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Jul 24 2006 // People Minneapolis, Minn.-based ING named Susan Anderson president and CEO of ING Trust USA. Anderson will lead the growth and development of personal trust and directed institutional trusts nationally. She has 15 years of...

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Jul 24 2006 // Reforms pushing California workers’ comp rates, losses down The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has completed its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March...

Chubb to Discuss 2d Quarter Results in Web Conference

Jul 24 2006 // The Chubb Corporation expects to release second quarter 2006 earnings on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 after the close of the market. The information will be available shortly thereafter on Chubb’s website at...

IIAT honors Fitzhugh for 60 years of state conference attendance

Jul 24 2006 // Third generation Waco agent going strong at 89 Third-generation and longtime Waco independent insurance agent Champe Fitzhugh Jr., was honored in mid-June by his insurance profession’s state association, the...

Reforms pushing California workers’ comp rates, losses down

Jul 24 2006 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has completed its report summarizing insurer loss and premium experience through March 31, 2006, which suggested legislative reforms are...

State Fund Employees Earn Governor’s Safety Awards

Jul 21 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Information Technology Safety Committee and Risk Management Corporate Loss Control Representative Richard Bruglia have each been awarded the Governor’s...

Florida Job Site Sweep Results in Three Workers’ Comp Arrests

Jul 20 2006 // Job site inspections in St. Lucie County, Fla. have resulted in the arrests of three individuals and the issuance of 15 Cease and Desist orders for unauthorized workers and two citations of $2,500 for unlicensed...

Fla. Beefs Up Emergency Response Team Preparedness

Jul 19 2006 // Most tests involve paper, a pencil and maybe a calculator, but this one will involve concrete, steel and human resolve. On July 20, members of the Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces from Tampa Bay, Central Florida,...

Insurance, Business Leaders Hold Forum on Keeping Workers in Iowa

Jul 19 2006 // Business leaders expressed continued concern this week that Iowa lacks enough workers to maintain a growing business climate. Business managers, insurance executives, and economic development directors discussed the issue...

Brown Appointed President of San Diego’s California Staffing Professionals

Jul 10 2006 // Julie Brown, president of San Diego Insurance Staffing and the Insurance Training Academy, was recently appointed to serve as president of the San Diego Chapter of California Staffing Professionals (CSP). CSP is a staffing...

Lloyd’s “360 Risk Project” Conference Tackles Climate Change

Jul 7 2006 // Lloyd’s new 360 Risk Project is dedicated to examining issues that affect the insurance industry, and its first conference took on today’s most far-reaching and important issue – the debate over climate...

California Connects Workers to Insurance Careers

Jul 7 2006 // A coalition of insurance companies, community colleges and workforce development specialists have started a statewide insurance education program, called the California Insurance Careers Program, aimed at preparing...

LWCC Launches New Web Site

Jul 6 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it has launched a new corporate Web site, www.lwcc.com. The site features dedicated sections for employers, insurance agents and injured workers to obtain...

The Insurance Scholarship Foundation of America Announces the 2006-2007 Board of Directors and Officers.

Jul 6 2006 // Susanne N. Wolfe, CPIW of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – Greenville Is Named Chairman Cornelius, NC – The NAIW Education Foundation d.b.a. Insurance Scholarship Foundation of America elected their Board of...

Navigators Pro Offers Online Training for Employment Practices

Jul 6 2006 // Navigators Pro, a division of Navigators Management Company, now offers its employment practices liability policyholders with access to an online employee training tool for Title VII compliance and other employment...

Motorcycle Safety Is Second-Class; 29 States Now Say No to Helmet Laws

Jul 5 2006 // In Illinois and Iowa, motorists can get tickets for not wearing seat belts. In Connecticut, they are prohibited from talking on cell phones. And in New Hampshire, motorists can be fined if they are involved in an accident...

Target Markets Mid-Year Meeting

Jul 4 2006 // Steve Way Has Built Giant HCC Holdings Via Acquisitions and He’s Not Done Yet Managing general agents and program administrators have an admirer with deep pockets in Steven Way. Getting some of that money might be...

Standard & Poor’s Annual Insurance Conference

Jul 4 2006 // Despite recent adversity and scrutiny faced by the insurance industry, financial ratings for companies appear on the upswing. “For the first time that I can remember we have a period where none of the sectors that we...

Geico defends auto rating criteria in N.J.

Jul 3 2006 // New Jersey state Senator Nia Gill, D-Essex, has sponsored a bill to ban auto insurance companies from taking education and occupation into account when setting policy prices, arguing that the practice is discriminatory and...

Diversification plus education equals a successful independent agency

Jul 3 2006 // Note to independent agents and brokers: Pay attention to the Geico gecko and former “24” actor who is now shilling for Allstate. They are gunning for your business. Either you can try to go head to head against...