NU’s WC Risk Management Award Winners Share Secrets Of Success

ServiceMaster, Disney, Select Staffing serve as role models for peers

August 18, 2008
BY SAM FRIEDMAN

What does it take to keep people from being hurt on the job, and get them back to work as fast as possible when injuries inevitably occur--all while treating them with respect and concern, and without busting your loss control budget? To see how the best in the business handle such challenges, check out the profiles of this year’s three winners in the second annual National Underwriter Award For Excellence In Workers’ Compensation Risk Management.

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While Buyers Enjoy Falling Premiums, S&P Sees ‘Negative P-C Outlook

August 18, 2008
BY ARTHUR D. POSTAL

While it remains a buyer’s market for risk managers, the steep decline in premiums on top of weakening investment returns are delivering a double-whammy to insurer profitability, prompting one rating agency to downgrade its outlook for the U.S. commercial lines sector to “negative.”

Auto Insurers Challenge Call For Lower Rates After Gas Hikes Cut Mileage

August 18, 2008
BY DANIEL HAYS

With motorists definitely driving less in the face of higher gasoline prices, the heat is on auto insurers to cut their premium rates, but some warn that regulators and the public should not jump to any conclusions while ignoring other emerging trends.