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IFG Companies Names Doyle Managing Director in California
Jul 29 2014 // IFG Cos. named Dennis P. Doyle as managing director in its property department. Doyle will be based in the Los Angeles, Calif. area and will participate in the opening of IFG’s new office in that region. He will help...
Alabama Whistleblower Wins Supreme Court Appeal But Not Job or Back Pay
Jul 29 2014 // Edward Lane’s Supreme Court victory in a landmark whistleblower case doesn’t change the fact he lost his state job and more than half his income while helping convict a state legislator of getting paid for not...
Insurers File for 9.1% West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Loss Cost Decrease
Jul 25 2014 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has filed a proposed reduction in workers’ compensation loss cost rates in West Virginia – the tenth reduction in 10 years. NCCI, West Virginia’s rating...
Campbell Named South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commissioner
Jul 24 2014 // Gov. Nikki Haley has appointed Mike Campbell to serve on the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission. Haley cited Campbell’s business experience and community involvement in the appointment. Campbell, a...
American Claims Management Now Managing GL & Excess Claims For Golden Insurance Company Risk Retention Group
Jul 24 2014 // San Diego, CA, 07/24/14 – National third party administrator (TPA) American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM) was chosen by Golden Insurance Company Risk Retention Group (RRG) to manage its general liability and excess...
Alabama’s Volunteer Fire Departments Not Alone in Recruiting Struggles
Jul 22 2014 // They’re often the first ones on the scene of major emergencies, but their numbers appear to be dwindling. Volunteer firefighters help communities in ways both obvious — fighting fires— and overlooked —...
NAIC Hiring Consultant to Review Its Decision-Making, Governance
Jul 21 2014 // The national organization for state insurance regulators, which has been telling federal and international regulators how they should govern the industry, has decided to engage a consultant to audit its own governance and...
Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors MarshBerry Market & Financial Survey
Jul 16 2014 // How are agencies targeting new business today? Will historical growth rates be sustainable? And just how much do agencies need to reinvest to achieve desired growth and enable perpetuation? These are some of the questions...
NAIC Hiring Consultant to Review Its Decision-Making, Governance
Jul 15 2014 // The national organization for state insurance regulators, which has been telling federal and international regulators how they should govern the industry, has decided to engage a consultant to audit its own governance and...
Illinois Towns See Medical Marijuana as New Job Source
Jul 11 2014 // The prospect of adding jobs — even as few as 30 — has led officials in many shrinking Illinois’ communities to set aside any qualms about the state’s legalization of medical marijuana and to get friendly...
South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Cut
Jul 8 2014 // South Carolina employers should see their workers’ compensation premiums go down this year since regulators have approved an average 7.4 percent decrease in the state’s loss costs. Director of Insurance Ray...
Markel Appoints Managing Director, Excess and Umbrella, in New Jersey
Jul 7 2014 // Richmond, Virginia-based Markel Corp. has appointed Tim Pasik as managing director, excess and umbrella, for its product line leadership team. He will be based in Markel’s Red Bank, New Jersey, office and report to...
Ousted Oregon Workers’ Compensation CEO Plans to Sue
Jul 7 2014 // The man fired as leader of Oregon’s workers compensation agency after just three months on the job has filed notice that he plans to sue over his ouster. John Plotkin alleges his predecessor at SAIF Corp. wanted the...
Staffing for Your Organization’s Term Projects
Jul 7 2014 // Natural disasters are unforeseen and unpredictable: an unexpected hurricane that devastates a coastal area, a tornado that cuts across a city leaving broken buildings and homes in its path, a wildfire that sweeps across...
Last Job Cuts at Travelers’ Syracuse, N.Y., Office Scheduled for Sept.
Jul 7 2014 // The last phase of previously announced job cuts at The Travelers Companies’ Syracuse, N.Y., office will begin in September. The company’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice, filed...
Last Job Cuts at Travelers’ Syracuse, N.Y., Office Scheduled for September
Jun 19 2014 // The last phase of previously announced job cuts at The Travelers Companies’ Syracuse, N.Y., office will begin in September. The company’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice —...
ANV Launches U.S. Managing General Underwriter for D&O
Jun 18 2014 // ANV Holdings BV, the specialty insurance business, headquartered in the Netherlands, announced the opening of its first U.S. Market Managing General Underwriter (MGU), to be led by Peter McKeegan. ANV said the “team...
Are You Hiring and Managing Like Your Father’s Generation?
Jun 16 2014 // A major complaint from agency/brokerage leaders is that recruiting and keeping the right producers and staff is difficult, time-consuming and expensive – and doesn’t even result in having the right people on the...
Look Beyond Salary
Jun 16 2014 // Many Americans who leave their jobs to improve their financial situation fail to consider their total compensation package when making the decision, according to a consumer survey. The survey by the National Association of...
Allstate Recruiting Agency Owners in California
Jun 16 2014 // Allstate Insurance Co. plans to add additional agency owners in California in 2014, the company recently announced. The Northbrook, Ill-based company is expanding its recruiting campaign for the sixth consecutive year....
