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Zurich and Swiss Re Leaning Even Greener, While Gen Zers Covet Climate Jobs
Sep 9 2021 // Zurich is deepening emissions cuts and adding green options for customers. Zurich Insurance Group announced this week it is “taking global measures” to accelerate cuts in carbon emissions from its operations in...
Beyond the Headlines: Workplace Violence and Workers Compensation Claims
Sep 9 2021 // Whenever a legal dispute arises as to insurance coverage, the court will evaluate policy language to determine if a specific cause of loss constitutes a covered event under the terms of that policy. When workers...
Washington Man Who Faked Job Injury Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Scam
Aug 24 2021 // A Thurston County, Wash., man who reportedly tried to pass off a barroom brawl injury as a workplace accident has pleaded guilty to stealing state workers’ compensation insurance benefits. Chuck Wayne Riccio, 40, of...
Greece Wildfire Destroys Jobs of Pine Resin Collectors
Aug 23 2021 // AGDINES, Greece (AP) – For generations, residents in the north of the Greek island of Evia have made their living from the dense pine forests surrounding their villages. Tapping the ubiquitous Aleppo pines for their...
People Moves: Africa Specialty Risks Names Bheenick as Mauritius Managing Director; WTW’s Whyte Joins Miller for APAC Expansion
Aug 18 2021 // Africa Specialty Risks Names Bheenick Managing Director in Mauritius Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused reinsurance group, has appointed Krishna Bheenick as its managing director in Mauritius. The...
Massachusetts Woman Arrested for Workers’ Compensation Benefits Fraud
Aug 17 2021 // A Norwood, Massachusetts, woman was arrested in connection with fraudulently receiving federal workers’ compensation benefits and disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Karen Nolan was...
3 Ways to Accomplish Diversity & Inclusion in the Hiring Process
Aug 16 2021 // How’s your diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) strategy these days? Non-existent, a paragraph in the employee handbook or a manifesto? More importantly, is it collecting dust or a living, breathing document...
Why Health Insurance & Workers’ Compensation Insurance Are Not True Insurance
Aug 16 2021 // Fully funded or level funded traditional health insurance provided by employers is not insurance except for people who buy their own insurance, i.e., the small business owner. To qualify as insurance, the insurance policy...
Blenheim Underwriting Launches Lloyd’s Managing Agency
Aug 10 2021 // Blenheim Underwriting Ltd. announced it has received final approval and the necessary permissions from UK regulators and Lloyd’s to act as a managing agency for Syndicate 5886. The effective date of transfer of...
While Aon and Willis Were Focused on Merger, Marsh Attracted Producer Talent
Aug 5 2021 // While Aon and Willis Towers Watson were trying for many months to land their merger, their competitors were able lure away some of their producer talent – capitalizing on the “distraction and uncertainty”...
Workers’ Compensation Research Study Shows No Treatment Delays Due to COVID
Aug 2 2021 // COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers’ compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other services provided to injured workers, a study released by the Workers’...
New Producer Hiring: The 3D Interview
Aug 2 2021 // Most people date for six to 12 months before they ever consider getting married. It’s how you get to know what someone is like. You get to know how they deal with traffic jams; do they stay cool and calm or become a...
Lessons from the Pandemic for Workers’ Compensation
Aug 2 2021 // The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us tough lessons. We have learned the strengths and limitations of globalization, our public health systems, and our ability to respond during a crisis. In the U.S. workers’...
UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) Expands to Republic of Ireland
Jul 30 2021 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has expanded its membership into the Republic of Ireland (ROI) following an initiative driven by Chief Executive Mike Keating. The move to enable MGAs,...
‘Talent War’ Forces Companies Across Globe to Pay Higher Salaries to Woo Workers
Jul 30 2021 // The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened a shortage of white-collar workers in many countries, forcing companies to pay higher salaries to woo talent, a top London-based recruiter said on Tuesday [July 27]. Robert Walters...
Workers’ Compensation Research Study Shows No Treatment Delays Due to COVID
Jul 26 2021 // COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers’ compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other services provided to injured workers, a study released by the Workers’...
Managing Through Disruption: The Importance of Risk Management for Supply Chains
Jul 26 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. Over the last decade, we have witnessed many types of unpredictable disasters, including terrorist attacks, wars, earthquakes, economic crises,...
Judge: Florida Condo Collapse to Receive $150m in Initial Compensation
Jul 26 2021 // As the remaining rubble from the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront condominium was cleared away Wednesday, a Florida judge said victims and families who suffered losses will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation...
5 Questions Graduates Want to Know About Insurance Careers
Jul 19 2021 // I got my start in the insurance industry like so many of us, sans a specific insurance and risk management education but with a bachelor’s degree and a fortuitous connection. Next year marks 20 years since I...
Broker Ardonagh Opens Data and Risk Management Center in Ireland, Bringing 60 Jobs
Jul 13 2021 // The Ardonagh Group, a top 20 global insurance broker and the UK’s largest independent insurance broker, announced it will open the Ardonagh Global Data and Risk Management Centre this month, bringing 60 new highly...
