All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 17 2008 // Safety violations by prominent eastern U.S. coal mine operators Massey Energy Co. and International Coal Group contributed to the deaths of two miners in accidents last May, West Virginia officials said July 15.Each...
Jul 17 2008 // Zurich North America launched a distributor-focused Web site (www.techinsurance.zurichna.com) to serve as a central source for the news, information and educational resources about technology risks.The user-friendly...
Jul 8 2008 // The Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center launched a comprehensive Web site (www.stormrisk.org) designed to serve as a one-stop shop for citizens, policy makers, the media and others seeking to learn about...
Jul 7 2008 // The typical agency has at least a few persistent problem areas that never quite go away. At best these issues are addressed but not completely fixed. At worst, they are not even noticed and then fester until something bad...
Jun 30 2008 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has launched a new stand-alone Web site, www.saferplacetowork.com, which provides centralized safety information for both employers and employees. The company said...
Jun 20 2008 // A Brigham Young University professor feels the more people know about natural disasters, the more likely they are to survive them.Whether it’s earthquakes, hurricanes or tsunamis, professor Ron Harris says a little...
Jun 19 2008 // Officials with the Boy Scouts of America say the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in western Iowa will be closed for the summer following a deadly tornado that hit it on June 11. Four Boy Scouts were killed and nearly 50 others...
Jun 16 2008 // A labor dispute has cost The Greenbrier a conference that’s been held annually at the four-star resort in West Virginia for more than 90 years. The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers announced June 2 that it...
Jun 16 2008 // Companies big and small — in and outside the insurance industry — can reduce risk and increase profits by improving diversity. And improving diversity can help a company to avoid potential lawsuits and claims,...
Jun 13 2008 // “A growing number of insurance companies, including R&SA, Equity, JCB Insurance Services and Direct Line, have enrolled staff in Apprenticeship programs, taking advantage of the financial benefits of...
Jun 10 2008 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during April 2008 include nine license revocations, two license denials and fines and restitution totaling $771,165. The today...
Jun 9 2008 // Willis Group Holdings Ltd. announced that the company has agreed to buy Virginia-based rival Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co., according to a statement late on Sunday.Willis said the $2.1 billion deal would double its...
Jun 6 2008 // Mississippi has a new tool to help residents avoid contractors who may take their money and run, especially families still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina.Attorney General Jim Hood said his office’s Web site,...
Jun 4 2008 // The University of Idaho, seeing a resurgence of mining activity in northern Idaho due to soaring metal prices, is seeking federal funding to bring back mining education programs, a school official said.“The metals...
Jun 4 2008 // Willis recently hosted a conference of senior risk managers from the US oil and gas industry at its inaugural Global Risk Challenge seminar in Houston. They concentrated on finding out more about some of the major...
Jun 4 2008 // A labor dispute has cost The Greenbrier a conference that’s been held annually at the four-star resort in West Virginia for more than 90 years.The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers announced June 2 that it...
Jun 4 2008 // New York police say a construction worker is dead after falling four stories off a scaffold in Brooklyn earlier this week. Fifty-year-old Houssain (HU’-Sain) Mosharrf (Mo-SHAR’-uf) fell at about 2:05 p.m....
Jun 2 2008 // The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) announced that “a solar oven made from a single piece of reflective plastic won first prize in the CII’s Big Idea competition.” John Tilleman from Brown...
Jun 2 2008 // Companies big and small — in and outside the insurance industry — can reduce risk and increase profits by improving diversity. And improving diversity can help a company to avoid potential lawsuits and claims, said...
May 30 2008 // The North Carolina Medical Board will hold a public hearing next month on a proposal to post doctors’ malpractice information on its Web site.The News & Observer of Raleigh reported this week that the idea has...