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Recruiting and Retaining Claims Talent in the Candidate’s Market
Sep 5 2022 // The insurance industry is experiencing a reshuffling of talent, an aging workforce and ongoing disruption. Its vital insurance organizations are exploring their current talent strategies to successfully attract and retain...
Body of Construction Worker Found After Pennsylvania Construction Site Collapse
Sep 2 2022 // State police say the body of a worker was found in the rubble of a collapse at a construction site in Pennsylvania. Trooper Megan Frazer said the body of the 30-year-old man was found at about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday at the site...
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch Sues Australian News Site for Defamation
Aug 24 2022 // Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch has filed a defamation lawsuit against an Australian news site over an opinion piece he says accused him of being complicit in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former...
New Jersey Contractor Arraigned for Worker Death at Poughkeepsie Construction Site
Aug 4 2022 // A New Jersey construction company and its principal have been charged with willfully violating federal workplace safety regulations at a Poughkeepsie, New York construction site where a wall collapsed, killing a worker in...
Curbing Distracted Driving Starts with a Commitment to Education and Enforcement
Aug 1 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT. Only 2.5% of people can effectively multitask even in the best conditions.[1] That’s not great odds if you’re multi-tasking behind the wheel of a commercial...
Are MGAs Winning the Insurance Talent War?
Aug 1 2022 // With more than 1,000 managing general agents writing roughly $70 billion in direct premiums last year, researchers at Conning believe one growth driver is the fact that the managing general agency (MGA) model attracts...
North Carolina Agency to Test Soil and Water at Fertilizer Plant Explosion Site
Jul 26 2022 // A North Carolina environmental agency has approved a plan to test the soil and groundwater for contamination at the site of a massive fertilizer-plant fire in January. Montrose Engineering and Geology laid out its plans in...
$6.3 Million Settlement Reached over Arkansas Dump Site Fire
Jul 22 2022 // A $6.3 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that claimed smoke from an underground fire at a dumping site in northwest Arkansas harmed nearby residents. An attorney in the case confirmed the settlement, which...
Amwins Program Underwriters Brings New Talent to Waste Haulers Underwriting Team
Jul 20 2022 // Amwins Program Underwriters (APU), an operating company within the Amwins Underwriting division, has been busy over the last 18 months bringing in new underwriting perspectives to the long-standing Waste Haulers...
Are MGAs Winning the Insurance Talent War?
Jul 20 2022 // With more than 1,000 managing general agents writing roughly $70 billion in direct premiums last year, researchers at Conning believe one growth driver is the fact that the MGA model attracts talent. Conning listed the...
Maine Mining Superfund Site to Receive $21M
Jul 6 2022 // A Maine superfund mining site is receiving $21 million in Environmental Protection Agency funding to expedite contamination cleanup efforts. The Callahan Mine superfund site in Brooksville originally received $9 million...
Upgrades Urged at Missouri Amtrak Crash Site, But No Action
Jun 29 2022 // The chief elected official in the Missouri county where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump truck said Tuesday that residents and county leaders have been pushing for a safety upgrade at the railroad crossing for nearly...
Texas Mutual to Award $1.1M in Safety Education Grants to 11 Texas Colleges
May 27 2022 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company is awarding $1.1 million in grants to 11 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the general public. Texas Mutual—the state’s leading...
FEMA Opens Proposed Hurricane Ida Housing Site Comment Period
May 25 2022 // A three-day comment period opened Tuesday for a proposed group housing site for Hurricane Ida survivors in one southeast Louisiana parish, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. Up to 75 families could be housed at...
Investment Firm Brookfield to Buy UK Repair Site HomeServe for £4.1B
May 19 2022 // Brookfield Asset Management Inc. agreed to buy emergency household repairs provider HomeServe Plc in a deal valuing the company at £4.1 billion ($5 billion), one of the UK’s largest take-private transactions this...
Florida CFO Wants More Insurance Fraud Investigators, Education Campaign
May 16 2022 // Ahead of next week’s special legislative session, Florida’s chief financial officer is asking lawmakers for $6.5 million to fund 23 new investigative positions and to launch a public education campaign, part of...
Agency Stepping up Education Efforts on 500% Surcharged Deductibles
May 9 2022 // Rockford, IL., April 25, 2022 — Insurance King is a high-volume non-standard insurance agency and they are taking additional steps to educate their customers with one of their carriers of the potential for a 500%...
What It Takes to Hire Insurance Talent in Today’s Job Market
May 2 2022 // Dear Mary, Your team is in the thick of recruiting every day, not only for our open roles but for positions across the nation. I’m curious what you are seeing with: Candidate willingness (or not) to move to a new...
State Farm Awards ICT $40K Grant to Promote Education Programs
May 2 2022 // State Farm Insurance has awarded the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) with a $40,000 grant to promote and develop education programs throughout the state. ICT will use the grant to grow its multiple public service and...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Plans Captive & IBT Conference
Apr 26 2022 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) announced it will host the inaugural Captive & Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) Conference in Oklahoma City on August 24-25. The conference is designed for risk managers,...
