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Judge Cuts $12 Million Award to Conn. Man in GE Job Bias Case
Oct 25 2007 // A federal judge has cut $5 million from a more than $12 million jury award that found General Electric discriminated against and illegally fired a chief engineer. Fifty-three-year-old Hemant Mody of Avon, Conn. never saw...
Ark. Job Injury Rate in Private Industry Lowest in 14 Years
Oct 24 2007 // The rate of job injuries and illnesses in private industry in Arkansas declined last year to 4.4 per 100 full-time workers – the lowest rate in 14 years, the Arkansas Labor Department said. The rate in 2005 was 5.0,...
Burns & Wilcox Appoint Liverance Director of Talent Acquisition
Oct 23 2007 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox recently announced that Steve Liverance has joined the company as director of talent acquisition. Liverance is responsible for developing and implementing a company-wide...
Lloyd’s Launches Recruitment Program
Oct 18 2007 // Lloyd’s has announced the launch of its new graduate recruitment program in an expanded effort to “recruit fresh talent and ideas to the insurance industry.” The program is scheduled to run for 18 months...
SFA Brings Ohio and New England Retail Agents Better Access To Specialty Workers’ Compensation Markets
Oct 15 2007 // October 15 2007, Newtown, PA – Alternative risk broker and consultant Self-Funded Alternatives has announced an expanded marketing effort to assist retail agents in the State of Ohio and the New England region with...
La. Citizens to Break From Managing Agency, Board Says
Oct 15 2007 // Facing allegations it’s been mismanaged for years, Louisiana’s taxpayer-backed insurance company will sever its relationship with the agency that has overseen the firm since its inception, the company’s...
Seminar to ‘Walk’ a Texas Workers’ Compensation Claim
Oct 11 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) will host seminars in Austin and Dallas in November to track and analyze actual workers’ compensation claims through the Texas system. The 2007 Workers’ Compensation Fall...
W. Va. Lawmakers Ponder Power Shift in Workers’ Compensation
Oct 10 2007 // West Virginia legislators learned Sunday that they have no one to blame but themselves for the loss of power over the rules that govern workers’ compensation claims and benefits. Lawmakers first ceded the rule-making...
LMA Head Stresses Need for Industry Talent
Oct 9 2007 // “We must raise the general level of awareness about the insurance industry, and bring in the best quality people we can find,” said David Gittings Chief Executive of Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) in a...
The good, bad and the ugly on owner compensation
Oct 8 2007 // Let’s put all the cards on the table right now. The amount of money one makes is directly proportional to the perceived importance or success of the person taking the money home. Sure, we all know better and there...
The good, bad and the ugly on owner compensation
Oct 8 2007 // Let’s put all the cards on the table right now. The amount of money one makes is directly proportional to the perceived importance or success of the person taking the money home. Sure, we all know better and there...
Lloyd’s CEO Wants Faster, Better Claims Handling; CII Responds
Oct 5 2007 // Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward is a man in a hurry. He wants fundamental changes in the way Lloyd’s does business and he’s not prepared to wait. In a speech sponsored by the Insurance Institute of London...
Nonfarm Job Growth Continues in La. as Unemployment Declines
Sep 26 2007 // Seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in Louisiana added 56,300 workers between August 2006 and August 2007, bringing the total number of jobs in the state to 1,926,000, according to the Louisiana Department of...
Washington Casualty Adds New Managing Director
Sep 25 2007 // Medical professional liability insurer Washington Casualty Co. (WCC), today announced it has named Mike Rutz to the newly created position of managing director. WCC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lansing, Mich.-based...
Countrywide announces more job cuts to come
Sep 24 2007 // Calabasa, Calif.-based Countrywide Financial Corp. has announced plans to address changing market conditions, in part due to the subprime mortgage meltdown. As part of the plan, the company said it would be reducing its...
Countrywide announces more job cuts to come
Sep 24 2007 // Calabasa, Calif.-based Countrywide Financial Corp. has announced plans to address changing market conditions, in part due to the subprime mortgage meltdown. As part of the plan, the company said it would be reducing its...
S.C. Rejects 23.7% Increase in Workers’ Compensation Rates
Sep 20 2007 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance disapproved a request made by the National Council on Compensation Insurance to increase loss costs statewide by 23.7 percent. NCCI State Relations Executive, Amy Quinn, said...
Guaranteed Cost Workers Compensation Program for Security Guard & Investigation Agencies
Sep 20 2007 // Now Available from The Mechanic Group September 20, 2007 – Guaranteed Cost Workers Compensation Program for Security Guard and Investigative Agencies is now available from The Mechanic Group. The Mechanic Group will...
Kentucky’s Workers’ Compensation Rates Drop
Sep 19 2007 // A filing most Kentucky insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows another decrease in loss costs for 2007, according to Gov. Ernie Fletcher. The state Office of Insurance...
Countrywide Announces More Job Cuts to Come
Sep 14 2007 // Calabasa, Calif.-based Countrywide Financial Corp. has announced plans to address changing market conditions, largely due to the subprime mortgage meltdown. As part of the plan, the company said it would be reducing its...
