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#1 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...
#2 OSHA Alleges Roofer Put Own Kids at Risk on Job
Jul 9 2024 // The owner of a Liverpool, Pennsylvania roofing company risked the lives of two of his children by exposing them to falls from heights while they worked on roofs atop a Mechanicsburg apartment complex in June 2024, an...
#3 Rhode Island Guarantees Domestic Workers Minimum Wage, Not Workers’ Compensation
Jul 2 2024 // Domestic workers in Rhode Island will now be paid the state’s minimum wage under a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Daniel McKee. Traditionally, domestic workers haven’t been given that protection as the...
#4 Career Criminal Sentenced on More Insurance Fraud Charges in South Carolina
Jul 2 2024 // A South Carolina man with a long criminal history has pleaded guilty to multiple insurance fraud and identity fraud schemes that had netted him more than $139,000. Marcus Blair, of Florence, South Carolina, has been...
#5 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...
#6 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....
#7 Origin Specialty Acquires Agribusiness Managing General Underwriter AIMS
Jul 12 2024 // Illinois-based specialty insurance broker Origin Specialty Underwriters Agency announced it has acquired Agricultural Insurance Management Services (AIMS), an agribusiness insurance-focused managing general underwriter...
#8 People Moves: HDI Global Canada Promotes Navarrete to Managing Director; AXA XL Appoints Kuklinski as Regional Mgr. for Northern Europe, Germany’s Country Mgr.
Jul 1 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at HDI Global and AXA XL. A summary of these new hires follows here. HDI Global Canada Promotes Navarrete to Managing Director Klaus Navarrete HDI Global...
#9 Managing Expectations While Going Green
Jul 1 2024 // From increased wildfires to flooding to wind and hail and hurricanes, the risks and resulting losses from climate change grow each year. While 2023 was the hottest year on record, 2024 is shaping up to beat that...
#10 People Moves: SiriusPoint Int’l Managing Agency Names Castel’s Williams as Chief Risk Officer; Everest Promotes Townsend to Chief Ceded Reinsurance Officer
Jul 9 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at SiriusPoint and Everest Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. SiriusPoint International Managing Agency Names Castel’s Williams as...
#11 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...
#12 Marshall Elected Chair of Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission
Jul 2 2024 // Wesley G. Marshall has been elected to a three-year term as chairman of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWC), effective July 1, 2024. He succeeds Commissioner Robert A. Rapaport, whose term ended June...
#13 The Smart Workforce Pivot: Insurance’s Backdoor to Talent Acquisition
Jul 15 2024 // The dilemma in today’s labor market is real. In 2023, the U.S. labor market had 9.5 million unfilled jobs. Yet there were just 6.5 million unemployed workers, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. If every...
#14 Managing Stress Effectively
Jul 15 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by PCF Insurance Services. PCF Vice President of Operations Benefits, Kirk Benson is joined by INGUARD’s Joe Gaydaychuk; Shannon Willoughby, Preventive Health Specialist; and...
#15 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...
#16 Talent Gap
Jul 15 2024 // It’s no secret — independent insurance agencies are struggling to find qualified job candidates. And young talent may be even harder to find. According to a recent report by Vertafore, nearly a third of agents...
#17 Massachusetts Orders 14.6% Cut in Workers’ Compensation Rates
Jul 15 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...
