All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 1 2009 // A five-story building collapsed at a lower Manhattan construction site on Thursday, but fire officials said it appeared no one was inside.Emergency crews with a dog were sifting through the building’s rubble and were...
May 1 2009 // Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway announced that his office will train police officers and local prosecutors on the effective prosecution of vehicular homicide cases. Robert Stokes, the Commonwealth’s Traffic...
Apr 29 2009 // Changes to speed up the workplace safety training for new employees in Nevada, in efforts to reduce on-the-job deaths and injuries, prompted questions in a Nevada Assembly committee hearing.AB148 requires 10 hours of...
Apr 27 2009 // Last Thursday, April 23, the Willis Research Network (WRN), which is supported by Munich Re, Risk Management Solutions and Swiss Re, held a conference at the General Assembly of European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna....
Apr 27 2009 // A private school voucher program for children from low-income families in Florida would be strengthened by a bill the House passed last week, but critics say it would be another financial blow for public...
Apr 24 2009 // Good things come to those who wait and work hard. Even in today’s challenging economic climate, young independent insurance agents remain hopeful and happy to be in a profession that allows them to work...
Apr 21 2009 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio Inc. (PIA) has selected Douglas L. Jackson, of Hilliard, to serve as director of Education.Jackson, a Certified Parks and Recreation Professional (CPRP), comes to PIA...
Apr 20 2009 // What does it take to deliver outstanding customer service? Kimberly J. Muesse, a senior account manager with the Lockton Companies in Houston, should know. She’s won a string of awards during her 25-plus years in the...
Apr 20 2009 // Colorado lawmakers are looking at a plan to take $500 million from the state-created workers’ compensation insurance company to reverse deep cuts in higher education.The Senate Appropriations Committee reviewed the...
Apr 20 2009 // Use your agency management system to the max. Measure your productivity. Communicate consistently and effectively with your staff, customers and carriers. And above all, don’t cheap out on the training.Do those...
Apr 20 2009 // They — members of Generation Y, also known as the millennials — are simply misunderstood, just like the boomers and GenXers before them. This new and passionate group is entering the workforce in droves; and...
Apr 17 2009 // Democratic legislators in Colorado are offering an alternate package of budget cuts to avoid eliminating $300 million in funding to state colleges and universities, according to plans obtained by The Associated Press.The...
Apr 15 2009 // The Colorado Senate has backed two measures aimed at taking $500 million from a state-created workers compensation insurance company to balance next year’s budget over the objections of Pinnacol Assurance and the...
Apr 14 2009 // Despite the pressures of the economic crisis, most U.S. companies continue to view their retirement as a vital part of their workplace relationship with employees, even as they struggle to balance cost and talent...
Apr 13 2009 // The Nevada Division of Insurance in cooperation with The Nevada Surplus Lines Association is addressing the uncertainties that surround the issue of protecting personal assets through sound, well-researched insurance...
Apr 10 2009 // Pinnacol Assurance is exploring ways it could use its $2 billion in assets to voluntarily help the state balance its budget even as the state-created insurance company fights legislation that would hand over control of its...
Apr 2 2009 // Jim Harwood, former assistant vice president over Agency Training at Farmers Insurance has been promoted to the position of vice president, University of Farmers. He will be responsible for the strategic direction and...
Mar 30 2009 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has begun administration of a California-wide insurance careers program that unites community colleges, workforce investment boards, businesses, and the K-12...
Mar 27 2009 // Flight data point to possible flight crew errors rather than ice accumulation as a key factor in last month’s plane crash near Buffalo, New York, that killed 50 people, aviation safety experts said.The National...
Mar 10 2009 // The Ultimate Producer School™, provided by Agency Management Resource Group (AMRG) is offering its next school starting March 30th in Sacramento, California. The school combines technical coverage information,...