With Hundreds of Insurance Professionals to Help Build the Perfect Insurance Recruiting Tool
Apr 30 2012 // Las Vegas, NV, 04/30/12 – Resource Edge, a software development company with over 20 years of experience in custom software solutions for HR and Staffing, is releasing their newest software solution InsuraSeek, an...
