All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 31 2021 // At a Boston sewer repair worksite in February, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez died after a dump truck struck and pushed them into a nine-foot deep trench.For their employer, Atlantic...
Aug 26 2021 // Fire crews battled a blaze at the site of a former refinery in south Philadelphia that was the scene of a huge blaze two years ago.Police said fire crews were called just after 12:30 p.m. Monday to the former Philadelphia...
Aug 13 2021 // Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance is pleased to launch its first Spanish-language course. The Spanish version of the popular course “You Can’t Read Insurance Policies Like Anything Else“,...
Aug 13 2021 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Florida and the Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance are pleased to announce a new member benefit to bring the Academy of Insurance’s online courses and skills...
Aug 5 2021 // While Aon and Willis Towers Watson were trying for many months to land their merger, their competitors were able lure away some of their producer talent – capitalizing on the “distraction and uncertainty”...
Aug 2 2021 // Recreational vehicle rental marketplace Outdoorsy said it will use some of the $120 million it raised this year to expand its digital managing general agency that sells insurance to RV owners and renters in the U.S. and...
Jul 30 2021 // The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened a shortage of white-collar workers in many countries, forcing companies to pay higher salaries to woo talent, a top London-based recruiter said on Tuesday [July 27].Robert Walters –...
Jul 28 2021 // The governors of California and Nevada called for more federal firefighting assistance Wednesday as they toured a region blackened by one of several massive wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes in the West.Nevada...
Jul 8 2021 // The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its 14th day on Wednesday July 7, as workers uncovered 10 more bodies from the rubble and officials sounded more and more grim about the...
Jul 5 2021 // School districts that allow employees to be armed must also require police-level training for those workers, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled on June 23 in a victory for a group of parents who challenged a local...
Jul 2 2021 // A group of environmentalists said Tuesday it intended to sue West Virginia over evidence of pollutants running into waterways from a coal mine site.In a letter to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection,...
Jun 30 2021 // Recreational vehicle rental marketplace Outdoorsy said it will use some of the $120 million it recently raised to expand its digital managing general agency that sells insurance to RV owners and renters in the U.S. and...
Jun 24 2021 // School districts that allow employees to be armed must also require police-level training for those workers, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled on June 23 in a victory for a group of parents who challenged a local...
Jun 21 2021 // Louisiana’s college administrators will start receiving training this summer on new requirements for how sexual misconduct claims must be handled and what safety measures must be enacted, the state’s higher...
Jun 21 2021 // The number one question I receive from all types of retail agencies, wholesale brokers, insurance companies and intermediaries of every shape and size is, “How do we source and hire experienced insurance...
Jun 7 2021 // Between the shift to remote learning and mitigating the risks of COVID-19, higher education has had a tumultuous year. And with new risks emerging almost too regularly, retentions and limits are increasing, making...
Jun 7 2021 // There are many segments in the education insurance market ranging from large colleges and universities to smaller K-12 campuses, but when it comes to casualty risks the exposures are largely the same, said Mark Turkalo,...
May 25 2021 // State and federal authorities are pitching in as investigators try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown of an Upper Peninsula village.Investigators in Calumet were...
May 20 2021 // Auto insurance comparison site Jerry has raised $28 million in new financing.The startup, which operates as a licensed insurance broker, plans to use the money to scale its signature product and pursue hiring, so it can...
May 17 2021 // Dear Mary, we are one of the largest insurance agencies in our state. Our plan is to remain independent and grow organically in every office location. Some of our markets are easier to find talent in than others. Our most...