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Catlin Stokes Broker Compensation Controversy
May 20 2011 // The simmering compensation conflict between London’s broker community and the underwriters they work with erupted following a keynote speech given by the Catlin Group’s chief executive Stephen Catlin this week...
Agency Salary Survey Reveals Frozen Salaries; Time to Evaluate Compensation
May 19 2011 // Any business owner knows that a great employee is worth a lot. That holds true for independent insurance agencies when it comes to great producers and the employees that support them. Agencies need good producers, says Al...
Starbucks Sued for Firing Dwarf from Barista Job
May 18 2011 // The U.S. government is suing Starbucks, saying the coffee company fired a barista in El Paso, Texas because she is a dwarf. When the employee asked for a stool or small stepladder to perform her job, Starbucks denied the...
Crump Buys Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Firm SFA
May 16 2011 // Wholesaler broker Crump Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Self Funded Alternatives, an insurance intermediary specializing in self-insured workers’ compensation programs. SFA is based in Langhorne, Penn. and has...
Man Reverses Name in Bid to Defraud Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 16 2011 // A New York construction company owner faces jail time for a strange workers’ comp fraud scheme: He transposed his name on the application and lied to an insurer about previously cancelled coverage. Ondrej Marga, 43,...
Top 10 Risks Facing Business Leaders
May 16 2011 // Economic risk is the greatest threat today’s business leaders face, followed by legislative and regulatory changes and increased competition. Business leaders across the globe also emphasized the need to innovate,...
Report: Workers’ Compensation Line Continues to Deteriorate
May 16 2011 // Workers’ compensation continued to worsen in 2010 as the combined ratio jumped five points to 115 in 2010 from 2009. In its State of the Line workers’ compensation market analysis, NCCI Holdings Inc. described...
Eye on the Local Managing General Agency
May 16 2011 // The American Association of Managing General Agents Opens the Door for Smaller Members Sometimes bigger is not always better. Large wholesale organizations have a place in the market, but smaller and often family-owned...
Workers’ Compensation Injury Hotline Expands in Texas
May 11 2011 // Company Nurse, a nurse hotline for workplace injuries, has expanded its presence in Texas, adding account management staff to serve the Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and surrounding areas. Company Nurse was developed to help...
Wal-Mart Facing Job Bias Suit from Fired Cuban Warehouse Workers
May 11 2011 // Former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. warehouse workers of Cuban origin may pursue a lawsuit accusing the world’s largest retailer of discrimination, and of firing them when they complained about their...
Japan Aims for Tepco Compensation Scheme this Week
May 11 2011 // Japan’s trade minister said he was aiming for cabinet approval this week of a government-backed scheme to help Tokyo Electric Power pay for damages caused by the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Earlier...
Tokyo Electric Pleads for Government Help on Compensation
May 10 2011 // The head of Tokyo Electric Power on Tuesday asked Japan’s government to help shoulder the burden of compensating those displaced by the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a bill that is expected to run to...
UK Banks Hit by Compensation Capitulation for Mis-selling PPI
May 9 2011 // British banks gave up a fight over compensating customers wrongly sold insurance, forcing Barclays Plc and HSBC to take a combined hit of more than $2 billion in the latest blow to the industry. Barclays said it would make...
Top 10 Risks Facing Business Leaders
May 2 2011 // Economic risk is the greatest threat today’s business leaders face, followed by legislative and regulatory changes and increased competition. Business leaders across the globe also emphasized the need to innovate,...
Japan’s Edano: No limit on Tepco Nuclear Compensation Claims
May 2 2011 // Japan’s government will not put a cap on the liabilities faced by Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) for damages stemming from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said...
8 Experts: Happy Birthday Workers’ Compensation – Now What?
Apr 19 2011 // This year marks the 100th anniversary of the workers’ compensation system in the U.S., as explained by Christopher J. Boggs, director of education for Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance, in Workers’...
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Insurers Must File Safety Plans
Apr 19 2011 // All carriers licensed to offer workers’ compensation in Mississippi must file a summary or copy of any safety plans they offer their policyholders with state regulators under a new regulation. The Mississippi...
Illinois Senate Rejects Workers’ Compensation Changes
Apr 18 2011 // A Republican plan to overhaul the Illinois workers’ compensation system failed April 14 in the state Senate, largely over the question of whether workers should be required to prove injuries are...
Who’s Worth What in the Agency System: Time to Evaluate Frozen Salaries
Apr 18 2011 // Agency Salary Survey Reveals Frozen Salaries; Experts Say Time Is Right to Evaluate Compensation Any business owner knows that a great employee is worth a lot. That holds true for independent insurance agencies when it...
Barney & Barney Adds Ward, Winn to Compensation Consulting Practice
Apr 14 2011 // California-based insurance brokerage Barney & Barney LLC has expanded its Compensation Consulting practice with the addition of compensation experts Matt Ward and Annette Winn. Ward and Winn were most recently with the...
