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Calif. prevention program has little effect on worker injuries, fatalities

Posted by Amber Swanton · Leave a Comment 

OAKLAND, Calif.—California’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program has had little impact on reducing worker injuries and fatalities in the state, according to a report from the California Commission for Health, Safety and Workers’ Compensation.

The commission released a draft of the study Thursday. The IIPP program, implemented in 1991, requires California employers to create a written safety plan that addresses safe work practices, employee safety training and procedures for correcting hazards, among other provisions.Two-thirds of IIPP violations in California involve employers who did not have or implement a written safety plan, the commission said. H Full story…

January 12, 2012 · Tagged with Fatalities, Prevention Program, Worker Injuries

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Sri Lanka: Aviva NDB’s sales star Swarna ranks among world’s best in insurance

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“Top of the Table” at the Million Dollar Round Table Conference is a rare achievement among sales professionals in the world’s insurance industry. T

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January 11, 2012 · Tagged with Insurance

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How to Find the Right Book of Business to Buy and How to Maximize It

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A great New Year’s resolution insurance brokers often make is to grow their business. They can do this rather quickly by acquiring books of business from other brokers who are selling their books.

Use Your Due Diligence. The first differentiating factor between a profitable book and a non-profitable one is doing your homework and assessing its attrition level. As James Hilton explained in an earlier article in this series, the attrition level is the number of clients that are retained once the transition from the old broker to the new broker is completed.

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January 4, 2012 · Tagged with Business, Business Buy

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The Need For Student Medical Malpractice Insurance

Posted by Imogen Standish · Leave a Comment 

Are you intent on taking up the medical profession by enrolling in one of the most successful medical schools or colleges? Medical malpractice insurance has become a must these days thanks to the growing number of law suits against medical students that inadvertently commit mistakes while attending on patients during their internship. Although there can be no intention in causing any sort of harm or physical discomfort to the patient, a medical student is often put to trouble by the affected patient by way of a law suit that would charge him with inadvertence.

In the U.S., it is mandatory to purchase student medical malpractice insurance before joining a medical college to pursue your medical studies.

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January 2, 2012 · Tagged with Insurance, Malpractice Insurance, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Insurance

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York Risk Services Group acquires JI Companies

Posted by Rose Broinowski · Leave a Comment 

York Risk Services Group, a provider of a full range of claims administration and risk management services, has acquired JI Companies to continue its commitment in the public entity market.

Through the acquisition, York Risk is planning to further expand its services to governmental agencies in the US.

JI Companies provides workers’ compensation, liability, property and nonsubscriber claims/risk management services, as well as pool administration to more than 480 public and private self-insured entities in Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska, with a particular focus on public entities.

Under the transaction, all of JI Companies’ employees will be joining York, including its management team, led by Francis Fey, JI’s president and CEO.

York Risk Services Group executive vice president Rick Taketa said taht the JI Companies acquisition demonstrates York ‘s commitment to important markets in Texas , Oklahoma , Nebraska and the Southwest.

“With our combined business, we are able to provide a complete suite of risk management and insurance solutions to our customers, whether they are public entities, commercial interests or carriers.

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December 31, 2011 · Tagged with Companies, Ji Companies, Risk Services Group, Services Group

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