PEO News

CFC Introduces Tailored Policy for PEOs

CFC Underwriting, a Lloyd’s MGA, has launched a tailored policy for professional employment organizations (PEOs) that includes professional and general liability. “PEOs rely heavily on London for their EPL cover,” said Tom Chaplin, recruitment underwriter at CFC. “However, until now …

Des Moines, Iowa, Executive Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud

The president of a Des Moines, Iowa, firm that provides companies with temporary employees has pleaded guilty to a scheme to reduce the cost of his workers compensation insurance. Under a plea agreement reached with prosecutors, DES Staffing President Dinesh …

Certificates of Insurance, Staff Leasing Bills Signed by Texas Governor

Texas Gov. Rick Perry in mid-June signed a measure backed by agents groups that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance coverage. The governor also signed a bill requiring …

Workers’ Comp TV Show Pilot Begins Filming in Florida

Hollywood thinks workers’ compensation can be funny. Workers’ Comp, a half-hour TV comedy about crazy employees handling absurd and often-fraudulent insurance claims from injured workers, begins filming pilot episodes in Bradenton, Florida this week. The independently-produced show centers on the …