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Pharmaceutical Reviews Target Workers’ Compensation Drug Costs
Jun 3 2005 // With prescription drug costs in workers’ compensation mounting at an annual rate of 13 percent, Professional Reviews Inc., a physician peer review company based in Atlanta, has launched Physician Pharmaceutical...
Aon’s Construction Services Group Appoints Heffernan to Managing Director, San Jose Office
Jun 1 2005 // Aon Risk Services Inc. today announced that Michael Heffernan has been named managing director of the San Jose office. Heffernan, a recognized leader within the construction insurance market, was formerly co-national...
CONN. VOWS JOB DEVELOPMENT:
May 23 2005 // Vowing to boost the state’s status as insurance capital of the world, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is creating a special office within her Department of Economic and Community Development dedicated to retaining,...
Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs
May 23 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...
Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs
May 23 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...
Alaska Workers’ Compensation Bill Goes into Overtime
May 23 2005 // An Alaska committee of House and Senate members was unable to hammer out a compromise plan to revise workers’ compensation laws, leaving work on the bill to be completed during a special session scheduled to take...
Conn. Passes AIA-Supported Producer Compensation Legislation
May 12 2005 // The Connecticut Senate has approved legislation (HB 6806), supported by the American Insurance Association (AIA), dealing with producer compensation issues. Some of the provisions in the legislation were instructive in...
Alaska Workers’ Compensation Bill Goes into Overtime
May 12 2005 // An Alaska committee of House and Senate members was unable to hammer out a compromise plan to revise workers’ compensation laws, leaving work on the bill to be completed during a special session scheduled to take...
Main Street America Group Plans Career Fair; Charity Golf, Fun Run
May 10 2005 // Property and casualty industry career opportunities will be described and applicants introduced to opportunities at The Main Street America Group in Jacksonville, Fla. during a May 17 and 18 career fair held from 3 p.m. to...
METLIFE AGREES TO JOBS PLAN:
May 9 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell and MetLife Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert H. Benmosche announced an agreement to keep 1,310 jobs in Hartford following the acquisition by MetLife of Travelers Life &...
Mixed Signals on Compensation and Conflicts of Interest
May 9 2005 // RIMS Annual Meeting The risk management community and some of the world’s largest insurance brokers sent mixed signals on the future of contingent commissions for insurance brokers and other potential areas of...
On the Issue of Agent/Broker Compensation & Contingencies
May 9 2005 // The PIA Western Alliance has always supported vigorous insurance oversight and penalties should be imposed when agents or brokers break the law. As an association we regularly school our members to make sure their...
Conn. Vows Renewed Focus on Insurance Job Development
May 6 2005 // Vowing to boost the state’s status as Insurance Capital of the World, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is creating a special office within her Department of Economic and Community Development dedicated to retaining,...
Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs
May 6 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...
Guy Carpenter Will Disclose Compensation for Facultative Placements Worldwide
May 5 2005 // Guy Carpenter & Company Inc. announced that its policy regarding disclosure of compensation to clients has been extended to include facultative placements worldwide. Previously, Guy Carpenter announced its commitment...
Broker Compensation Bill Defeated in Calif. Committee
Apr 28 2005 // The American Agents Alliance reported that SB 938 (Dunn) was heard and defeated in the Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee yesterday by a 2-5 vote. The bill, which the Alliance and other insurance trade groups...
NAMIC Says Calif. Commissioner Continues Search for Problem to Solve on Broker Compensation
Apr 27 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s hoped-for regulations on the professional duties of an agent or broker propose solutions to problems that have yet to be identified according to the National...
Fla. House Passes HB1019, Asbestos and Silica Compensation Act
Apr 22 2005 // The Florida House has passed the Asbestos and Silica Compensation Act (HB1019), which requires plaintiffs meet specific medical criteria before they can pursue an asbestos or silica claim in the court system. The bill...
Calif. Sen Feinstein Reacts to Asbestos Compensation
Apr 22 2005 // U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senators Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), at a news conference recently to discuss bipartisan legislation creating a national trust fund to...
From Brokers and Risk Managers, Mixed Signals on Compensation and Conflicts of Interest
Apr 20 2005 // The risk management community and the world’s largest insurance brokers sent mixed signals on the future of contingent commissions for insurance brokers and other potential areas of conflict of interest at this...
