All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 8 2020 // As states begin to lift restrictions on employers in various segments of the economy, MEMIC, a Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation insurance specialty company, has released an employer guide for...
May 8 2020 // Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday issued a new policy that will reshape the way schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual misconduct, bolstering the rights of the accused and narrowing the scope...
May 8 2020 // The NFL has set protocols for reopening team facilities and has told the 32 teams to have them in place by May 15.In a memo sent by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained Wednesday night by The Associated Press, several...
May 6 2020 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) has implemented a process for issuing temporary licenses to eligible individuals seeking to become insurance producers during the COVID-19 pandemic.The temporary...
May 4 2020 // Workers’ compensation leaders are being urged to move away from thinking primarily about how best to prevent and treat a worker’s physical injury to considering how to help the whole worker.It’s a...
May 4 2020 // More details on TDI’s adjusted rules for agent licensing and continuing education can be found on the department’s website: tdi.texas.gov. Below are some highlights:New and Temporary Licenses On April 22, TDI...
Apr 28 2020 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is participating in an apprenticeship program designed to attract talent to the insurance industry.The program is led by Invest, which is affiliated with the Independent Insurance...
Apr 27 2020 // Resisting pressure as other Southern chief executives begin allowing businesses to reopen, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that the state’s stay-at-home order from COVID-19 will remain in place for at...
Apr 22 2020 // Invest, an insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, has named Diane Delaney, assistant vice president and sales and marketing director for AIG Private Client Group, as its newest board member. Delaney is...
Apr 20 2020 // The employees of the state agency in charge of regulating the insurance industry in Texas might not put it this way, but in a sense, operationally at least, they have been preparing for the current health crisis brought on...
Apr 20 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...
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...