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Supreme Court: Vet Who Lost Job as Texas Trooper Can Sue State
Jul 1 2022 // The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq. The justices ruled for Army veteran Le Roy Torres...
Alera Group Acquires Compensation Works in Washington
Jun 28 2022 // Alera Group acquired Compensation Works in Washington. The Compensation Works team will continue serving clients in their existing roles. Compensation Works is a national compensation company providing services that...
Deaf Job Applicant in Oregon Wins $225K Settlement for Discrimination
Jun 10 2022 // A Portland, Oregon, software company and its staffing agency will each pay $112,500 to a deaf job applicant who said they refused to hire him because he requested a sign-language interpreter at a group job...
Workers Compensation Catastrophes: Past, Present, and Future
Jun 9 2022 // This content originally appeared on NCCI’s Insights page. It is used here with permission. Catastrophes in insurance are generally associated with large losses that occur in the property lines of business, such as...
New Hampshire Allows Exception to Workers’ Compensation ‘Coming and Going’ Rule
Jun 9 2022 // A worker who was injured in a car accident when he was traveling home from his job site in the middle, rather than the end, of the workday at the direction of his employer is entitled to workers’ compensation...
Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Midlands Management Corporation’s Wholesale Brokerage & Binding and Managing General Underwriting Divisions
Jun 6 2022 // Charleston, SC., June 06, 2022 – Johnson & Johnson will expand its footprint into Texas and Oklahoma by acquiring the assets of the Wholesale Brokerage & Binding and Managing General Underwriting units of...
7 Questions Job Seekers Ask About Remote Jobs
Jun 6 2022 // For a long time, the burden to prove the concept of work-from-home fell on the job seeker with much of the interview process spent on questioning whether this individual could be successful. Today, remote jobs are so...
People Moves: NFP Appoints Markel’s Horsman as Head of Canadian National Broking; Insurer Openly Expands Reinsurance Division, Hiring Landi From Everest Re
Jun 3 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker NFP and homeowners’ insurer, Openly. A summary of these new hires follows here. NFP Appoints Markel’s Horsman as Head of Canadian...
‘Pay-As-You-Go’ Workers’ Compensation MGA Hourly Raises $27 Million
Jun 2 2022 // Workers’ compensation insurtech Hourly has raised $27 million in a series A seed round. The platform lets employers with hourly workers run payroll, track time and attendance, and manage workers’ compensation...
Court Lets Connecticut Police Hiring Lawsuit Proceed
May 16 2022 // A former Bridgeport assistant police chief’s lawsuit claiming he was defrauded out of the police chief’s job can go forward, a state appeals court has ruled. James Nardozzi’s lawsuit stemmed from the...
Europe’s Top Court Rules Against Compensation for Banco Popular Investors
May 6 2022 // Europe’s top court said on Thursday that Banco Popular shareholders who took part in its capital increase in 2016 are not entitled to compensation for losses suffered after the Spanish bank was wound down and...
Help Wanted as New York City Implements Law Requiring Salary Ranges in Job Ads
May 2 2022 // Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for...
What It Takes to Hire Insurance Talent in Today’s Job Market
May 2 2022 // Dear Mary, Your team is in the thick of recruiting every day, not only for our open roles but for positions across the nation. I’m curious what you are seeing with: Candidate willingness (or not) to move to a new...
People Moves: SBMP Names Brzozowski as Executive Director; Alera Group Promotes Brown to Managing Director
Apr 28 2022 // SBMP Hires Jim Brzozowski as Executive Director SBMP Insurance Group has hired Jim Brzozowski to serve as executive director. Jim Brzozowski Brzozowski comes to SBMP with 16 years’ experience in the P&C industry....
Two-Thirds of Employees Might Seek New Jobs if Forced Back to Office: Global Survey
Apr 26 2022 // Worker demands for more flexibility and security, bolstered by the pandemic and a tight labor market, are only growing more intense as the world economy reopens and some firms begin trying to pull employees back to...
Massachusetts Approves 3.5% Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease
Apr 26 2022 // The state’s insurance commissioner has approved an overall average decrease of 3.46% in workers’ compensation rates starting July 1, 2022 for Massachusetts businesses. Massachusetts businesses will save...
People Moves: EPIC Adds Ponter in Houston; Goosehead Promotes 10 Managing Directors
Apr 21 2022 // Kathleen Ponter Joins EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants in Houston EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has added Kathleen Ponter to its Houston Property & Casualty team as a producer. Ponter will utilize...
Young Agents Remain Optimistic About Career Choice But Concerned About Economy
Apr 18 2022 // Editor’s Note: To view the complete results of the 2022 Young Agents Survey and corresponding charts download the full issue at: https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/ Young agents are an optimistic bunch when...
Pennsylvania Approves 6.25% Workers’ Compensation Cost Cut
Apr 7 2022 // Workers’ compensation costs for employers in Pennsylvania are going down for the sixth straight year. Acting Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys approved a loss-cost filing, including a 6.25% reduction in loss...
How Talent Chiefs Led Through the Pandemic
Apr 4 2022 // For insurance leaders tasked with managing their organization’s human capital, the COVID-19 pandemic presented myriad challenges around employee safety and wellness, and transformed their workplace responsibilities...
