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OSHA, Mexican Consulate to Promote Worker Safety in Illinois, Wisconsin

May 13 2010 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an alliance with the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago as part of an effort to provide Mexican nationals in Illinois and...

Ohio Insurance Agent Education Council to Discuss Code Revisions

May 13 2010 // The Ohio Insurance Agent Education Advisory Council will hold a meeting on May 19, 2010, at 10 a.m. The agenda includes a discussion on revisions to Ohio Administrative Code.The Insurance Agent Education Advisory Council...

Ohio Department of Insurance Employee Wins National Award

May 3 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson that Lynette Baker, a division chief of the Department’s Market Conduct Division, has received the Paul L. DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award. This award, given by...

Animal Workers in Peril

May 3 2010 // In 2010, Dawn Brancheau, a trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla.,was grabbed by a killer whale as she stood in a wading area at the edge of his tank. Reports said she was grabbed by either the arm or the ponytail and...

How to More Effectively Sell Insurance in Today’s Economy

May 3 2010 // In the current economy, the pressure is really on. It’s not enough to just sell the product – you want your sales people to be best equipped to build the relationships that will differentiate themselves, and...

Tackling Sales Challenges in the Current Economy

Apr 19 2010 // In the current economy, the pressure is really on. It’s not enough to just sell the product — you want your sales people to be best equipped to build the relationships that will differentiate themselves, and...

Chartis Brokerage Launches Web Site for Brokers with Small and Mid-sized Risks

Apr 7 2010 // Risk Specialists Companies Insurance Agency, Inc. (RSCIA), a brokerage subsidiary of Chartis, has launched RiskSpecialistsCompanies.com, a new website providing web-based access to property, casualty and specialty lines...

Illinois Surplus Line Association Unveils Tutorial Videos

Apr 6 2010 // The Surplus Line Association of Illinois has launched a new series of training videos. The videos were developed for training licensees and clerical staff.The series of 16 different videos covers various topics from...

Motorcycle Safety Bills Pass in Oklahoma

Apr 6 2010 // Increasing motorcycle registrations and a rise in motorcycle-related fatalities in Oklahoma have prompted passage in the state Legislature of a pair of measures aimed at improving motorcycle safety.HB 2264,...

New Insurance Association Forms in California

Apr 5 2010 // A new Broker Insurance Group (BIG) has formed in California, starting with a flagship chapter to serve insurance professionals of the Inland Empire area. Under the leadership of President Sharron Varga, a broker and...

Supervisor Has Duty to Enforce OSHA Compliance

Apr 5 2010 // The American workplace is undergoing a seismic demographic change as the “Baby Boomer” generation — born between 1946 and 1960 — retires and is replaced by members of the subsequent generations: Generation...

Supervisor Has Duty to Enforce OSHA Compliance

Apr 5 2010 // The American workplace is undergoing a seismic demographic change as the “Baby Boomer” generation — born between 1946 and 1960 — retires and is replaced by members of the subsequent generations: Generation...

Real World Smart

Apr 5 2010 // Madison Area Technical College’s motto is “Real world smart.” The goal of the Insurance Certificate Program is to serve as a gateway to insurance careers and to provide the industry a well-trained talent...

How P/C Agents Can Increase Sales through Employee Benefits

Apr 5 2010 // In today’s still challenging economic environment, employees are increasingly looking at employee benefits as a way to strengthen their personal financial safety net. Nearly nine in 10 employees (87 percent) planned...

Lloyd’s Graduates First Student Group

Apr 2 2010 // Lloyd’s announced that it has graduated the first group of graduate students from its new Program, which features an 18 month rotation, after which the new graduates will continue to work in London’s insurance...

Four Injured in Partial Collapse at Brooklyn Construction Site

Mar 31 2010 // Authorities are investigating a partial collapse at a construction site in Brooklyn where four workers were injured, one seriously. The Fire Department of New York and the Buildings Department were investigating the...

XL Launches Professional Liability Program for Small Architects, Engineers

Mar 31 2010 // XL Insurance has unveiled XLsmartADVANTAGE, a specialized professional liability insurance program specifically designed for small architectural and engineering firms. “The $11 billion Design Professional industry is...

Knowledge-Sharing Technology Could Boost Insurance Underwriter Recruiting

Mar 30 2010 // The shortage of experienced property/casualty insurance underwriters is growing as senior underwriters retire and the issue is keeping carrier executives up at night, according to an industry software provider that thinks...

New Insurance Association Forms in California

Mar 29 2010 // A new Broker Insurance Group (BIG) has formed in California, starting with a flagship chapter to serve insurance professionals of the Inland Empire area. Under the leadership of President Sharron Varga, a broker and...

Allen Joins Texas’ The Gibraltar Group as VP – Training

Mar 26 2010 // Cathy H. Allen has been named vice president of Training for Lubbock, Texas-based insurance organization, The Gibraltar Group. In addition, she will be working with the firm’s customers in human resources risk...