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New York’s Health Commissioner to Step Down for California Job
Apr 11 2014 // New York Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah will step down in June to take an executive position with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in California, the health department said Wednesday. During Shah’s tenure as state...
Recruiting Allstate in Colorado Will Pay for Refers
Apr 9 2014 // Under its effort to continue expanding across Colorado, Allstate says it will appoint 24 new agency owners in the state this year and it will offer to pay people for referring qualified candidates. Including support staff...
Prisoner Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits, Mississippi High Court Rules
Apr 8 2014 // A former utility worker who lost his hands when he was shocked by power lines can receive workers’ compensation, even though officials argued he tried to hurt himself to avoid a homicide investigation, the...
Top 10 States and Cities for Job Growth
Apr 7 2014 // North Dakota, California, Texas and Florida did well in job growth in 2013 while Arkansas and Pennsylvania lagged and West Virginia was the only state to lose jobs. Overall, 12 states showed job growth of at least two...
Hiring That First Good Producer
Apr 7 2014 // Hiring that first good producer may be the most difficult single step/achievement an independent agent undertakes. It is so difficult, at least 60 percent of agencies, based on size surveys, never hire a single successful...
How to Reach the Next Generation of Insurance Talent
Apr 7 2014 // The insurance industry is on the cusp of a talent crisis as its workforce continues to “gray.” According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 50 percent of the industry’s workforce is above the age...
Young Agents Survey – Why They Chose Insurance
Apr 7 2014 // The call to become an insurance agent is different for everyone. For Matthew Ostrow the call to become an independent agent came via social media. Thirty-year old Ostrow entered insurance just five months ago after a...
Aflac Claims Workers’ Compensation Claims Drop for Firms Offering Accident, Disability Insurance
Apr 2 2014 // A high percentage — 42 percent on average — of all companies providing access to voluntary accident and disability insurance report declines in their workers’ compensation claims, according to the results of an...
Allied World Approved to Launch New Managing Agency at Lloyd’s
Mar 31 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that it has received approval from Lloyd’s, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to establish its own Lloyd’s...
GM Under Pressure to Establish Victim Compensation Fund
Mar 24 2014 // Pressure built on General Motors on Monday to take steps to get 1.6 million of its recalled cars off the road immediately and to establish a compensation fund for consumers affected by the company’s faulty ignition...
Workers’ Compensation Fraud and the Insurance Producer
Mar 24 2014 // There are essentially two types of workers’ compensation fraud — premium fraud and claimant fraud — and insurance producers can play a role in the discovery and resolution of both, according to one investigator...
Managing Time is Imperative
Mar 24 2014 // Time is the only resource we cannot recreate, but how can you optimize being “in control of time” rather than being “controlled by it?” People tend to number their days when they are dying. A woman...
Survey: Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System?
Mar 21 2014 // For the second year in row, salaries and total compensation rose in independent insurance agencies across the nation. That’s according to Insurance Journal’s annual Agency Salary Survey 2014. This year all...
Ohio Ranks 2nd in Job Gains for January
Mar 19 2014 // The U.S. Department of Labor says Ohio had the second-biggest job gains of any state in January, adding 16,700 positions. The January state employment report says 23 states reported more hiring for that month, while 27...
Swiss Re to Comply with ‘Excessive Compensation’ Rule; Sets Special Dividend
Mar 18 2014 // Swiss Re announced that its upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 11 April 2014, will include proposals from the Board of Directors to pay its ordinary dividend of CHF 3.85 [$4.40] per share and an additional special...
Zurich Insurance to Cut Up to 800 Jobs to Save $250 Million
Mar 11 2014 // Zurich Insurance Group AG, the biggest Swiss insurer, plans to save $250 million annually by cutting as many as 800 jobs after lowering its profit goal in December, the company said. Zurich plans to remove management...
Hospitality Workers’ Compensation Insurance Costs and Solutions
Mar 10 2014 // The worst kind of pain is self-inflicted pain. A large majority of the workers’ compensation injuries in the hotel and hospitality business are from the housekeeping department, and more specifically...
Labor Study Shows P/C Insurers Plan to Hire, Grow Significantly
Mar 10 2014 // More than half of all insurance companies say they plan to increase staff in 2014, although hiring for the most-in-demand positions may prove difficult. That’s according to the latest Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor...
Study Shows P/C Insurers Plan to Hire, Grow Significantly in 2014
Feb 27 2014 // More than half of all insurance companies responding to a recent survey say they plan to increase staff in 2014. Although hiring for the most-in-demand positions may prove difficult. That’s according to the latest...
Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System
Feb 24 2014 // Exclusive Survey Shows Compensation Up, Benefits Up With a Cost For the second year in a row, salaries and total compensation rose in independent insurance agencies across the nation. More agencies are offering health...
