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By Mark E. Ruquet |
January 13, 2012
The drop in unemployment numbers for December could translate into improved earnings for insurance brokers as increased employment means growth in employee-related premiums, one financial analyst notes.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 6, 2012
The drop in the unemployment numbers for December could translate into improved earnings for insurance brokers as increased employment means growth in employee benefits and healthcare insurance, says a financial analyst.
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By Staff Writer |
September 11, 2011
The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Union Pacific Railroad Co. to pay damages and attorney fees to three employees who reported workplace safety issues.
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By David Springer |
August 26, 2011
When a medical-malpractice lawsuit hits a hospital, clinic or private practice, the facility and the physician are not the only ones at risk. Physician assistants and other “physician extenders” can be targeted alongside a physician or facility when suits are filed.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 7, 2011
Farmers Insurance will pay more than $1.5 million in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees for pre-shift work they performed but were never compensated for.
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By Staff Writer |
June 28, 2011
A contractor was sentenced to 4 years in jail after failing to correctly report payroll and job classification information for 70 of her company’s employees.
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By NCCI Actuarial and Economic Services Division |
February 24, 2011
The National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc., recently released a study, “Gauging the Economy,” that examines the current state of the economy and its implications for workers’ compensation insurance.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 21, 2011
Premium increases on homeowners insurance may be slowing while personal auto continues steady gains, according to a government survey.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 18, 2010
Walmart may be the most frequent defendant named in wage-and-hour lawsuits, but insurers and pharmaceutical companies are also caught up in a maze of rules they didn't know applied to certain subsets of their workforce, experts say.
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By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com, Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 17, 2010
State legislatures, regulatory agencies, and rate makers have been busy lately enacting, tweaking, and doing away with various workers' compensation laws, rules and rates.
