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TWCC, IWCF to Hold 14th Annual Texas Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference
Aug 11 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission and the International Workers’ Compensation Foundation Inc. are the sponsors of the 14th Annual Texas Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference. The...
Acordia Names Young Managing Director
Aug 11 2004 // Acordia Inc., a Wells Fargo Company, announced that Stuart Young has been appointed managing director in Acordia’s Central Region. Based in its Salt Lake City office, Young will be responsible for overseeing...
Accident Compensation Corp. Chooses SumTotal for Improvement to Workforce Readiness
Aug 9 2004 // SumTotal Systems, an industry provider of learning and business performance technology, services and processes, announced that New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), which handles approximately 1.5...
ICT to Hold Fall 2004 Workers’ Compensation Seminars
Aug 2 2004 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced the schedule for its Fall 2004 workers’ compensation seminar, Managing Disabilities and Other Benefit Issues in the Texas Workers’ Compensation System. The seminar will...
Growing U.K. Compensation Culture Poses Major Threat to Profitability, Jobs, Survey Reveals
Aug 1 2004 // U.K. businesses are being increasingly hampered by the costs of dealing with the burgeoning compensation culture, which in turn is diverting management resources and financial investment away from core business and revenue...
Maryland’s Job Loss Could be Virginia’s Gain as State Farm Insurance Reorganizes in Mid-Atlantic States
Jul 28 2004 // State Farm Insurance confirmed it is moving to phase-out its Frederick, Md. claims and operations office as part of a reorganization that could eliminate from 400 to 500 jobs there and an equal number in field offices in...
St. Paul Travelers to Cut 3,000 Jobs
Jul 26 2004 // St. Paul Travelers Cos. plans to cut 3,000 jobs so it can deliver the savings that executives promised to investors when The St. Paul Cos. merged with the Travelers Property Casualty Corp. Extensive layoffs have been...
Safeguards in Hiring Process Can Help Prevent Lawsuits Later
Jul 19 2004 // There are five times in the employer-employee relationship when the company is most vulnerable to a worker’s lawsuit: when a person is hired, promoted, disciplined, fired or affected by a new policy. Both litigation...
Managing Patient Expectations Key to Reducing Malpractice Risk
Jul 19 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
The New Insurers: This Time, They’ll Do It The Right Way
Jul 5 2004 // ‘Clean Slate’ U.S. P/C Insurers Learn from Sins of Their Predecessors In the summer of 2001, the hard cycle had already arrived for the U.S. property/casualty marketplace. Prices were trending up as experts...
Safeguards in Hiring Process Can Help Prevent Lawsuits Later
Jul 5 2004 // There are five times in the employer-employee relationship when the company is most vulnerable to a worker’s lawsuit: when a person is hired, promoted, disciplined, fired or affected by a new policy. Both litigation...
FGIC Names Watson Managing Director-London Office
Jun 24 2004 // Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC) announced that Rick Watson has been appointed Managing Director-Structured Finance in the company’s London office, effective June 22. Before joining FGIC, Watson headed ABS...
California Applicant Attorneys Attack Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Jun 23 2004 // Applicant attorneys, who have been lining their pockets with profits by abusing California’s workers’ compensation system, do not want to see their gravy train end so they are working to undermine the recently...
N.Y. State Compensation Fund Steadies the Market
Jun 16 2004 // Since its founding in 1914, the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) has been focused on providing a workers’ compensation market for small to medium sized accounts. NYSIF has not been involved with big corporate...
FGIC Appoints Velins London Managing Director
Jun 11 2004 // Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. announced that Robert Velins has joined the company as Managing Director, International Finance, effective June 1. He is based in London and has primary responsibility for FGIC’s...
MarketScout: Robust Competition Across the Board with Reductions in Premiums, Brokers Compensation
Jun 10 2004 // Dallas-based MarketScout recently released its Market Barometer for May. Market Barometer for May MarketScout’s Market Barometer According to Richard Kerr, chairman and CEO, “The composite premium increase for...
Workers’ Compensation Legislative Reforms in California
Jun 7 2004 // Avoiding the Trap of Failed Promises After four months of debate and intense pressure from the business community, the California Legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approved a comprehensive workers’...
Managing Patient Expectations Key to Reducing Malpractice Risk
Jun 7 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund Announces $20 Million Dividend
Jun 2 2004 // Salt Lake City-based Workers Compensation Fund announced that it will pay dividends totaling $20 million to policyholders this year. All eligible policyholders, regardless of company or policy size, will receive a portion...
Daneri Named Chief Legal Counsel For State Compensation Insurance Fund
May 21 2004 // San Francisco-based State Compensation Insurance Fund -California’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier – has appointed Robert W. Daneri as chief counsel. Daneri had served as assistant chief...
