All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 20 2020 // While the insurance industry offers many of the attributes upcoming graduates and young professionals seek in a career, it is often overlooked. According to one study, only 7% of Generation Z considers itself very familiar...
Apr 20 2020 // Developing young talent to become successful young agents is not easy.Chris Burand, president of Burand & Associates, an insurance agency consulting firm, estimates that the new producer failure rate is as high as 70%...
Apr 15 2020 // High winds hampered firefighters’ efforts to extinguish a fire at a huge assisted living complex under construction in West Des Moines, Iowa, officials said.The four-alarm fire was reported around 6 p.m. Monday, the...
Apr 15 2020 // A vandal used a backhoe to damage numerous items at a southern New Jersey construction site, including the backhoe. Bridgeton police responded to the site around 8:30 p.m. Saturday after someone called 911, authorities...
Apr 8 2020 // Millions of Americans are currently subject to shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders as efforts to slow the spread of the current strain of coronavirus expand, thus requiring employees across all industries to shift to...
Apr 6 2020 // Austin, TX, April 6, 2020 – Registration is open for The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research 2020 Online Ruble MEGA Seminar. Dues-paid designees can attend the Online MEGA Seminar from their home...
Apr 6 2020 // In August, months before the first case of the new coronavirus was documented, some of Colorado’s top health officials gathered in a room at the state Department of Public Health and Environment to train for a...
Apr 6 2020 // More small businesses may be purchasing cyber insurance today as compared to a few years ago, but agents still have work to do to help clients understand their unique risks and ensure they have the right...
Apr 2 2020 // Austin, TX, April 1, 2020 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has postponed all classroom programs until May 1 to keep insurance and risk management professionals safe. In response to the...
Mar 31 2020 // The Ohio Department of Insurance announced the extension of license renewal dates during the state of emergency declared by Gov. Mike DeWine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The department said if a license expires...
Mar 31 2020 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has issued a number of bulletins offering guidance to the insurance industry in response to executive orders made by Gov. Doug Burgum, and in the interest of protecting...
Mar 24 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) said certain licensing requirements for insurance agents and adjusters will be waived during the state’s response to the COVID-19 health emergency.TDI said the measures will...
Mar 23 2020 // A construction worker has died after a fall at a housing site in northern New Jersey, authorities said.The accident occurred around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday in Florham Park. Wander Santos, 47, of Newark, fell about 30 to 35...
Mar 23 2020 // Remote Work Not Much Help for Assembly LinesProperty/casualty insurance professionals are trying to provide advice and empathy to their manufacturing clients coping with the effects of the spread of the coronavirus. But...
Mar 23 2020 // Anytime there’s a huge event like the Super Bowl where a large number of people convene from different locations, often to party, illegal activities such as human and sex trafficking tend to heat up, and thus, hit...
Mar 20 2020 // Insurance departments across the Southeast are notifying industry representatives of updated procedures and expectations in response to the coronavirus outbreak, while also acknowledging the potential for a serious impact...
Mar 19 2020 // A new apprenticeship program aimed at attracting and developing talent in the independent agency system is being rolled out by an insurance education organization that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.Invest, the...
Mar 19 2020 // In response to the health emergency brought by the spread of COVID-19, Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) is making temporary changes to requirements for delivering online courses and online...
Mar 16 2020 // The Target Market Program Administrators Association has become the latest insurance organization to cancel a meeting. TMPAA Executive Director Ray Scotto announced that the 2020 TMPAA Mid-Year Meeting planned for Tampa on...
Mar 16 2020 // According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is responsible for workplace safety regulations, certain workers are at higher risk than others for exposure to the coronavirus and the disease...