Differentiate to Win
Have you ever watched the movie “Speed” with Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, and Sandra Bullock? Dennis Hopper plays a bitter and unstable bomb squad officer who gets hurt on the job and is forced to retire. He straps a bomb …
Redwoods Leavitt Insurance Agency Formed in California
The Crescent City, Calif., and Grants Pass, Ore., locations of NorthWest Insurance Agency have joined the Leavitt Group to form Redwoods Leavitt Insurance Agency based in Crescent City, Calif. Bill Cochran is the managing local co-owner of the new agency. …
National Alliance, Univ. of Central Ark. to Offer Insurance Designation
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, in partnership with the University of Central Arkansas, will offer the University Associate Certified Insurance Counselor (UACIC) designation for university students, which not only provides them a designation before they graduate, but …
Texas Approves 16 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp Claims
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved one initial application and 15 renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance Program. These …
Ryan Group Denies Any Wrongdoing by Former AmWINS Employee
North Carolina-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS has won a court order against a former employee it believes is using confidential client information to target AmWINS business accounts and win them over to his new employer. The former employee, David Austin, …
6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Comp Customers
Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the boat.” But it doesn’t take a master angler to know that once you get the fish, …
It Figures
$99 Billion Annual cost of medical claims and lost productivity attributed to automobile accidents in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That does not include the cost of property or vehicle damage. The costs …
Declarations
Better Protection Against Insolvency “We’ve long had the ability to intervene when a company is insolvent. … But to protect policyholders, we need to step in much sooner than that. This new law lets insurers know exactly what we’ll be …
People
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) promoted two key executives. Paul Buffone is now senior vice president of Risk Management Services, and David T. White is now vice president of Internal Audit. Buffone started with LWCC in 1993 as a law …
People
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund named Tom Rowe president, CEO and member of the Executive Committee. He will report directly to the board of directors and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of State Fund. Former president/CEO Janet Frank …
