Workers' Comp

Montana lawmakers intent on decreasing workers' compensation insurance rates said that a Republican-backed deal favored by many businesses will need to be reworked in the Senate.

This 14-point workers’ compensation checklist can help you determine if you are doing all you can to safeguard your company and your employees.

Fitch Ratings has dropped the financial strength rating of American International Group Inc.’s domestic non-life insurance subsidiaries after AIG had to bolster Chartis reserves by $4.1 billion.

Politics aside, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson’s order granting summary judgment and declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional highlights an interesting insurance concept.

Politics aside, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson’s order granting summary judgment and declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional highlights an interesting insurance concept.

Legislation proposed in some states that would bar workers’ compensation benefits for illegal immigrants could have the unintended consequence of incentivizing employers to hire such workers, an insurance group representative said.

U.S.-based multinational companies will likely benefit from an ongoing soft insurance market, as competition for a range of coverages for these companies is expected to continue through 2011, Marsh said in a recent report.

Brown & Brown, Inc. said its fourth quarter net income increased 36 percent over the prior year despite organic growth in commission and fees dropping 3 percent during the same period.