All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2007 // Several dozen airports painted brighter runway markings, airlines began new pilot training and regulators agreed to order clearer taxiing instructions as part of a two-month industrywide effort to improve U.S. aircraft...
Oct 23 2007 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox recently announced that Steve Liverance has joined the company as director of talent acquisition.Liverance is responsible for developing and implementing a company-wide...
Oct 22 2007 // The head of Alabama’s teachers’ organization is concerned that legislation designed to improve the availability of insurance along the Alabama coast could have another effect – eliminating tax dollars for...
Oct 21 2007 // Bermuda’s Everest Re Group will release its third quarter 2007 earnings after the close of trading on the NYSE today, October 22, 2007. A conference call discussing the results will be held at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time...
Oct 18 2007 // Lloyd’s has announced the launch of its new graduate recruitment program in an expanded effort to “recruit fresh talent and ideas to the insurance industry.” The program is scheduled to run for 18 months...
Oct 15 2007 // Rules affecting new resident producer license applicants in Oklahoma will be implemented Nov. 1, 2007, the Oklahoma Department of Insurance announced.Beginning on that date applicants for a resident producer license must...
Oct 15 2007 // In an effort to clarify business and individual responsibilities under the Massachusetts Health Reform Act, the Massachusetts Association of Health Underwriters (MassAHU) has launched the Web site at...
Oct 12 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance enforcement actions that became final during August 2007 include five license revocations, a license denial, and fines and restitution totaling $205,428, the department reported.An order...
Oct 11 2007 // The second phase of a class-action lawsuit against DuPont has gone to the jury, which must decide whether thousands of West Virginia residents deserve medical monitoring because of exposure to contamination from a waste...
Oct 10 2007 // The New York City Fire Department has uncovered more than 120 fire hazards and shut down construction sites at twice the normal rate since it restarted its inspections program less than two months ago.After a deadly blaze...
Oct 9 2007 // Auto insurers in Massachusetts will not be able to use credit scores to price or underwrite risks when the state enters its managed competition market next April.Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes sided with consumer...
Oct 9 2007 // “We must raise the general level of awareness about the insurance industry, and bring in the best quality people we can find,” said David Gittings Chief Executive of Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) in a...
Oct 9 2007 // Home Insurance Buyers Guide LLC launched a searchable database where homeowners can find private insurance companies still writing new homeowner insurance business in Florida.The launch of the Web site at...
Oct 5 2007 // Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward is a man in a hurry. He wants fundamental changes in the way Lloyd’s does business and he’s not prepared to wait. In a speech sponsored by the Insurance Institute of London...
Oct 5 2007 // Indiana Insurance and Ohio Casualty, both members of Liberty Mutual Group, have announced that they will co-sponsor the continuing series of Safer Schools Seminars at The Ohio State University Fawcett Center on Thursday,...
Oct 3 2007 // Hawaii schools should adopt anti-bullying programs to protect students who are overweight, transgendered or from foreign countries, according to a 95-page report sent to the state Department of Education.The report by the...
Oct 2 2007 // More than 1200 participants assembled Monday morning at Geneva’s International Conference Center for the fifth Forum of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). Delegates were welcomed by...
Oct 2 2007 // The Certified School Risk Managers (CSRM) Program, which originated in Texas in 2005, has expanded into California, with several CSRM courses scheduled in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas in coming months. The CSRM...
Sep 28 2007 // Local miners told the Utah Mine Safety Commission that more regulations would do little to improve safety at the state’s mines.The commission was formed by Gov. Jon Huntsman to explore whether Utah should begin...
Sep 27 2007 // As Massachusetts prepares to move to a more competitve auto insurance system, The Hanover Insurance Group announced it will offer discounts on an advanced driver training course for its policyholders and their family...