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How Insurer Execs, Workers View Artificial Intelligence and Future Work
May 11 2018 // Insurers can seize major growth opportunities by redesigning work, bringing in new talent, and pivoting their existing workforces to work with artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new repot by Accenture. The...
Malloy Says He’ll Sign Connecticut Bill Forbidding Salary Questions
May 10 2018 // Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he will sign legislation into law that prohibits employers from asking applicants about their salary history. The Democrat says the bill, which cleared the Senate on a 35-1 vote Friday night,...
AIG Shareholders Approve $43 Million Compensation for CEO Duperreault
May 9 2018 // American International Group Inc said shareholders approved a $43.1 million pay package for 2017 for Chief Executive Officer Brian Duperreault during the company’s annual meeting on Wednesday. A nonbinding resolution...
Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Vetoes Workers’ Compensation Drug Formulary Bill
May 1 2018 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed Senate Bill 936, which sought to amend the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act by establishing a formulary, or a list of prescription medications that could be prescribed...
UN Official: Tech Industry Must Address Cybersecurity, Job Effects from Its Innovations
May 1 2018 // Technology companies have an obligation to address the unintended consequences of advances like artificial intelligence and innovations that enable damaging cyber-attacks, said Atti Riazi, chief information technology...
Wisconsin, Leading in Manufacturing Jobs Added, Touts Private Sector Gains
Apr 26 2018 // Wisconsin added the most manufacturing jobs of any state in the first quarter of 2018 and ranks fourth nationally in the number of private sector jobs added in March, the state Department of Workforce Development (DWD)...
Families Seek Compensation After 30 Dogs Die in Michigan Kennel Fire
Apr 19 2018 // Some dog owners are seeking compensation after 30 pets were killed during a spring break fire at a western Michigan kennel. Jennifer Nunez tells WOOD-TV that her family is heartbroken over the death of Harley, a...
Study: Louisiana Medicaid Expansion Brought Jobs, $3.5B Impact
Apr 16 2018 // Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion program has helped create or support nearly 19,200 jobs across the state and $178 million in state and local taxes, according to a new economic analysis. The three LSU professors hired...
2018 Young Agents Survey: Straight Talk From Young Agents
Apr 16 2018 // Young agents want change. They want more diversity in the agency sales ranks. They want better paths to grow in their careers. They want other agents to adhere to professional standards and ethics. They want faster and...
Fluid Work as a Retention and Engagement Game-Changer: The Jacobson Group
Apr 16 2018 // As young professionals play an increasingly important role within the workplace, forward-thinking companies are turning their attention toward attracting and retaining this critical talent. While healthy snacks, happy...
Markel Corporation Names Kenny Managing Director in Virginia Headquarters
Apr 11 2018 // Markel Corporation has named Brian Kenny managing director of strategic customer growth. Kenny is based in Markel’s headquarters in Richmond, Va., and reports to Markel Assurance President Bryan Sanders. In his new...
Court Rules Employers Cannot Use Salary History to Justify Gender Wage Gap
Apr 11 2018 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday ruled employers cannot use workers’ salary histories to justify gender-based pay disparities, saying that would perpetuate a wage gap that is “an embarrassing reality of our...
Tokio Marine Kiln Promotes Dugand to Regional Managing Director, Asia
Apr 5 2018 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the provider of specialist and corporate insurance, announced the promotion of Alex Dugand to regional managing director, Asia. Dugand takes up the role with immediate effect and will report to...
Navigators to Offer Protective’s Workers’ Compensation as Part of Multiline Offerings
Apr 5 2018 // The Navigators Group, Inc. and Protective Insurance have agreed to an underwriting partnership offering Protective’s workers’ compensation coverage to Navigators’ insureds. Navigators said the partnership...
Study Finds 36% of Forestry Workers with Noisy Jobs Suffer Hearing Loss
Apr 3 2018 // About 15 percent of noise-exposed workers in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (AFFH) sector experience hearing loss, according to a new NIOSH hearing loss study published in the American Journal of Industrial...
Workers’ Compensation Insurer Stonetrust Enters Missouri, Tennessee
Apr 3 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurer Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co. has begun writing business in Missouri and Tennessee. Stonetrust, which is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is also writing in Louisiana,...
The Wedge: What Motivates Salespeople
Apr 2 2018 // When Brett Favre was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, he looked up at the sky and said: “Dad, I hope I made you proud.” Favre’s dad was a high school football coach. He was a hard man to please. He...
The Key to Unlocking Creativity? Promoting an Innovative Culture
Apr 2 2018 // The insurance industry stands amid an increasingly fast-paced, ever-changing business world. Insurance companies are now face-to-face with constantly evolving marketplace conditions — including climate concerns,...
Brexit Effect: Fewer UK Financial Services Jobs Expected to Shift to EU, Says Reuters
Mar 28 2018 // The number of finance jobs to be shifted out of Britain or created overseas by March 2019 due to Brexit has dropped by half compared to six months ago to 5,000 roles, firms employing the bulk of UK-based workers in...
Workers’ Compensation Costs to Drop in Arkansas
Mar 27 2018 // Arkansas businesses will see a decrease in workers’ compensation insurance costs beginning in July. Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr today has approved a decrease in workers’ compensation cost of 15.4...
