California OSHA Encourages Employers To Allow Workers To Acclimate During First Exposure To High Heat And Humidity

• 05/20/08

Oakland, CA  (CompNewsNetwork) - Cal/OSHA announced it will encourage employees to acclimate to the heat during the summer months.  This is one of the best defenses against heat-related ...
Read More

Ascension Insurance, Inc. Acquires Employers Mutual, Inc.

• 05/20/08

Kansas City, MO  (CompNewsNetwork) -  Ascension Insurance, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Employers Mutual, Inc. (EMI), based in Stuart, Florida, effective May 16, 2008.  ...
Read More

California EEEC Cites Los Angeles And Orange County Garment Manufacturers For Multiple Labor Law Violations

• 05/19/08

Los Angeles, CA  (CompNewsNetwork) - The Labor and Workforce Development Agency today announced that Economic Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC) investigators issued 42 citations for labor ...
Read More

Texas Places Memorial Service Life Insurance Company, Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company And National Prearranged Services, Inc. In Receivership

• 05/19/08

Austin, CA  (CompNewsNetwork) - The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has placed Memorial Service Life Insurance Company (Memorial Service), Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company (Lincoln ...
Read More

Wisconsin DWD Announces Unemployment Rates

• 05/19/08

Madison, WI  (CompNewsNetwork) - Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman announced today that Wisconsin's unemployment rate for April was 4.4 percent, down ...
Read More

California DIR Launches Enforcement Program To Target Employers Who Fail To Carry Workers' Compensation Insurance

• 05/16/08

San Francisco, CA  (CompNewsNetwork) -  The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) today launched the Insurance Coverage Program, an enforcement program designed to identify ...
Read More

California Gov. Schwarzenegger Highlights Need To Upgrade Technology Infrastructure At Conference On California's Future

• 05/16/08

Sacramento, CA  (CompNewsNetwork) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today addressed hundreds of local and state information technology (IT) personnel, technology officials and industry ...
Read More

NAIC Hearing To Address Growing Cost Of Health Care

• 05/16/08

Kansas City, MO  (CompNewsNetwork) - The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) will hold a public hearing Friday, May 30, that will focus on the continuing growth of health ...
Read More

ABA Commissioned Poll Finds More than Twice As Many Americans Talk About Planning For Healthcare Emergencies Than Take Action

• 05/15/08

Chicago, IL (CompNewsNetwork) -  While more than three-quarters of Americans have discussed how they want to be cared for in the event they are incapacitated and unable to make their own health ...
Read More