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Massachusetts Orders 14.6% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates
Jun 27 2024 // Massachusetts businesses will see an average 14.6% reduction in workers’ compensation rates—a cut that is almost twice the size of what the insurance industry’s rating bureau proposed in its filing. The lower...
People Moves: QBE Promotes Europe Product Managers for Cyber and Mgmt. Liability/Financial Institutions; Stoop Named Managing Director of DUAL Benelux
Jun 26 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE and Howden’s managing general agency, DUAL Benelux. A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Promotes Product Mgrs for Cyber and Mgmt....
European Job Seekers Turn Away From UK After Brexit
Jun 26 2024 // Irish workers have been making the short trip over to the UK to find employment for centuries, escaping famine and more recently the aftermath of the financial crisis. But new data suggests that job seekers from across the...
Hiring Insurance Agents: The Secret to Cultivating Successful Producers
Jun 17 2024 // Having spent 15 years traveling across the country meeting principals, I’ve learned much about why some agencies are successful and others fail when it comes to acquiring and nurturing new producers. What I’ve...
Recruiting Hacks That Instantly Boost Candidate Engagement
Jun 17 2024 // Why don’t candidates I reach out to respond?” It is frustrating when people apply for your jobs only to never respond to an interview request, or in the case of LinkedIn, you send an InMail about a job opening...
Employee Who Was Trapped in Elevator Denied Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Jun 13 2024 // A health insurance company employee who was trapped in an elevator for about 30 minutes has been denied workers’ compensation benefits. The employee did not suffer any physical injury while she was trapped in the...
Singapore Airlines Offers Compensation for Flight Hit by Turbulence
Jun 11 2024 // Singapore Airlines has sent compensation offers to passengers on a flight last month from London to Singapore that ran into severe turbulence, causing dozens of injuries and a death, the carrier said on Tuesday. Passengers...
Tyson Foods Accused by Conservative Group of Hiring Migrants Over US Citizens
Jun 5 2024 // A group founded by former Trump administration officials has accused Tyson Foods of discriminating against U.S. citizens by disproportionately hiring immigrants, including children and people in the country...
Medical Cannabis User Fired After Failing Drug Test Appeals Denial of Job Benefits
Jun 3 2024 // A Vermont man who lost his job after he said a random drug test showed he had used medical marijuana off duty for chronic pain has appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court saying he should not have been denied a portion of...
How to Embrace Compensation Transparency
Jun 3 2024 // The quest for transparency in compensation has become a paramount concern for both employers and employees alike. About one-fifth of U.S. employees are covered by compensation transparency laws, and many companies without...
Clinic Sued for Allegedly Firing Employee for Not Disclosing Disability in Job Interview
May 31 2024 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is pursuing a case against an employer the agency says fired a new employee for not disclosing her low vision disability in her job interview. The Americans with...
People Moves: Pastorius Joins Alliant Insurance Services as EVP, Managing Director
May 31 2024 // Mark Pastorius Mark Pastorius joined Alliant Insurance Services as executive vice president, managing director within Alliant Specialty. Pastorius’ insurance career spans more than 37 years. Before joining Alliant,...
Is Trampoline Job Landscape Work? AI Says Yes. 11th Circuit Says It’s Not Covered
May 30 2024 // Is the installation of an in-ground trampoline considered landscaping work, covered by a landscaper’s liability insurance policy? Artificial intelligence programs suggest that it is. But human judges with the 11th...
Virginia Tech Firm Settles Allegations Over Whites-Only Job Listing
May 30 2024 // A northern Virginia tech company is paying $38,500 to settle claims that it discriminated by posting a job listing seeking white, U.S.-born candidates for an opening as a business analyst. The Justice Department announced...
Caterpillar to Pay $800K Over Systemic Hiring Discrimination at Illinois Plant
May 24 2024 // Heavy equipment company Caterpillar has agreed to pay $800,000 to resolve allegations of systemic hiring discrimination against Black applicants at an Illinois plant, the U.S. Labor Department said on Tuesday. The money...
Texas Manufacturer to Pay $35K for Denying Job to Applicant with Opioid Use Disorder
May 23 2024 // The Modern Group, Ltd. (TMG), headquartered in Beaumont, Texas, and one of its subsidiaries, Dragon Rig Sales and Service, LLC, a manufacturing and service company which builds oilfield service equipment for energy and...
Dean Denied Workers’ Compensation for Injury From ‘Walking and Turning’ in Hallway
May 22 2024 // A community college dean who was injured when she fell after she turned in a hallway to address a colleague is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. Mary Pat...
Compensation for Injured Passengers on Singapore Airlines Could Vary Dramatically
May 22 2024 // Passengers injured by severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight on Tuesday are likely eligible for compensation, but the amount each receives could differ dramatically even for identical injuries due to an...
Workers’ Compensation Bars Doctor Who Was Shot at New York Hospital From Suing
May 20 2024 // New York’s highest court has ruled that a doctor who was injured in a shooting at the hospital where he works cannot sue his employer, finding that his injuries arose out of his employment and are thus covered by...
Process Improvement Is the Secret to Recruiting Success
May 20 2024 // I see a lot of insurance agencies sink a never-ending amount of time and money into recruitment in the hopes it will solve the frustrations related to finding candidates and filling jobs. The problem with focusing too much...
