February was a short month, but a deadly one. In addition to a massive earthquake in Chile, the Northeastern U.S. was hit by three blizzards; floods and mudslides ravaged the Portuguese island of Madeira and beleaguered Haiti, and a violent …
What will potential employees discover if they search for your business online? What will your boss see if she looks for your name on a social networking site? Do you know what a potential employer will find if they Google …
Lockton Dunning Benefits appointed Sheri Pixley to the newly created position of executive vice president and practice leader of the Dallas-based health and welfare practice. Pixley has been involved in consulting with employers on employee benefit programs for the past …
Technology Trailblazers Build Relationships, Business Receipts There’s no better time for insurance agents and brokers to delve into social networking technologies than now, according to those who study marketing and technology trends. More than four in five U.S. online adults …
The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has learned. The practice costs governments billions …
IRS Worker’s Widow Files Suit to Determine Insurance Coverage Austin, Texas, Police Chief Art Acevedo stopped short of calling the crashing of a small plane into a commercial office building in northwest Austin on Feb. 18 a terrorist act, but …
Remember that glossy brochure that took so much time, money and energy to produce? Chances are your customers didn’t even read it — much less use it to make an informed decision about your products and services. The fact is …
No Truth to the Matter “This statement could not be further from the truth.” —Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford took issue with a company identifying itself as a nationwide provider of innovative and affordable health insurance solutions and suspended the …
The Oklahoma House Economic Development and Financial Services Committee has advanced a bill that would privatize CompSource Oklahoma, a state agency that serves as the insurance resource of last resort for workers’ compensation insurance. Created by the Legislature in 1933, …
Texas in 2009 experienced weather catastrophes that resulted in more insured losses than any other state. Texas experienced 10 weather catastrophes in 2009 that caused nearly $2.5 billion in losses. The next highest state in insured losses was Colorado with …
