No Change in Rate of Nonfatal Injuries, Illnesses in Private Sector in Texas

November 8, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

Private industry workplaces in Texas reported a total of 196,642 nonfatal injuries and illnesses during 2011, an incidence rate of 2.7 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, which was unchanged from the previous year, according to the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC).

The rate in Texas was below the national rate of 3.5 cases per 100 full-time workers for 2011.

The 2011 nonfatal injury and illness data in this release are the latest available from the annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses conducted by the TDI-DWC in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The occupational injury and illness rates are based on a statistical sample of private and public firms in Texas.

Highlights of the 2011 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII)In the private sector, the incidence rate for goods producing industries increased from 2.8 in 2010 to 2.9 in 2011.The rates in the mining and construction industries increased from 1.4 to 1.8 (29 percent) and 2.5 to 2.8 (12 percent), respectively.Service providing industries incidence rate increased overall from 2.6 in 2010 to 2.7 in 2011. Within this group, the utilities industries experienced a rate increase of 95 percent, from 2.1 in 2010 to 4.1 in 2011.Other industries that experienced increases in the service providing group are wholesale trade, information, financial activities, and leisure and hospitality. Professional and business services (1.2) and education and health services (3.4) remained the same.Of the major private sector industries with the 10 highest incidence rates in 2011, air transportation, and couriers and messengers are the top two.Motion picture and sound recording industries reported the largest increase of 148 percent from 2.5 in 2010 to 6.2 in 2011.Couriers and messengers reported the largest decrease at 22 percent from 9.3 in 2010 to 7.3 in 2011.In the public sector, incidence rates are available for heavy and civil engineering construction and educational services within state government and hospitals within local government. The incidence rates for these industries were 1.7, 3.5, and 7.2 respectively. Of the total cases in each of these industries, the greatest frequency involved other recordable cases, which did not involve days away from work or job transfer or restriction.

Source: TDI-DWC

 

 

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Aon Launches Risk Pooling Practice for Public, Private Sector Groups

October 12, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has formed the Aon Risk Solutions’ Risk Pooling Practice, providing property, casualty and employee benefits pooling products for private and public sector organizations that make group purchasing decisions. The Risk Pooling Practice will address issues such as pool administration and optimal risk transfer products in an ever tightening budget environment.

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Chartis Private Client Group Expands, Enhances Wildfire Protection Unit

September 21, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

Chartis has enhanced its Private Client Group’s Wildfire Protection Unit with geographic expansion and improved monitoring technologies. The unit now is available to clients in additional areas of Colorado.

The Wildfire Protection Unit is a complimentary loss mitigation service designed to help at-risk clients preempt avoidable fire damage to their properties. Response areas, defined at a zip code level, already include locations across Northern California, Southern California, Texas and other parts of Colorado.

Well before an active wildfire develops, Private Client Group clients in these locales can enroll to receive at-home consultations with Chartis’ team of wildfire mitigation specialists. With an emphasis on preparedness and education, the specialists look to identify wildfire hazards around the home and surrounding property, and offer wildfire mitigation recommendations. If warranted, the specialists also will apply a specially formulated fire retardant around the perimeter of the property. The retardant creates an added layer of protection that can last throughout the wildfire season.

In addition to one-on-one consultations, the Wildfire Protection Unit utilizes a disaster intelligence center powered by RedZone Software to track U.S. wildfire behavior, conditions, direction and changing fire perimeters. Mapping technology identifies insured homes in real time as wildfires approach and provides Chartis’ trucks with fire monitoring capabilities. In the event of an active wildfire within the service response areas, Chartis dispatches its Wildfire Protection Unit. Access permitting and in cooperation with local authorities, trucks equipped with fire retardant will attempt to visit vulnerable homes to bolster their defenses.

Although the Wildfire Protection Unit is not a private fire department, all mitigation specialists are firefighters with an average of five years of wildland fire experience. Wildfire Protection Unit crew members are Chartis employees, and all trucks and equipment are owned and managed by Chartis.

With the Wildfire Protection Unit service expansion in Colorado, Private Client Group clients residing in the following areas now can enroll to participate:

Arvada (80007)Boulder (80302, 80303, 80304)Cascade (80809)Castle Rock (80108, 80109)Colorado Springs (80840, 80902, 80903, 80904, 80905, 80906, 80907, 80919, 80921, 80926)Evergreen (80439)Golden (80401, 80403)Larkspur (80118)Littleton (80125, 80127)Longmont (80503)Manitou Springs (80829)Monument  (80132)Morrison (80465)Palmer Lake (80133)Sedalia (80135)Telluride (81435)Woodland Park (80863)Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetCategories: National NewsTopics: expansion, geographical expansion, High-Net Worth, homeowners insurance, Markets/Coverages, wildfiresHave a hot lead? Email us at newsdesk

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Insurance to Cost $10K per Bus Annually for Private Detroit Bus Line

April 9, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

A young entrepreneur from the suburbs is planning to start a private bus line in downtown Detroit, Mich.

The Detroit News reports Andy Didorosi is set to open the Detroit Bus Co., a private company with three full-size school buses.

The 25-year-old Ferndale resident says he’s invested $10,000, and insurance will cost another $10,000 per bus per year.

His plan comes as frustrations linger over city buses running late or not at all.

Didorosi’s first bus will launch the last week of April, and the other two will follow.

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26 President Henry Gaffney says city service could be better, but he’s not a fan of a private citizen tackling the issue.

Gaffney says Didorosi doesn’t really know what he’s doing.

 

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