Latest Loss Control Headlines
All the headlines from our Loss Control Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cavignac & Associates Names Fernandez Director of Loss Control
Mar 11 2011 // Rafael Fernandez has been named director of loss control and claims for Cavignac & Associates, a San Diego-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm. In his new post, Fernandez is responsible for evaluating...
State Auto Western Region Reports Additions, Promotions in Texas
Jul 9 2010 // State Auto Western Region has announced the following staff additions and promotions in Texas: Steve Harmon has joined State Auto as a business insurance account executive. In this role, Harmon will have responsibility for...
People
Apr 19 2010 // Central Insurance Companies of Van Wert, Ohio, announced the retirements of Michael E. Thompson and George J. Gress. Additionally, Central promoted Jana L. Ringwald to vice president of Commercial Underwriting for its...
United Heartland Names Bartelme Director of Loss Control
Mar 30 2010 // Workers’ compensation insurer, United Heartland, in New Berlin, Wis., has appointed Rick Bartelme as director of Loss Control. Bartelme is responsible for implementing United Heartland’s comprehensive approach...
MEMIC Group Promotes Siegfried
Jan 26 2010 // Maine-based insurer The MEMIC Group has promoted Karl Siegfried to assistant vice president, Loss Control and Safety Services. Siegfried continues to oversee all of The MEMIC Group’s loss control operations,...
Loss Control Leads to $801K Dividend for Texas Auto Dealers
Oct 9 2009 // Workers’ compensation insurer Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced an $801,625 dividend to the Lone Star Auto Dealers (LSA) purchasing group. LSA has earned nearly $4 million in dividends since 2002. The dividend...
People
Sep 21 2009 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Gary Grose as U.S. marketing director. Grose joins Marsh with 20 years of insurance industry marketing and sales experience. He reports to Jack Butcher, U.S. sales and...
Brentwood Services in Tennessee Promotes Whitten
Sep 9 2009 // Rick Whitten has been promoted to vice president of the Client Services Division with Brentwood Services Administrators in Brentwood, Tennessee. Whitten has been assistant vice president of Loss Control Services, based in...
Human Services Agencies Can Benefit from Agent Advice, Especially in Challenging Economic Times
Feb 8 2009 // Custom Coverages and Loss Control Can Help Non-Profits Survive While today’s economic environment presents some challenges for many companies large and small, independent agents who understand and embrace those...
Liberty Mutual Serves Up Loss Control Unit for Insurance Agents, Buyers
Oct 24 2008 // Liberty Mutual Group has created a new loss control organization, Loss Control Advisory Services, to give middle and national market commercial insurance buyers and their agents and broekrs better access to professional...
York Insurance Services Group, Inc. Acquires Site Inspections LLC, Now Offering Nationwide Loss Control Services
Oct 10 2008 // PARSIPPANY, N.J., (October 10, 2008) – York Insurance Services Group, Inc., a premier national provider of insurance services, including claims handling, specialized loss adjusting, managed care, insurance pool...
Restaurants’ Workers’ Comp Insurance Decisions Based Heavily on Price
Sep 19 2008 // A recent national survey of restaurant decision-makers finds that they place too much emphasis on the price of their workers’ compensation insurance, potentially forgoing the long-term financial benefits of accident...
Strengths and Weaknesses, Part 2: What Agents Think of Regional, National P/C Insurers
Jul 10 2008 // Regional carriers come out on top in agency compensation and claims services, while nationals outscore regionals on loss control and technology. That’s according to an Insurance Journal weeklong survey in June on...
Exclusive Survey, Part 2: Strengths and Weaknesses – What Agents Think of Regional and National P/C Insurers
Jul 7 2008 // Regional P/C Insurers Beat Out Nationals on Compensation, Claims; Nationals Outperform on Technology Regional carriers come out on top in agency compensation and claims services, while nationals outscore regionals on loss...
Soft Market Tests Program Administrators’ Survival Skills
Jun 2 2008 // It’s Time to Focus Marketing, Upgrade Data, Round Out Business In a recent letter to fellow program administrators, Greg Thompson, CEO of Thompson Insurance Enterprises Inc. and Target Markets Program Administrators...
Insurance Industry: One Cog in the Cargo Theft Prevention Machine
May 19 2008 // Supply chain players advised to combine strategies for a multi-level solution to loss control While cargo theft can affect every sector of the supply chain, competing interests among the various players in the chain can...
What the Reauthorization of TRIA Means to the P/C Industry
Jan 13 2008 // On Dec. 26, President George W. Bush signed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 to reauthorize the federal backstop for seven years. First and foremost, reauthorization of TRIA means it is...
Loss Control Crucial to Program Success
Dec 2 2007 // Loss control personnel are not often thought of fondly in customers’ minds, according to Steve Anderson, portfolio executive, risk engineering for the Zurich Program Business Unit of Zurich North America. “We...
Maximize your value by asking the right questions
Jul 2 2007 // Price, all too often, is the single factor in an agent’s choice of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his or her clients. An effective way to differentiate your agency from your competitors is to shop...
Maximize your value by asking the right questions
Jul 2 2007 // Price, all too often, is the single factor in an agent’s choice of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his or her clients. An effective way to differentiate your agency from your competitors is to shop...
