September 3, 2024
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday shut the door on businesses seeking to be paid by the state for restrictions that harmed sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court, in a pair of 5-2 orders, let stand …
September 28, 2023
ST. LOUIS (AP) __ Ben Phillips’ childhood memories include basketball games with friends, and neighbors gathering in the summer shade at their St. Louis housing complex. He also remembers watching men in hazmat suits scurry on the roofs of high-rise …
January 24, 2020
Total compensation and salary adjustments on average fell slightly in agencies responding to the 2019 Agency Salary Survey – but that trend didn’t impact employee satisfaction. On average, employee satisfaction with compensation overall rose again in 2018. How will satisfaction …
February 24, 2017
A man who spent more than three decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit could be getting $1.55 million from the state of Virginia. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that a bill to provide compensation to 60-year-old Keith Allen …
January 26, 2017
Insurance Journal is running its annual Agency Salary Survey and we want to hear from you. All retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — is invited to participate in this exclusive independent insurance agency survey for …
May 6, 2015
RSA Insurance Group plc may face a backlash from investors this week as Pensions & Investment Research Consultants Ltd. said Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hester’s compensation was “excessive.” The shareholders’ group recommended investors abstain from voting for Hester’s pay at …
April 13, 2015
Attorneys representing victims of asbestos exposure say a bill Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law will limit victims’ ability to recover losses. Ducey said he signed the measure Thursday to increase transparency and fairness in asbestos litigation. “While victims …
April 13, 2015
Aviva plc’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilson and the chief financial officer lowered their long-term bonuses after Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. was said to have raised concerns over 2015 compensation. Wilson’s long-term incentive plan (LTIP ) reverted back to 2014 …
May 7, 2014
American Airlines, United Airlines and the World Trade Center leaseholder do not have to pay a property developer environmental cleanup costs from the Sept. 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday. The 2nd U.S Circuit …
February 19, 2014
With property/casualty insurance and life and annuity companies having a great year in 2013, bonus funds were up above targeted amounts for 80 percent of them, Towers Watson reported. In an item posted on Towers Watson’s Executive Pay Matters blog, …