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Atlantic Casualty to Create 83 Jobs, Invest $11.8M in North Carolina Operations
Feb 19 2020 // Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co., a national provider of commercial insurance products, will create 83 jobs and invest more than $11.8 million through an expansion of its Wayne County, N.C., headquarters, according to a...
California IHOP Cook Arrested for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Feb 18 2020 // California Department of Insurance detectives arrested Jonathan Quezada, 28, on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and workers’ compensation insurance fraud after he allegedly falsified an insurance claim to...
Judge Stalls Uber’s Challenge to Controversial California Job Law
Feb 12 2020 // A federal judge has refused to exempt rideshare company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates from a broad new California labor law while she considers their lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los...
Workers’ Compensation Is Doing Well. Is It Time to Worry?
Feb 10 2020 // Although workers’ compensation results remain strong — and the line continues to outperform all other commercial insurance lines — worries about continued soft pricing and loss reserve levels for...
Hiring Momentum May Be Slowing Overall But Not in Insurance
Feb 10 2020 // There is an even balance in the share of U.S. businesses reporting decreases and increases in employment for the first time in a decade, a new survey showed, the latest suggestion that the labor market has likely peaked...
Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Announces Three Senior Vice President Appointments
Feb 6 2020 // Sheryl Rucker has accepted the position of senior vice president of Strategic & Integrated Services, a division of Information Technology at Erie Insurance. In this role, Rucker will have responsibility over a new area...
A Tale of Two Californias: Managing Wildfire Risk in the Year 2030
Feb 6 2020 // For most of the 20th century, the insurance industry considered wildfires to be little more than a benign nuisance. They occurred frequently but rarely resulted in more than a handful of claims, and underwriters priced for...
Last Chance to Participate in the 2020 Agency Salary Survey
Feb 5 2020 // Would you like to know where agency salaries and total compensation ranks today? Find out by completing this year’s exclusive Agency Salary Survey. The deadline to participate in the 2020 Agency Salary Survey is...
Forget Robots. Dogs May Be Taking Crop Inspection Jobs.
Feb 5 2020 // Dogs specially trained by the federal government’s Agricultural Research Service scientists have proven to be the most efficient way to detect huanglongbing—also known as citrus greening—according to a paper just...
Texas Security Company Convicted of $51K Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jan 29 2020 // HHDP Security, a Houston-based security company, has been convicted of premium fraud and ordered by a Travis County District Court judge to pay $51,131 in restitution, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of...
How should insurance commissioners get the job?
Jan 29 2020 // WARNING: This is a long one. Buckle in. Insurance Journal recently published an article detailing what action the Florida legislature is planning to take this year related to insurance. One item in particular caught my...
Hiring Momentum May Be Slowing Overall But Not in Insurance
Jan 28 2020 // There is an even balance in the share of U.S. businesses reporting decreases and increases in employment for the first time in a decade, a survey showed on Monday, the latest suggestion that the labor market has likely...
Compensation Is Your Agency’s #1 Recruiting Tool
Jan 27 2020 // Employers find it difficult to hear that the entire kit and kaboodle of recruiting boils down to money. Insurance agencies would like to think there’s more to the story — work/life balance, career development...
Workers’ Compensation Is Doing Well. Is It Time to Worry?
Jan 24 2020 // Although workers’ compensation results remain strong—and the line continues to outperform all other commercial insurance lines—worries about continued soft pricing and loss reserve levels for workers’...
2020 Agency Salary Survey: Tell Us What You Think
Jan 24 2020 // Total compensation and salary adjustments on average fell slightly in agencies responding to the 2019 Agency Salary Survey – but that trend didn’t impact employee satisfaction. On average, employee satisfaction...
State of Insurance Agency E&O Insurance Market: Managing Rates and Risks
Jan 23 2020 // Agency errors and omissions (E&O) coverage is likely the most important insurance policy an agency purchases. As customer demands rise to an all-time high, having the right E&O coverage and ensuring best practices...
Dean Promoted to Managing Director at Burns & Wilcox in Indianapolis
Jan 22 2020 // Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, has promoted Andrew Dean to managing director from associate managing director in the company’s Indianapolis, Indiana, office. As managing...
Saxe Doernberger & Vita Names Guertin Managing Partner of Northeast Office
Jan 16 2020 // Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV) has named Theresa A. Guertin as managing partner of SDV’s Northeast office, effective January 1, 2020. Guertin has an active litigation practice, and she is co-chair of the...
Tax Break for Hiring Felons Included in Nebraska Bill
Jan 13 2020 // Nebraska businesses that hire felons could get a tax break under a measure that’s designed to make it easier for them to get jobs and reduce the likelihood they’ll re-offend. Supporters say the bill before...
What’s Happening in Agency Compensation? Take This Year’s Salary Survey
Jan 10 2020 // Insurance Journal would like to invite ALL retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — to participate in Insurance Journal’s annual independent insurance agency salary survey for...
