Economic drag; State needs to fix its unemployment system.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION A policy brief from the Pioneer Institute spotlights chronic obstacle to job creation and retention in Massachusetts: The state's overly generous unemployment insurance system. The report makes clear that the system is broken in two ways. First, companies that provide steady employment subsidize...

Striking a health care partnership: challenges: risk managers looking to insure key personnel abroad need to look for health companies with worldwide scope.
Giant multinationals aren't the only companies operating on the global stage today. An increasing number of companies of all sizes now find themselves doing business in more and more countries around the world, whether it be through suppliers, outsourcing or through their own manufacturing facilities and offices. In fact,...

Money Mantra.
KEYMAN INSURANCE I am a partner in a registered firm along with my father and brother. We are all working partners and get remuneration regularly from the firm. My LIC agent recently approached me for keyman insurance of all the partners. He says that insurance premium is...

Frost Insurance Partners With Texas Association of Business to Offer D&O Insurance to Members.
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost Insurance is partnering with the Texas Association of Business (TAB) to offer liability insurance to its members who serve as directors and officers of for-profit and non-profit organizations, including chambers of commerce. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080728/LAM010LOGO) At the association's request,...

Protecting key people. (Disability).
Key person insurance protects your company against financial risks such as loss of revenue if a key employee dies, becomes disabled, or retires. While this is a popular type of insurance coverage, companies are reconsidering this risk in light of the terrorist attack. Ask any manager: A...

Camp Insurance 101.
Understanding the fundamentals of a camp insurance program Camp directors may not always be aware of all the exposures their businesses face. Working with children presents unmatched rewards, but also creates unique risks from the insurance perspective. While camp directors or owners should consult with qualified insurance...

Parental Leave as Unemployment.
Paid birth and adoption leave is a difficult political issue to oppose. But is unemployment insurance the right way to pay for it? The issue pits family advocates against more traditional supporters of the social insurance system. Working too much would have been inconceivable to Great Depression...

Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. Ranked Largest D&O Broker and Largest Technology Broker In the United States.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 /PRNewswire/-- Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. was ranked the largest Directors and Officers (D&O) broker in the 2000 annual Tillinghast-Towers Perrin Survey (formerly the Wyatt Survey) with 19.9% of the industry's market share. The company retained its 1999 rating as the largest broker in the...

Individual unemployment accounts.
The Current Unemployment Insurance Compensation System The current unemployment insurance system's principal objective is to provide unemployed workers with temporary financial assistance to tide them over while they search for work (Ledvinka and Scarpello 1991). Each state administers its own unemployment insurance program under federal guidelines, but...

State rules break up stay-home work force.
Byline: SHERRI BURI McDONALD The Register-Guard BLACHLY - In the four years that Migel Santana assembled miniature flashlights at his home for Laughing Rabbit Inc., a manufacturer in this tiny rural community about 40 miles west of Eugene, he never once thought of himself as an LRI...