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Court Rules in Favor of Calif. State Compensation Workers
Jun 15 2010 // About 7,900 employees of California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund are entitled to back pay after a state appeals court ruled in their favor over furloughs. The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco...
Senator Eyes Prison, Compensation for Environmental Crimes
Jun 10 2010 // Reacting to BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a high-ranking U.S. senator Wednesday sought to toughen prison sentences for corporate officials who are found guilty of environmental crimes and to broaden fines for...
Oklahoma Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Bills
Jun 10 2010 // Gov. Brad Henry has signed legislation requiring Senate confirmation of his nominees to the Workers’ Compensation Court that was similar to a measure he vetoed last year. Henry signed the legislation June 8 along...
Michigan University Seeks Compensation Over Bias Charge
Jun 9 2010 // Central Michigan University is asking for $174,294 from an ex- basketball player and her lawyer over their failed sex discrimination complaint involving coach Sue Guevara. The Saginaw News says the university asked U.S....
Ohio: Temporary Disability Compensation Can Include Concurrent Wages
Jun 9 2010 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that the Industrial Commission of Ohio did not abuse its discretion in including wages from a second job to calculate an injured worker’s average and full weekly wages in...
California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Market More Lucrative
Jun 7 2010 // Prices are improving in the California workers’ compensation insurance market – at least according to one specialty workers’ compensation carrier in the Golden State. According to PacificComp President...
Top 10 Tips to Help Agents Improve Their Careers
Jun 7 2010 // Relationships, Time Management, Reputation and Professional Development Pays Off Everyone loves top 10 lists, and I’m no exception. There is something inherent in human nature to want to quantify and rank things....
Small Town Hiring Blues
Jun 7 2010 // Overcome the Hurdles of Recruiting to Smaller ‘Big Cities’ Regardless of a high unemployment rate, top talent will always be in demand among insurance organizations. If your company is based in a smaller city,...
Nautilus Insurance Group Receives Managing General Agents Award
Jun 4 2010 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Nautilus Insurance Group, comprised of W.R. Berkley Corp. member companies Nautilus Insurance Co. and Great Divide Insurance Co., has been recognized with community service, advertising and...
New York Approves Disclosure-Compensation Statement
Jun 4 2010 // New York agents can use a 226-word, boilerplate statement written by a trade group to comply with compensation-disclosure regulations that go into effect next year, state regulators said. The Professional Insurance Agents...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Finalizes Rate Reduction
Jun 2 2010 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved a 3.9-percent overall private employer premium rate decrease for the upcoming policy year, beginning July 1, 2010. The upcoming rate cut...
The Agency Salary Blues: How to Keep Employees Happy
May 19 2010 // While slugglish agency salary growth has employees singing the blues, some agency management consultants believe employee satisfaction can be kept up even in tough times. One way agency owners can keep their employees...
16 Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurers to Return $9.4 Million
May 19 2010 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has ordered 16 workers compensation insurance companies to return more than $9.4 million in excessive profits to their policyholders. Under state law, workers compensation...
California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Market More Lucrative
May 18 2010 // Prices are improving in the California workers’ compensation insurance market — at least according to one specialty workers’ compensation carrier in the Golden State. According to PacificComp President...
The Agency Salary Blues: Staff Morale Takes Hit in Tough Economy
May 18 2010 // Stagnant and declining agency salaries have many agency employees singing the blues, and most agents don’t expect things to change, at least not anytime soon. While independent agency salaries maintained or decreased...
Arizona Privatizing Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 17 2010 // The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill to privatize the state workers’ compensation insurer as an Arizona mutual insurance company, beginning Jan. 1, 2013. The State Compensation Fund (SCF) was created in 1925...
Soft Market, Recession Delivers Stronger Managing General Agencies
May 17 2010 // AAMGA’s Rothert Says Opportunities for New Business on the Horizon Managing general agents have a positive attitude about what’s to come in the next year. The soft market and recession forced many MGAs to get...
Arizona Privatizes Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 13 2010 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law Senate Bill 1045, which repeals and amends state statute, directing the State Compensation Fund — known as SCF Arizona — to privatize and become a mutual insurance...
Florida Workers Compensation Rates to Drop Again
May 12 2010 // Workers compensation insurers writing in Florida have filed for an average 4.2 percent rate decrease. This marks the eighth decrease in workers compensation rates since 2003. The cumulative overall statewide average...
Argo Launches Alteris for Managing Agents; Names Schenck President
May 12 2010 // Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, has formed Alteris, Inc., a services provider for managing general agencies. Alteris will offer...
