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Travelers Adds Workers’ Compensation to Aviation Unit
Mar 5 2008 // Travelers’ Aviation unit has introduced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for corporate flight departments. Travelers’ new aviation workers’ compensation program will provide coverage...
Wake-Up Call: One-Third of American Workers Sleeping on the Job
Mar 4 2008 // Roughly one-third of American workers said they had fallen asleep or become very sleepy at work in the past month, according to a survey released. The survey of 1,000 people by the National Sleep Foundation found...
Maryland Considers Hiring Own Lead Inspector for Toys
Feb 29 2008 // Maryland would hire inspectors to monitor toys for lead content under a bill headed for approval in the House of Delegates. The chamber agreed unanimously this week to agree to a preliminary version of a bill to hire two...
Liberty Mutual to Add 300 Jobs in New Western Mass. Office
Feb 29 2008 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance will open a 300-person office in Springfield, Mass. in the third quarter to handle growth, some of which is expected from the state’s move to a managed competition auto insurance...
Texas Work Comp Division: Job Injuries, Illnesses Increased in 2006
Feb 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation reported that the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in private industry in Texas increased in...
Mich. Acting Commissioner Ross Staying on the Job
Feb 25 2008 // Michigan’s acting insurance commissioner is staying on the job. Ken Ross was named commissioner of the state’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday, Feb. 22nd. Ross has...
‘Managing the Cycle’ Remains No. 1 Priority, Lloyd’s Survey Finds
Feb 24 2008 // Lloyd’s of London has published its fourth annual underwriting survey, which reveals that “managing the insurance cycle” remains the most important issue for the industry in 2008 with 93 percent of...
‘Managing the Cycle’ Remains #1 Priority Lloyd’s Survey Finds
Feb 19 2008 // Lloyd’s has published its fourth annual underwriting survey, which reveals that “managing the insurance cycle remains the most important issue for the industry in 2008 with 93 percent of underwriters believing...
3 Convicted in Florida Workers’ Compensation Scheme
Feb 19 2008 // Three Florida business owners have been convicted in Jacksonville in a workers compensation scheme. Authorities say all three face life in prison and fines totaling $17 million. They’ve been identified as 54-year-old...
Race for Del. Insurance Commissioner Underway as Denn Eyes New Job
Feb 11 2008 // Delaware’s Sussex County Recorder of Deeds John Brady is officially in the race for state insurance commissioner. Brady is running as a Republican and launched his campaign last week with appearances in all three...
India’s Insurance Industry Faces Talent Shortage
Feb 8 2008 // It may come as a bit of a shock, but India, the country that’s become synonymous with out-sourcing, is facing a talent shortage. According to the Darwin Rhodes Group, India’s only specialist insurance...
Cooney Named Managing Director-Aon Capital Markets
Feb 4 2008 // Aon Re Global has appointed Robert J. Cooney as Managing Director of Aon Capital Markets. He will report to Paul Schultz, President of Aon Capital Markets, and will also serve as Vice Chairman of Aon Re Global –...
Nonfarm Job Growth Continues in La.
Jan 31 2008 // Seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in Louisiana grew by 42,300 workers between December 2006 and December 2007, bringing the total number of jobs in the state to 1,929,100, the Louisiana Department of Labor...
Beecher Carlson Names Pierpont Managing Director, Energy Practice
Jan 29 2008 // Beecher Carlson appointed Charles Pierpont as managing director of its National Energy practice. Pierpont brings 20 years experience to Beecher Carlson with expertise and specialization in the Power Generation industry....
Los Angeles Controller: City Should Take a New Look at Managing Risk
Jan 14 2008 // The city of Los Angeles spent millions of dollars settling lawsuits that could have been avoided if effective risk management programs had been in place, according to an audit. City Controller Laura Chick said the city...
S.D. Legislature Rejects Revision of Workers’ Compensation Law
Jan 14 2008 // Rejected in the Legislature Friday was an attempt to revise state workers’ compensation law so injured employees who drink or use illegal drugs on the job must prove that those things were not substantial factors in...
Low Salaries Leave Miss. Towns Short of Firefighting Personnel
Jan 13 2008 // Some fire departments in south Mississippi are struggling to fill vacancies as firefighters leave for better paying jobs. Officials in Petal, Miss., are trying to recruit qualified people to work in the physically...
N. D. Workers’ Compensation Agency Chairman Resigns
Jan 9 2008 // The chairman of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has resigned, less than three weeks after his Bottineau County employers requested an investigation of Robert Indvik’s use of county...
LMC Capital Names Vaughn Managing Director
Jan 9 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based LMC Capital LLC, named Patrick Vaughn as managing director. He will lead LMC’s M&A practice for insurance technology and services companies. Previously, Vaughn was a managing director at...
N.C. Woman Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud
Jan 8 2008 // West Virginia officials announced that a Raleigh County woman pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits exceeding $3,800.00. On May 15, 2007, a Raleigh County Grand Jury indicted Angel...
