All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2004 // You may have let March slip by blissfully unaware that it was ethics awareness month in the insurance and financial services industries — the other 11 months being a free-for-all, apparently. Still, this seems an...
Apr 19 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: AIG Educators Elite line offers a comprehensive range of property/casualty insurance solutions to cover the distinct liabilities of public and private colleges, universities, junior colleges and trade...
Apr 15 2004 // Hotel clients of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company can now buy an extended package of online employee safety training that satisfies all OSHA requirements for hospitality industry employees, such as housekeepers,...
Apr 13 2004 // The American Insurance Marketing and Sales (AIMS) Society, a national organization dedicated to providing sales training, networking and marketing innovation to insurance professionals, announced the addition of four...
Apr 8 2004 // The Chicago-based Defense Research Institute (DRI), the organization which represents the insurance defense bar, announced hat it has joined other legal associations to hold an international conference in Barcelona, Spain,...
Apr 6 2004 // The American Academy of Actuaries will sponsor a luncheon meeting on Wednesday, April 7 in Washington D.C. to discuss current legislation pending in Congress on asbestos.“Highlights include an update on the Academy...
Apr 6 2004 // San Diego County fire departments and fire and burn prevention organizations will receive more than $1 million this year through Fireman’s Fund Heritage(SM), a community-based corporate giving program launched by...
Apr 5 2004 // Kevin Jordan is a retired State Highway Patrol trooper who believes that learning how to drive means learning what to do when the brakes lock up.“Many kids don’t get anything more than the basic stuff, and the...
Apr 5 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has launched an updated Web site. It remains at the same address, which is http://www.aldoi.gov/. The new site, designed by department webmaster Jelene Hardy, should reportedly provide...
Apr 5 2004 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) and Insurance Skills Center sponsored the 17th Annual Agribusiness Conference held March 17 and 18 in Sacramento. The nation’s largest agricultural conference...
Apr 5 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds.The...
Apr 5 2004 // Founded five years ago to address the specific needs of the Hispanic insurance community in California, the Latin American Agents Association (LAAA) is well known for its popular monthly meetings and entertaining annual...
Apr 5 2004 // As the 2004 Maryland legislative session draws to a close, a myriad of property/casualty insurance bills reportedly benefiting consumers in providing disaster relief and fair underwriting and rating practices are...
Apr 1 2004 // The Web Marketing Association is calling for entries for its eighth annual WebAward Competition, including the category of best insurance Web site. The competition is meant to recognize the individual and team achievement...
Mar 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced a continuing education seminar on professional liability to be held on April 15, 2004.Presenters for the seminar will be Joseph H. Schneider and Beth Snyder Simpson...
Mar 23 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds.The...
Mar 23 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently announced that Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has been named the NAIC liaison to the Hague Conference.In this role he will attend Hague...
Mar 22 2004 // First, this article is not about “parting shots.” When I hear this expression I immediately think of a retaliatory barrage to a poor unsuspecting sole. Instead, I’m going to discuss an issue near and dear...
Mar 22 2004 // I have mixed views on Martha Stewart’s plight. On the one hand, I feel she’s been unfairly targeted and made an example of by the federal government because she’s a prominent media personality. On the...
Mar 22 2004 // Recently, while conducting an education program for a group of agency professionals on the subject of workers’ compensation, I realized that for many agents, the workers’ compensation policy is the...