All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2021 // Earlier this month, Twitch announced it would start banning users for behavior away from its site.The move by Amazon Inc.’s live-streaming platform involved hiring a law firm to conduct investigations into...
Apr 22 2021 // There may be many more carriers and brokers waiting on the sidelines of the insuring cannabis sector to get in than most may realize.That was among the messages delivered by experts during Insurance Journal’s webinar...
Apr 22 2021 // A Minnesota-based excavation company has agreed to increase employee training on trenching and excavation hazards and pay a $380,000 penalty in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety...
Apr 19 2021 // All talk and very little action.”Two co-founders of a firm dedicated to helping insurers and agencies meet their talent needs deliver a blunt assessment of the industry’s recruiting performance and what must...
Apr 15 2021 // McDonald’s Corp said on Wednesday it will require new training and policies to combat harassment, discrimination and violence at its 39,000 restaurants worldwide, calling for safer work places after it faced lawsuits...
Apr 5 2021 // The past 10 years in insurance education have seen quite a change, with more and more continuing education being done online in an increasingly diverse and complex insurance marketplace.Laurie Zangwill-Infantino WCIP,...
Mar 26 2021 // A company has been fined over $74,000 for improperly sending asbestos-tainted debris to a landfill in Southern Oregon.The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality described the violations as “major magnitude...
Mar 25 2021 // A settlement that is pending approval from a federal judge would require the former owner of a shuttered chemical plant in Maine to spend more than $180 million to clean up mercury contamination.The settlement concerns the...
Mar 24 2021 // March 24, 2021, Austin, TX – The National Alliance is proud to announce that Cameron Alford, UACRM, ARM, Jill M. Bisco, Ph.D., CIC, CRM, CSRM, Pamela B. Kusma, CIC, Richard L. McCathron, CIC, and Peter van Aartrijk, CIC...
Mar 24 2021 // March 24, 2021, Austin, TX – The National Alliance is proud to announce that Board Members Denise D. Brown, CIC, CPCU, AINS, AIC, ARM, CISC, CRIS, AIS, MLIS, AFIS, CAWC, Jack H. Elliott Jr., CIC, CISR, SOTP, CBCP, MPM,...
Mar 22 2021 // Restaurants are risky businesses. They take more cash than you would think. They take more time than you want to invest and have more problems than anyone wants to deal with.Many restaurants struggle with keeping...
Mar 17 2021 // March 17, 2021, Austin, TX – The National Alliance released a new online, self-paced ACORD form training as part of a new insurance bootcamp series. The new ACORD Bootcamp trains insurance agents on how to properly...
Mar 9 2021 // The mother of a high school football player who died in New York after a 400-pound log fell on him during a military-style training drill has settled her lawsuit over the teen’s death for a seven-figure sum,...
Mar 8 2021 // Bankrupt coal company Blackjewel was ordered by a federal judge last month to clean up a Kentucky mine site. In a bankruptcy court ruling, Judge Benjamin Kahn said the Bell County site presented a potential threat and...
Mar 4 2021 // Two people died when they were struck by a truck at a construction site in Boston on Wednesday, officials said.The workers were struck on High Street in the city’s Financial District just after 8 a.m., interim police...
Feb 9 2021 // Rescue workers continue to battle mountains of slush and debris at a hydropower construction site in north India that was damaged by flash floods that have killed at least 11 people.The rescue team of Indo-Tibetan Border...
Feb 4 2021 // Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips...
Jan 29 2021 // The sister of a student pilot who died in a small plane crash in Connecticut in 2017 has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the flight school she accused of failing to maintain the aircraft.Terms of the settlement...
Jan 28 2021 // The Alabama Education Association is urging the state to give teachers COVID-19 vaccinations following the deaths of at least 39 public school employees from the contagious illness.The group, which represents public...
Jan 20 2021 // The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled last month that an online poker company must pay more than $1 billion to the state for illegal gambling losses in a court battle that began a decade ago.The ruling from the state’s...