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2007 Agency Salary Survey says …
Apr 23 2007 // More than a 1,000 insurance agencies nationwide responded to the 2007 Agency Salary Survey published in the March 12, 2007, issue of Insurance Journal. While Insurance Journal published the survey results in its annual...
Sellek Named as Managing Director for Best Europe
Apr 20 2007 // A.M. Best Co. announced that Roger Sellek will be joining the rating agency as Managing Director – Global Financial Services for A.M. Best Europe in early May. He will work from Best’s London offices and will...
Vermont Employers Enjoy Declining Workers’ Compensation Prices
Apr 19 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurance is costing less for most Vermont employers since new rates became effective April 1. The Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration approved...
AIG Chief Sullivan’s 2006 Compensation Valued at $22.5 Million
Apr 11 2007 // Martin J. Sullivan, who has been running insurance giant American International Group Inc. since the ouster of longtime chief executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, received compensation valued at nearly $22.5...
Pa. Health Insurers’ Merger Could Eliminate 1,000 Jobs
Apr 11 2007 // The proposed merger of Pennsylvania’s two largest insurance companies could result in about 1,000 lost jobs, mostly through attrition, a company executive said this week. Highmark CEO Dr. Kenneth Melani made the...
March Madness Over, College Athletes Prepare for Future ‘Real World’ Careers
Apr 10 2007 // What becomes of student-athletes when their collegiate sports careers come to a close? With less than one percent making it to the professional level, the vast majority move on to work in the “real world”...
Countrywide Names Hendry COO, Managing Director
Apr 10 2007 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Countrywide Insurance Group, a member of the Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE: CFC) family of companies, named Myron Hendry as managing director and chief operating officer of Countrywide...
Florida officials: Education, job rating ‘unintentionally’ harms minorities
Apr 9 2007 // A Florida report on the use of occupation and education in underwriting and rating auto insurance asserts that while the practices “unintentionally harm minorities and low-income individuals,” they are...
Florida officials: Education, job rating ‘unintentionally’ harms minorities
Apr 9 2007 // A Florida report on the use of occupation and education in underwriting and rating auto insurance asserts that while the practices “unintentionally harm minorities and low-income individuals,” they are...
Calif. Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau approves 11.3 percent rate decrease
Apr 9 2007 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Governing Committee submitted a rate filing to the California Department of Insurance recommending a 11.3 percent decrease in advisory pure premium...
Texas Workers’ Comp Claimant Works 3 Jobs After Reporting Injury
Apr 6 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Leonard Cano of Houston has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Cano worked for three different employers while collecting workers’ comp...
Florida Officials: Education, Job in Rating ‘Unintentionally’ Harms Minorities
Apr 3 2007 // Results of a report on the factoring of occupation and education for underwriting and rating of auto insurance policies show that while the practices “unintentionally harm minorities and low-income individuals”...
Insurers Blast Florida Report on Education, Job Rating
Apr 3 2007 // Florida insurers are hammering a Florida Office of Insurance Regulation report on the use of occupation and education for rating of auto insurance policies, calling the report’s claims that the use of these factors...
Marsh & McLennan CEO’s Compensation Pegged at $8.7 Million
Apr 2 2007 // Michael G. Cherkasky, president and chief executive of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., the nation’s largest insurance brokerage, received compensation valued at $8.7 million last year, according to a regulatory...
Calif. Commissioner Orders Audit of State Compensation Insurance Fund
Mar 29 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has ordered an audit of the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), amid questions regarding the corporate governance and management of the organization. The audit follows...
S.C. Audit: Phase Out Workers’ Compensation 2d Injury Fund
Mar 29 2007 // Part of South Carolina’s workers’ compensation system should be phased out because it fails to lower businesses’ insurance costs, according to a state audit. The Legislative Audit Council report found...
Two Indicted on Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges
Mar 27 2007 // An Albuquerque couple has been accused of defrauding the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration. Rafael and Elvia M. Herrera, owners of Rafa’s Roofing Inc., were indicted on charges of forgery; fraud;...
London Looks for ‘Best Marine Talent ‘
Mar 27 2007 // Lloyd’s and the London markets are about to launch a new campaign “to encourage the brightest young talent in the marine market to play a role in shaping its future.” The Lloyd’s Market Association...
The new world of Internet job applications affects employer’s liability
Mar 26 2007 // New government rules define who qualifies as an online applicant while leaving room for employers’ own criteria Last year Monster.com had 22.5 million people post resumes on its Web site. Lockheed Martin claims that...
Workers’ compensation bills head to House floor in Colorado
Mar 26 2007 // The Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has approved two workers’ compensation bills: one affecting employee’s choice of physician and another affecting firefighters. House Bill 1176 would...
