California’s workers’ compensation insurers lost more than $1.5 billion in their underwriting in 2009 due to a battered economy and lower workers’ compensation rates, according to a summary of recently released workers’ comp data. Workers’ comp insurance companies earned ... [full story]

BOSTON /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS) introduced Coach's Corner, a powerful online tool designed to help financial representatives identify the needs of prospective clients in a more effective manner. Coach's Corner is the latest addition to John ... [full story]

Insurers in the United States shed 6,900 jobs last month according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In its July 2 report, the Bureau noted that nationwide, 125,000 jobs were lost, disappointing economists looking at employment numbers that had ... [full story]

The House of Representatives last Thursday passed the first major U.S. bill related to the Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion, voting to allow families of those killed and injured workers to be compensated far more generously than current law ... [full story]