All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2006 // The New York-based Navigators Group, Inc. reported net income of $15,525,000 or $0.93 per share for the 2006 first quarter based on 16,757,000 diluted shares compared to net income of $9,699,000 or $0.76 per share for the...
May 1 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during March.The actions include five license revocations, three license denials and fines and...
Apr 28 2006 // Massachusetts health officials trying to resolve a decades-old mystery about a cluster of cancer cases in Ashland have concluded that the illnesses are linked to a former textile dye-making plant with waste ponds that some...
Apr 28 2006 // Public employers can retain valuable staff, attract new talent and help employees fund retirement by encouraging a shift from a “benefits” mentality to a “partnership” mentality.That’s the...
Apr 28 2006 // The Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. reported net income available to common shareholders for the 2006 first quarter was $129.6 million, or $1.71 per share, compared to $115.9 million, or $1.57 per share in the same...
Apr 28 2006 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced changes to education rules for both established producers and producer license applicants. The effective date for both rules is May 1, 2006.Rule 31 – Pre Licensing...
Apr 26 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a free restaurant-safety training program at its Oxnard office on April 27. The workshop is designed to help restaurant supervisors and owners create a...
Apr 26 2006 // Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. reported net income available to ordinary shareholders for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 of $458.5 million, or $2.56 per ordinary share, compared with net income of $442.9 million, or...
Apr 26 2006 // ACE Limited reported record net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006 of $489 million or $1.46 per common share after payment of preferred dividends, compared with net income of $437 million or $1.48 per share...
Apr 26 2006 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. expects to release its 2006 first quarter results tomorrow, Thursday, April 27th, 2006 after the market closes. Montpelier Re executives will conduct a conference call, including a...
Apr 26 2006 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited will release its first quarter 2006 financial results today, Wednesday, April 26, 2006, following the closing of the U.S. markets. The Company will hold a conference call to...
Apr 26 2006 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service announced the program for its 53rd Annual Educational Conference, June 27-28, 2006, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Dallas, Texas.“We have arranged an outstanding array of...
Apr 21 2006 // Programs for modifying environments where alcohol is served — including bars and liquor stores — do not help reduce alcohol-related injuries, according to a new review of controlled studies.“There is no reliable...
Apr 20 2006 // Crawford & Co.’s Fresno, Calif., Integrated Services branch has been awarded the Roger Smith Award for Excellence in Education from the Insurance Education Association (IEA). The award will be presented at the...
Apr 19 2006 // American Financial Group, Inc. expects to release its 2006 first quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 25. The earnings release will be available shortly thereafter on AFG’s website at...
Apr 18 2006 // E. H. “Harlan” Miller Jr. of Long Beach, Calif., has died. He was chairman of the board of Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc.“Harlan was an incredible contributor to the industry and his...
Apr 18 2006 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. reported first quarter net earnings of $25.7 million compared to $29.3 million reported in the same quarter last year. Operating earnings were $22.8 million ($0.86 per share) for the first...
Apr 18 2006 // As the nation commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, one of the surviving companies from that disaster — Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., will be hosting a...
Apr 17 2006 // PeopleHub International Ltd., a Chicago-based brokerage has named Jonathan Axel senior vice president of the Kagan-Kozberg Division at Hub International of California Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of the insurance...
Apr 17 2006 // Closer Look:Insurance professionals must keep up their credentials and education if they want to combat outsourcing and off-shoring of insurance industry jobs, Don Hurzeler, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society...