All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 15 2003 // The opening in Toronto of the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s sixth annual Automotive Insurers and Manufacturers Forum gave insurance and automotive professionals from across Canada a valuable opportunity to share...
May 13 2003 // Unprecedented challenges facing the U.S. insurance industry in the past year, including asbestos claims and lawsuits, terrorism, a weak economy, and a continuing weak investment markets, have many insurance executives...
May 13 2003 // The PLUS Southern California Chapter will hold a one-day conference on the ABCs of E&O: Identifying Professional Liability Exposures Facing Your Mainstream Commercial Clients, Thursday, June 5, at the Sheraton Four...
May 12 2003 // Markham Rollins, III chairman of TechAssure Association, Inc. announced that Gary McGraw, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer of Cigital, which provides Software Quality Management solutions, will provide the keynote address...
May 9 2003 // LOMA announced that, due to the SARS outbreak, it has rescheduled its Third International Underwriting Congress (IUC) for November 9-12, 2003, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore. “We regret the inconvenience...
May 9 2003 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada announced that it will sponsor a one-day conference at the sixth annual Automotive Insurers and Manufacturers Forum (AIM) to be held Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at the Metro Toronto Convention...
May 5 2003 // It’s no secret that these days CSRs oftentimes are in contact with clients far more than an agent or producer is, and therefore, are crucial to the agency’s success. The role of the CSRs has evolved over the...
May 5 2003 // The Insurance and Technology Conference, sponsored by Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), will be held Nov. 2-4 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim.Dr. James Canton, futurist and author, will be the keynote speaker,...
Apr 21 2003 // Give them credit—both agents and carriers have made credit scoring an issue that the industry can’t turn its back on.From studies to hearings, the issue has soared to become one of the top three or four issues in...
Apr 21 2003 // Agents and brokers called Washington, D.C. home for several days earlier this month as they brought a number of industry issues with them to the 27th National Legislative Conference.As Jeff Myers, Independent Insurance...
Apr 21 2003 // Give them credit—both agents and carriers have made credit scoring an issue that the industry can’t turn its back on.From studies to hearings, the issue has soared to become one of the top three or four issues in...
Apr 18 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced plans to defer continuing education requirements for insurance agents, adjusters and bail bondsmen who are called upon to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom.Insurance agents...
Apr 16 2003 // Thomas E. Hays, chairman of the board for Pasadena, Calif.-based United Agencies, recently announced that United Agencies and John Kallas of Industrial Risk Services have formed a strategic alliance. United Agencies’...
Apr 16 2003 // The Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has awarded CAA member Gilmore Insurance Agency Inc. of Lubbock, Texas, the “Accredited Customer Service...
Apr 15 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc. will hold its 2003 annual conference May 21, at the Marriott Courtyard and Grappone Conference Center, Concord, N.H. Last year nearly 100 industry representatives...
Apr 11 2003 // Houston-based SalvageSale Inc., the global online salvage marketplace and salvor services provider for the claims recovery and commercial salvage markets, announced the launch of its newly enhanced Web site.Designed in...
Apr 7 2003 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service (SIIS) and the Texas Action Council on Theft (TACT) announced they will hold a continuing education/training seminar for insurance executives, claims personnel and other...
Apr 7 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Bill White, president of California-based Alliance Insurance Services, who took quite a chance back in the mid-80s by putting his home up for sale when he went to...
Apr 4 2003 // A new Web site, designed specifically with the needs of risk management clients in mind, will be unveiled by ACE Risk Management (ARM) at this year’s annual Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.’s...
Apr 4 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced that OneBeacon Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., will again host the annual OneBeacon 5-in-5 Education Series...