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Court Tells Florida to Review Employee Drug Testing for Some Jobs
May 30 2013 // Specific government job categories must be considered for mandatory drug testing in Florida, an appeals court concluded in a ruling that said a judge went too far in blocking enforcement of across-the-board public employee...
N.Y. Compensation Insurance Rating Board Seeks 16.9% Hike in WC Loss Costs
May 24 2013 // The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) said it submitted to the state’s Department of Financial Services last week a loss-cost filing for an overall average loss cost change of +16.9 percent. A...
Mills of Willis Joins AmWINS Workers’ Compensation Unit, American Equity
May 22 2013 // Andrea Mills has joined American Equity Underwriters (AEU) in Mobile, Alabama as senior vice president and director of Strategic Business Development. AEU is a division of wholesale broker AmWINS Group, based in Charlotte,...
Oklahoma Completes Workers’ Compensation Overhaul
May 20 2013 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on May 6 signed a measure to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system, one that was backed by Republican lawmakers, the state’s top insurance regulator and insurance...
Tennessee Approves Workers’ Compensation Changes
May 20 2013 // Tennessee’s workers’ compensation system is going to undergo its most significant changes in decades including the creation of a new administrative court system to handle workers’ compensation...
UK’S MGAA Begins Search for First Managing Director
May 15 2013 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has formally begun its search for its first full time managing director. The announcement explained that the “managing director’s main...
Report: 127 Killed on the Job in Virginia in 2011, 20 More Than Previous Year
May 14 2013 // A new labor union report says 127 workers were killed on the job in 2011 in Virginia, 20 more than the previous year. According to the report by the AFL-CIO, there were 4,693 workplace deaths nationwide in 2011, down by...
Labor Union Report: 43 Killed on the Job in West Virginia in 2011
May 13 2013 // A new labor union report says 43 workers were killed on the job in 2011 in West Virginia, down from 95 the previous year that included a mine blast that killed 29. According to the report by the AFL-CIO, there were 4,693...
Tennessee Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Bill
May 9 2013 // Tennessee’s workers’ compensation system is going to undergo its most significant changes in decades including the creation of a new administrative court system to handle workers’ compensation...
Oklahoma Governor Signs Workers’ Compensation Overhaul
May 8 2013 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on May 6 signed a measure to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system, one that was backed by Republican lawmakers, the state’s top insurance regulator and insurance...
Insurer Plans 1,000 More Jobs in Lansing, Michigan
May 2 2013 // Buoyed by a year of record profits, a Michigan insurance company said it is planning a $100 million expansion that could lead to the addition of more than 1,000 jobs at its headquarters. Lansing-based Jackson National Life...
Florida Approves Cap on Physician-Dispensed Drugs for Workers’ Compensation
May 2 2013 // After years of struggling to rein in the cost of physician-dispensed drugs, Florida workers’ compensation insurers finally reached a compromise with physicians and drug companies that is projected to reduce costs by...
Boston Tragedy Is Latest Challenge for Victim Compensation Chief Feinberg
Apr 29 2013 // His work has immersed him in events that read like a roster of recent catastrophes, from 9/11 to the Gulf oil spill. Now, Kenneth Feinberg is adding the Boston Marathon bombings to that list. The Massachusetts native and...
Report: 32 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2012
Apr 28 2013 // Labor and worker rights activists are honoring 32 workers who died on the job last year. The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health released a report on April 25...
What Young Agents Say About Their Career Choice
Apr 23 2013 // The road to becoming a successful independent insurance agent is not always easy. The economy and often volatile property/casualty insurance market cycle are just two of the potholes agents must maneuver. Young agents in...
Delaware Workers’ Compensation Panel Meets
Apr 22 2013 // A state panel looking at soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is considering a two-year freeze on inflation-based fee increases for medical providers. The proposal is one of several the panel was to consider at...
Recruiting Next Generation of Insurance Professionals
Apr 22 2013 // All successful organizations have visionary leaders. Dr. Edwin S. Overman, CPCU, was a leader in the insurance business and an advocate for insurance education. He served as president of The Institutes from 1966 to 1987,...
Reworked Workers’ Compensation Formula Lowers Premiums
Apr 22 2013 // A reworking of a key piece of the workers’ compensation rating formula isn’t changing rates overall but is changing premiums for most insureds, according to experts. Tony DiDonato, director and senior actuary...
UK Insurer Aviva to Cut 2,000 Jobs Worldwide
Apr 18 2013 // British insurer Aviva Plc will cut as many as 2,000 jobs worldwide in the latest cost-cutting drive aimed at revitalizing its flagging fortunes, the company confirmed on Thursday. Chief Executive Mark Wilson told staff the...
Boston Marathon Bomb Victims May Turn to BAA Insurance, Central Fund for Compensation
Apr 17 2013 // Victims of the Boston Marathon bombings will eventually win some kind of compensation, but it is far too early to know how much money there will be, whether private donors or insurers will provide most of it, and how long...
