Latest Talent Headlines
All the headlines from our Talent Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Incentive Programs Offer Alternative to Traditional Compensation
Nov 17 2003 // The insurance agency industry, like most other industries, has struggled with “merit” type compensation programs that attempt to reward employees based on the quality of their work effort. Unfortunately, in the...
Nev. Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rates to Decrease
Nov 13 2003 // Nevada’s employers should see a drop in their 2004 premiums for workers’ compensation as a result of the filing submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. approved by Nevada Insurance...
Geospatial Tool Aids Fla. in Managing Wildland Fire Risk
Nov 13 2003 // Space Imaging announced the completion of the Florida Fire Risk Assessment project for the Florida Division of Forestry (DOF). The project involved compiling numerous statewide current and historical datasets, and working...
Stretching Your Budget with “On-Call” Tech Professionals
Nov 3 2003 // One of the decisions that any agency principal faces sooner or later is “How much technological expertise do I need in house?” In an ideal world, you would have a network specialist, an information technology...
The Garamendi Plan: Workers’ Compensation Reform Phase II
Nov 3 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi outlined the second phase of his workers’ compensation reform plan Oct. 21. The reform legislation that he helped shape during the first phase of this effort is...
Wooley, Kyle Battle for Louisiana’s Top Insurance Job
Nov 3 2003 // And then there were two. That is the scenario for this month’s runoff election (Nov. 15) in the race to be the next insurance commissioner in Louisiana. The Oct. 4 primaries brought the field of candidates down to...
Workers Compensation Fund Sues State of Utah
Oct 23 2003 // The Utah Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Utah over the ownership of the assets of WCF. This dispute has been long standing. WCF believes that the assets of the...
Va. Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Fund On Financial Watch
Oct 7 2003 // An actuarial review of the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Fund reportedly finds that the outlook for the program’s ability to meet future claims payments has deteriorated. However, the State...
Lloyd’s Chairman Calls for Action to Tackle Compensation Culture
Sep 16 2003 // Speaking at Town Hall Los Angeles recently, Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s of London insurance market, said that the compensation culture and increasing barriers to free trade cause serious harm to industries that...
Workers Compensation Nationwide in Latest Release of AQS’ V3 Galileo
Sep 12 2003 // AQS, Inc., a provider of commercial policy administration software and services to the property and casualty industry, has expanded on its web-centric commercial policy administration system, V3 Galileo, offering Workers...
CNA Sues Former Exec for Raiding Talent
Sep 11 2003 // Chicago-based insurer CNA has filed suit against a former executive it says violated an exit agreement not to hire away any employees for at least three years by luring away 11 top company executives to a competing firm,...
NAMIC Launches Online Salary Survey
Aug 6 2003 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has launched the property/casualty industry’s first online salary survey. Covering more than 50 positions, the NAMIC Online Salary Survey offers...
ITA Offers New CSR Job Skills Training Program
Jul 7 2003 // Getting a foot in the door of the insurance industry is the first challenge to a newcomer, but when compared to the challenge of figuring out the ABC’s of insurance, it is a small feat. There are so many ins and outs...
Linda Bowen Joins Certus Claims as Managing Director
Jul 1 2003 // Ventura, Calif.-based Certus Claims Administration, LLC announced the appointment of Linda S. Bowen as the managing director of Certus Claims. Bowen comes to Certus Claims from Inswork Solutions where she served as...
State Fund Wins Major Workers’ Compensation Class Action Suit
Jun 23 2003 // State Compensation Insurance Fund has won a final decision in the largest and longest-running class action lawsuit in the 89-year history of California’s workers’ compensation system. San Francisco Superior...
Turner Joins Higginbotham & Assoc. as Managing Director
Jun 9 2003 // Dallas-based Higginbotham & Associates, one of the nation’s 100 largest independent insurance brokerage firms, added commercial insurance and risk management professional Jeff Turner to its rapidly expanding...
Managing General Agencies: Your Own Benefits Department
Jun 9 2003 // This is the first of an ongoing series on employee benefits. Insurance Journal will increase this series as we attract more advertising from employee benefits suppliers. What information would you like to see regarding...
The Hartford’s BMG Agency Survey Finds Employee Shortage Driving Compensation, Education
May 23 2003 // While the rest of the economy struggles with worker layoffs, independent insurance agencies are reportedly facing a very different problem: filling their jobs with knowledgeable workers. As a result, more firms facing a...
Acordia Names Sacia as Managing Director for Northwest Area
May 22 2003 // Acordia announced that John Sacia is the new managing director of Acordia’s Northwest Area in its Mountain West Regional operation. The newly formed Northwest Area includes the company’s Seattle and Portland...
INSTEC Notes Deal With Compensation Risk Managers
May 16 2003 // Commercial P/C software provider, INSTEC, announced an agreement with Compensation Risk Managers, LLC. (CRM) for the implementation of the QuickSolver® Workers’ Compensation policy rating and administration...
