All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 19 2006 // Keeping up with increasing liability as clients expandProperty/casualty insurance agents and brokers are being exposed to more lawsuits as they move into unfamiliar products, states and technologies, and as their own...
Feb 19 2006 // United America Indemnity Ltd.’s board of directors has selected Joseph F. Morris as its president. The company will also consolidate its two U.S. insurance subsidiaries, United National Group and Penn-America Group,...
Feb 19 2006 // It is context that helps employees think through complex problems in the absence of their seniors.Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a continuing series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions...
Feb 19 2006 // Glendale Community College (Calif.) has added new credit courses for training in the insurance industry. Courses were developed as part of a $1.2 million President’s Community-Based Job Training Grant involving 16...
Feb 19 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for small- and medium-sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical,...
Feb 19 2006 // To an inexperienced agent, learning the insurance industry’s ropes – and many acronyms – can be difficult. Yet there are many educational opportunities designed to coach young agents into better...
Feb 14 2006 // Jay S. Fishman, chairman and chief executive officer of The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. is scheduled to speak at 2:55 p.m. , eastern standard time on Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investors...
Feb 14 2006 // A civil lawsuit filed against a Nassau County, Fla. man for unlawfully soliciting relief donations intended for Hurricane Katrina victims has been successfully concluded by Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist.Robert...
Feb 14 2006 // Minnesota-based St. Paul Travelers and its two private foundations, St. Paul Travelers Foundation and St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Foundation, contributed more than $15 million in a total of of 418 grants to...
Feb 8 2006 // Past, present and future hurricane issues, how to prepare for the 2006 hurricane season and what to expect will be discussed during the Feb. 8 to 11 Seventh Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference and Exhibit kicking off...
Feb 8 2006 // The Christman Company was named Accident Fund Insurance Company of America’s first “Policyholder of the Year” during the company’s annual all employee meeting at the Lansing Center on January 26,...
Feb 8 2006 // The nation’s largest two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks will be held March 15-16, 2006 in Sacramento, CA at the beautiful Radisson Resort Hotel. This 19th Annual Agribusiness...
Feb 6 2006 // The Ultimate Producer School, provided by Agency Management Resource Group (AMRG) is hosting its next school starting in April 2006 in Sacramento, Calif. The school combines technical coverage information, emphasizing...
Feb 6 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for smaller companies, such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be...
Feb 6 2006 // Insurance professionals were asked to sharpen more than just their skis at the 2006 Peak Performance Ski Conference held Jan 25-28 in Vail, Colo. At the conference, reinsurance carriers, reinsurance intermediaries,...
Feb 6 2006 // There is no doubt that 2005’s unprecedented hurricane season stretched the human resources of the entire claims industry. Qualified, experienced adjusters were in high demand and short supply. While there are still...
Feb 6 2006 // Insurers are cultivating California’s economy. In fact, the insurance industry benefits “the economic security of California and its citizens through claims and benefits paid to policyholders; investments in...
Feb 5 2006 // There is no doubt that 2005’s unprecedented hurricane season stretched the human resources of the entire claims industry. Qualified, experienced adjusters were in high demand and short supply. While there are still...
Feb 5 2006 // For smaller companies, such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical tool to facilitate cost-effective growth and stimulate productivity.Outsourcing often receives a bad...
Feb 5 2006 // There is no doubt that 2005’s unprecedented hurricane season stretched the human resources of the entire claims industry. Qualified, experienced adjusters were in high demand and short supply. While there are still...