Young Hires Serve as Both Teachers and Student In one way, today’s high unemployment rate is helpful in the agency business. It assists when it comes to recruiting new, youthful producers. There are tons of young, smart, educated people out …
U.S. insurers are targeting the wealthy as one of the few client groups willing to pay higher rates and buy more policies, and competition to serve those people is increasing. From life insurers to property and casualty underwriters, the story …
For banks under regulatory oversight, Business Risk Partners (BRP) is now offering professional and management liability protections for distressed community banks, including hard-to-find Regulatory Defense Cover for directors and officers as a result of regulatory proceedings and investigations. While the …
The United States and South Korea are working to resolve beef and auto trade issues blocking U.S. congressional approval of a free trade agreement while President Barack Obama is in Seoul for the Group of 20 summit. An announcement is …
Local and state government workers have much higher rates of injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work than workers in private industry, the government reported. The rate among local and state government workers was 180 to 185 cases per …
Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has announced a 12 percent average increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums for 2011. Average premiums would go up by 6.5 cents per hour worked. The new rates take effect Jan. 1, 2011, …
Ireland unveiled a new corporate governance code for banks and insurers on Monday to bring ‘fresh blood’ into boardrooms and prevent a repeat of the excessive risk-taking that precipitated the country’s financial crisis. A property market crash exposed years of …
Marsh announced that it has signed a mutually exclusive agreement with Anglo Arab Insurance Brokers (AAIB), “the only international broker to be licensed and registered to operate in Iraq with offices across the country. Under the terms of the agreement, …
In Rapides Parish, Louisiana, officials know they have a problem with abandoned, rundown properties. That poses another problem: what to do with them. As economic conditions have stagnated, rising numbers of properties have been vacated and left to decay. The …
Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. has reported third quarter 2010 net income of $10.1 million compared with $30.6 million in the third quarter of 2009, a decrease of $20.5 million or $0.42 per diluted share. Net income for the nine …
