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Maine Workers’ Compensation Rates to Go Down Next Year
Dec 5 2011 // Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa said the Bureau of Insurance has approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s request to decrease workers’ comp loss costs in the state by an average of...
New York Lost 250,000 Middle- and High-Wage Jobs Since 2008: Report
Dec 1 2011 // New York State has been shedding hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs since the financial crisis hit and its poverty rate remains high. Since 2008, the state lost over 250,000 middle- and high-wage jobs in sectors...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Corp. Offers Tips for Hiring Seasonal Workers
Nov 30 2011 // Short-term hiring during the holiday season is a boon to both employers and employees, but businesses should take care to ensure the safety of temporary workers. Richard Perkins, safety and loss prevention outreach...
Workers’ Compensation System’s ‘Elephant in the Room’
Nov 29 2011 // The state-based workers’ compensation system has evolved and survived for 100 years but it could face tough challenges in the coming years as the country struggles to dig itself out of the deep recession. The...
Florida Looks to Manage State’s Workers’ Compensation Costs
Nov 29 2011 // Florida officials are looking for ways to reduce the state government’s workers’ compensation costs and considering changing some mandates that grant first responders automatic benefits and reducing...
JLT Re Names Beatty Managing Director – Asia Pacific
Nov 22 2011 // JLT Reinsurance Brokers Limited (JLT Re) announced the appointment of Stuart Beatty as Managing Director, Asia Pacific (APAC), JLT Re Fac. Alistair Lockhart-Smith, Managing Director, welcomed Beatty to JLT Re as part of...
California Workers’ Compensation Cost Benchmark Approved
Nov 4 2011 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s filing to change the way the state’s workers’ compensation pure premium rate is calculated drew praise on Friday from Insurance Commissioner Dave...
Colorado Allstate Agents Hiring Announcement Follows Lackluster Jobs Report
Nov 4 2011 // In the wake of lackluster unemployment figures released on Friday a large insurance company is trying to draw attention to opportunities within Colorado in the industry and its firm. Friday’s report from the U.S....
Colorado Workers’ Compensation Rates to Rise in 2012
Nov 2 2011 // Colorado employers will see an increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums in 2012. The Colorado Division of Insurance announced that the “loss costs” component of workers’ compensation...
Louisiana Ranks Third in Job Growth Numbers in September
Oct 26 2011 // Louisiana’s jobs gain in September ranked third in the country, according to the federal Bureaus of Labor Statistics. Louisiana added 14,100 nonfarm jobs in September, behind only Florida (23,300) and Texas (15,400),...
Wells Fargo Insurance Names Meder Midwest Region Managing Director
Oct 26 2011 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc. has named John Meder regional managing director for its Midwest region, which includes Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri. Meder will be based in Cleveland, Ohio, and report to...
Best’s Managing Director-Europe: Solvency II is Coming to an Insurer near You
Oct 24 2011 // Stefan Holzberger, A.M. Best’s managing director-analytics, recently moved to London from the U.S. He is well placed to analyze the impact of the European Union’s Solvency II regulations, not only on the...
Senior Management Changes at Utah Workers Compensation Fund
Oct 18 2011 // Bob Short has been promoted from senior vice president of claims for Salt Lake City, Utah-based Workers Compensation Fund to executive vice president. Short joined WCF in 1993 as senior vice president of claims. Short is...
Report: Central Ohio Highway Work Means Jobs, Fewer Crashes
Oct 18 2011 // The state and local communities would gain about 1,000 jobs and millions in tax dollars with reconstruction of a major highway interchange in central Ohio, according to a report released as officials formally kicked off...
Workers’ Compensation Market Outlook Still Grim: A.M. Best
Oct 18 2011 // The U.S. workers’ compensation insurance segment continued to face competitive pricing, further rate decreases, weak macroeconomic factors, growing medical costs and an uptick in claim frequency during 2010. As a...
Oklahoma Workplace Deaths Up in 2010, as Jobs Added
Oct 17 2011 // Oklahoma workplace deaths rose 11 percent last year, but the increase was likely caused by people returning to work following the steep economic downturn of the year before, a federal official said. There were 91...
2,100 Jobs Lost in Insurance Industry in August
Oct 13 2011 // The latest U.S. jobs data show the insurance industry lost 2,100 jobs overall in August. The industry employs some 2,211,000 workers according to the latest numbers. The Insurance Information Institute reported that most...
Workers’ Compensation Rate Hike for Oregon
Sep 30 2011 // The Department of Consumer and Business Services announced the pure premium rate for workers’ compensation will increase 1.9 percent starting in 2012, the first rate hike in Oregon in more than 20 years. The decision...
87 Firefighers Died on the Job in 2010; 56 Were Volunteers
Sep 27 2011 // Eighty-seven on-duty firefighters from 31 states lost their lives as the result of 83 fatal incidents that occurred in 2010. Fifty-six of those who died were volunteer, not career, firefighters. This is the second...
Lloyd’s Bolt: Offshore Energy Underwriters Aren’t ‘Robustly Managing Risks’
Sep 21 2011 // In a keynote speech at the annual Houston Marine Insurance Seminar Tom Bolt, Lloyd’s Director of Performance Management, told an audience of energy insurers that he is not convinced offshore energy underwriters are...
