All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Apr 3 2003 // The Toronto-based–Lindsey Morden Group Inc. (LMG) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cunningham Lindsey U.S., Inc., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RSKCo Services, Inc. from Continental...
Mar 31 2003 // The Illinois CPA Society’s 2003 Reinsurance Conference, a half-day event April 23 at the Illinois Department of Insurance in Chicago, will address best practices and current issues arising in the reinsurance...
Mar 24 2003 // Marine insurance is, as Insurance Journal put it last year, “a unique animal.” The belly of the beast consists of cargo and yacht coverage, which account for 50 percent of U.S. written premium.But another...
Mar 21 2003 // The McIntyre Group announced the posting of their new company Website, www.mcintyre-group.com. The site features a flash introduction and contains over 30 pages of information about the agency and its services.President...
Mar 19 2003 // Insurance issues will be at the forefront of topics at the 8th Annual Conference on Contract Risk Management for the Oil & Gas Industry to be held in Houston Apr. 28 & 29.According to the Strategic Research...
Mar 17 2003 // ESIS, Inc., the risk management services arm of ACE USA, and Syntrio, Inc., a provider of complete online training solutions, announced the launch of the “International Safety Academy (ISA) e-Learning, a web-based...
Mar 13 2003 // MarketScout, a Dallas Texas-based insurance exchange specializing in the distribution of property and casualty insurance products, designated Royal & SunAlliance as its specialist for Higher Education coverages....
Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll profile agencies that have made a name for themselves in the industry with a special niche. In our first interview, we talk with California’s Bolton & Company....