All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Sep 24 2007 // The surplus lines industry is never boring, never plain and certainly never black and white. Often dubbed as the innovator of new insurance products, the industry could even be considered colorful when it comes to the...
Sep 24 2007 // New 80-hour limit for medical residents may not be the best way to address doctor fatigueCutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two large studies....
Sep 24 2007 // Employers must view coverage more as a comprehensive risk management tool than necessityThroughout much of the country, declining workers’ compensation rates are music to employers’ ears. After all, that seems...
Sep 24 2007 // Declining rates act as blinders for many employers. With lower prices it’s easy to shift focus away from injury management and cost containment to other more pressing business matters.Throughout much of the country,...
Sep 21 2007 // The New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals and the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc., are calling for college students to submit their resumes to Project Y (http://www.projectynj.org), the...
Sep 18 2007 // The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Purdue University’s Extension Service are offering safety classes to help riders of all-terrain vehicles reduce and avoid injuries and fatal accidents.Indiana had...
Sep 10 2007 // Every state has some form of graduated driver’s licensing. It typically restricts nighttime driving and bans teen passengers until drivers rack up hours of driving experience.But Michigan Secretary of State Terri...
Sep 10 2007 // The Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) has appointed Gene Nunziata as education and communications director. Nunziata will be responsible for membership communication and will direct education and training...
Sep 7 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) will host its 2007 Workers’ Compensation Conference on Sept. 19, at the Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark in Austin, Texas.Joe Anderson, a veteran workers’ compensation...
Sep 6 2007 // Cutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two large studies.Death rates dropped in one group of patients in veterans’ hospitals but not in three...
Sep 6 2007 // Federal agents arrested and charged 11 New Jersey local public officials with taking bribes in exchange for giving public contracts to an insurance brokerage set up by investigators.The public corruption investigation —...