LANSING – Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) announced 2016-17 officers for the MRA Board of Directors and the Retailers Insurance Company Board of Directors. Results of each organization’s election of directors at its August annual meetings also were announced, along with directors of MRA-subsidiary Michigan Retailers Services, Inc. MRA Board of Directors Orin Mazzoni, Jr., president… Continue reading
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News Release: Retailers Insurance elects board members, officers
LANSING – The Retailers Insurance Company Board of Directors has re-elected all officers for 2015-16, following the election of three incumbents to the board at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting. Serving as officers through August 2016 are: • Chair Jeff Joyce, vice president and co-owner of Mieras Family Shoes, Grand Rapids; • Retailers Insurance President… Continue reading
News Release: Retailers Insurance Adds Automatic Protection For Online Business Banking
LANSING – Retailers Insurance is coming to the aid of business men and women who bank online and face a serious risk they probably didn’t know they faced. Under current banking regulations, financial institutions don’t cover losses from online attacks on business accounts, even though they do for individual accounts. Retailers Insurance has partnered with… Continue reading
News Release: Retailers Insurance Company grows from Retailers Mutual
LANSING – Retailers Mutual Insurance Company is now Retailers Insurance Company, a move requested by Retailers Mutual and approved by state regulators on October 23, 2014. All new and renewed policies and future correspondence will reflect the new name. The change is more than just in name, said James P. Hallan, president and CEO of… Continue reading
News Release: Retailers Insurance Adds SpeedBuilder Systems’ BindExpress Policy Suite
Columbia, S.C. – January 17, 2014 – SpeedBuilder Systems, Inc. today announced that Michigan-based Retailers Mutual is live with workers’ compensation on the BindExpress Policy Suite. The entirely web-based system will enable agents and underwriters to collaborate seamlessly with once-and-done processing for all insurance transactions – from new business quoting to renewals. “Among other benefits,… Continue reading
News Release: Retailers Insurance Adds Sales And Marketing Professional
LANSING – Retailers Mutual Insurance Company has added a nationally recognized sales and marketing professional to its growth-oriented team. President and CEO James P. Hallan announced the hiring of Teresa Breed as Director, Insurance Sales. “We’re excited about Teresa letting us talk her into joining Retailers Mutual and about the team we have built to… Continue reading
News Release: Retailers Insurance Adds Sales And Marketing Executive
LANSING – In a move that reflects both the company’s solid record of sales growth and plans to aggressively increase market share, Retailers Mutual Insurance Company has added another highly accomplished sales and marketing executive. President and CEO James P. Hallan announced the hiring of Kurt Dettmer as Senior Vice President Insurance Sales and Business… Continue reading
Reviewing Claims
by John Godfrey Retired jeweler and former board member Few policyholders realize how carefully the Retailers Insurance board considers and reviews each work comp claim. It is this process that enables us to be successful — settling claims efficiently and fairly, and disputing claims when warranted in order to control costs and discourage frivolous claims.… Continue reading
Lowering My “MOD”
Do you know what your “mod” is and why it’s important for determining how much you pay for workers’ compensation insurance? You should, because that knowledge can help you reduce your cost of work comp — or at least understand why your cost went up. In work comp, each insured business gets its own experience modification… Continue reading
Do I Need Work Comp Insurance?
In Michigan, all private employers must have work comp coverage if: They regularly employ three or more workers at one time; or During the preceding 52 weeks they have regularly employed at least one worker for 35 hours or more per week for 13 weeks or longer. All public employers must have coverage. Any other… Continue reading
