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Caroline McDonald
This years winners of the fifth annual Awards for Excellence in Workers Compensation Risk Management are Gary Eastes, risk and benefits manager for the City of Knoxville; Michael P. Murphy, manager, global property and casualty insurance, Kennametal; and Bruce Jones, director, insurance and Texas Plan Administrator, Community Health Systems (CHS).
Stephen J. Klingel
Analysis from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. shows that conditions in the workers compensation industry continue to deteriorate. The line continues to experience an ever-lengthening list of challenges, including poor underwriting results, declining (albeit more slowly) premiums, an uptick in claim frequency and an uncertain regulatory and inflationary...
Caroline McDonald
The key to the success of the City of Knoxvilles workers compensation program is being able to integrate the programs for employees' health with workers' comp
Chad Hemenway
Several years ago, Community Health Systems (CHS) Professional Service Corp. initiated a pilot program to improve employee safety at a hospital in Watsonville, Calif. The loss history at this facility was, to put it bluntly, not good.
Caroline McDonald
Because of a belief that its workforce is its No. 1 advantage, Kennametal Inc. refuses to compromise when it comes to protecting them.
Arthur D. Postal
Federal financial-services regulators have promised to propose soon a regulation that large property and casualty insurers hope will provide them a pathway to insignificance.
Phil Gusman, Chad Hemenway
Weather losses continue to be a factor in companies second-quarter results, but the ultimate impact on net income varies depending on the size of the company and the lines written.
staff Writer
A survey on four commercial lines suggests the soft market may be bottoming out, according to the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS).
Caroline McDonald
After re-emphasizing that Standard & Poor’s rating action on U.S. long-term sovereign debt will have little, if any, effect on the insurance…
Caroline McDonald
Key to the success of Kennametal Inc.s award-winning workers compensation program: securing the buy-in of upper management.
Members of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) voted to affiliate with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) by an overwhelming majority in an effort to have more say over the future of their agencies.
Mark E. Ruquet
Merger and acquisition activity remains on the same pace it has been on for the past three years, according to a report from reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter.
Laura Peterson
Laura Peterson, director of risk management and insurance for the University of Wyoming, as past president of PRIMA, addresses whether the world is riskier or safer.
Mark E. Ruquet
Connecticuts top insurance regulator says the United States needs to stop apologizing for its regulatory regime, stating that it has worked remarkably well through troubled times.
Caroline McDonald
Sometimes the most basic, obvious measures can make all the difference in a successful workers compensation program.
Chad Hemenway
Allstate Insurance Co. has filed another lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court seeking to recover investment losses on residential mortgage-backed securities.
Bryant Rousseau
Times are undeniably tough for American workers. Stagnant wages, brutal commutes and the nagging fear that they may at any time join the tens of millions of their compatriots searching for employment.
Chad Hemenway
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) says it expects insured losses of more than 200 million pounds (about $328 million) from claims connected to the rioting and looting in London and other cities recently.
Sam J. Friedman
A changing workforce, rapidly evolving technology and medical-cost-containment issues are the biggest challenges, and opportunities, that will face the workers comp market as it enters its second century.
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