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Iowa Insurance Broker Plans to Add 90 Jobs over 3 Years
Feb 2 2015 // A Dubuque, Iowa-based insurance broker has announced plans to add 90 jobs over the next three years. Cottingham & Butler President and CEO David Becker tells the Dubuque Telegraph Herald that it could add as many as 45...
Cyber Attack Retaliation Is Government’s Job: Poll
Jan 22 2015 // At a time when most people aren’t confident their workplace is safe from a hacking attack, respondents to the Bloomberg Global Poll are more certain about one thing: Vengeance is not mine. Companies shouldn’t...
Cybersecurity Is Corporate America’s Job
Jan 22 2015 // Barack Obama wants to prod corporations into addressing their cybersecurity weaknesses and he used his State of the Union speech last night to do just that. Obama also placed responsibility for inaction and any damage from...
Pacific Compensation Names O’Dell Corporate Development Director in California
Jan 20 2015 // Pacific Compensation Insurance Co. has named Ronnie O’Dell corporate development director. O’Dell will focus on expanding PacificComp’s presence in the California workers’ compensation marketplace....
Aviva to Cut About 1,500 Jobs with Friends Life Acquisition
Jan 20 2015 // Aviva Plc said it may eliminate about 1,500 jobs with its £5.6 billion ($8.48 billion) takeover of Friends Life Group Ltd. The job losses form part of an estimated £225 million [$340.76 million] in annual savings from...
Aon Sees Healthcare Workers’ Compensation Claims Dropping
Jan 19 2015 // Workers’ compensation costs and claims frequency in the healthcare sector are going down, according to a report that studied 1,1150 facilities in 11 states. Aon Risk Solutions’ Health Care Workers’...
Florida Court Upholds Workers’ Compensation ‘Exclusive Remedy’
Jan 16 2015 // Florida’s insurers are breathing easier after the state’s high court ruled that the workers’ compensation law bars injured workers from seeking additional benefits in civil court. The Florida Supreme...
BTIS Expands Workers’ Compensation Program Nationwide
Jan 9 2015 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) has expanded its Victory Workers’ Comp program into all U.S. states except for Alaska, North Dakota, Ohio, Washington, and Wyoming. The program offers...
Markel Names Huels Managing Director, Brokerage Casualty in Chicago
Jan 7 2015 // Markel appointed Matt Huels as managing director, brokerage casualty, for its product line leadership team. He is based in Chicago. Huels comes to Markel from XL, where he was vice president of the casualty product line...
New York Knicks Heckler Tossed From Arena Sues Over Lost ING Job
Jan 7 2015 // A former ING Financial Services trader sued the owners of Madison Square Garden for booting him from the arena last year after he yelled “Carmelo, you stink” during a New York Knicks game, a move he said cost...
Terre Haute, Indiana, Area Had Nation’s 2nd-Biggest Construction Job Gain
Dec 23 2014 // The city of Terre Haute and surrounding areas of western Indiana had the nation’s second-highest percentage gain in construction jobs during the past year, a new analysis of job data shows. A spokesman for one state...
Cooper Gay Uruguay Launched; Ferrari Appointed Managing Director
Dec 17 2014 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC), the reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, has launched Cooper Gay Uruguay as part of its strategic expansion in Latin America. Based in Montevideo, the team will focus on...
Beecher Carlson Hires Aon Exec Martin as Managing Director in New York
Dec 16 2014 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC, a specialized large account insurance brokerage in Atlanta, has hired Allyson Martin as managing director. She is based in Beecher Carlson’s New York office. Martin most...
BusinesFirst Enters Workers’ Compensation Market in Georgia
Dec 16 2014 // BusinessFirst Insurance Co., a monoline workers’ compensation company, is now offering coverage to employers in Georgia. BusinessFirst and affiliate RetailFirst Insurance Co. comprise the RetailFirst Insurance Group....
Fewer Workers Hurt on the Job Last Year in Virginia
Dec 10 2014 // A federal study shows the rate of workplace injuries dropped last year in Virginia and remained below the national average. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Dec. 4 that for every 100 full-time workers in private...
NECC Trustee Files Compensation Plan for 2012 Meningitis Outbreak Victims
Dec 4 2014 // The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people, filed a plan that would set aside at least $135 million to compensate victims and their...
More Than 65,000 Firefighters Injured on Job in 2013
Nov 26 2014 // In 2013, 65,880 firefighter injuries occurred in the line of duty, a decrease of 5.1 percent from the previous year. Of those injuries, 29,760 (45.2 percent) occurred during fireground operations, with the leading causes...
North Carolina Approves Workers’ Compensation Rates for 2015
Nov 20 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said new workers’ compensation rates have been approved as filed and will go into effect April 1, 2015. There will be a 3.4 percent average decrease to loss costs...
Fraud Controls Important When Hiring Seasonal Staff, Experts Say
Nov 18 2014 // With seasonal hiring in the U.S. expected to be at its highest level in years, fraud experts warn that companies that loosen their usual processes in order to add staff quickly put themselves at increased risk to...
Maryland Firm to Pay $415K to Settle EEOC Discrimination Suit
Nov 18 2014 // A Maryland-based environmental remediation services contractor will pay $415,000 and provide comprehensive equitable relief to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) race, gender discrimination and...
