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The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Launches High School Program

Aug 8 2019 // Austin, TX, August 8, 2019 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announces the creation of a high school program for students interested in attaining an insurance certification. The Certified...

Retailers’ Active Shooter Training Is Hurt by Turnover, Implementation

Aug 8 2019 // Most retailers have plans in place to deal with an active shooter, like the one that terrorized a Walmart Inc. store this past weekend in El Paso, Texas. But a hot job market has hit worker retention rates, making it...

IICF Promotes Myatt to VP, Chief Program Officer

Aug 7 2019 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) has promoted Betsy Myatt to vice president, chief program officer, effective Aug. 1.In this newly created role, Myatt will focus on the continued expansion of IICF...

California Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, to Deliver Keynote at American Agents Alliance Conference

Aug 6 2019 // August 6, 2019, Sacramento, CA – We are thrilled to welcome our new Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, as our 2019 keynote speaker. Join us as the commissioner discusses his policy priorities and initiatives for...

Notre-Dame Site Carries Risk of Lead Poisoning and Should Be Sealed, Say Paris Groups

Aug 6 2019 // Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral should be fully sealed off while it is rebuilt because of the risk of lead poisoning, according to an alliance of environmental and neighborhood groups.The site has been empty since a...

Walmart Has Mandatory Active Shooter Training for Employees

Aug 5 2019 // Days before Saturday’s mass shooting that killed 20 people at a Walmart Inc. store in El Paso, Texas, another shooting erupted at a Walmart in Southaven, Mississippi.In that case, Walmart’s mandatory...

Changing Education from a Chore to a Cheer

Aug 5 2019 // Professional designations are in the DNA of the insurance industry.For decades, we have proudly posted credentials as authentication of commitment and industry knowledge. But learning offers value far beyond the initials...

Deconstructing Sales Excellence

Aug 5 2019 // Aaron is about 5 foot 8 inches, 150 pounds dripping wet and bald. A big-time producer? You wouldn’t think so. But, when you look at his numbers, they are way beyond impressive.Why is that? Is it pure talent? Gift of...

Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience

Aug 1 2019 // Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year.Over the last five years, wildfires have continued to hit the state hard. One state official, who believes climate...

Roof Collapses at Houston Construction Site, Injuring 9 Workers

Jul 31 2019 // The Houston Fire Department says nine workers were taken to hospitals after they were injured when part of the roof of a building under construction collapsed.Firefighters responded to the roof collapse Monday morning at a...

Viewpoint: What Insurance Industry Should Acknowledge About Small Business Cyber

Jul 30 2019 // The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report cited that 58% of cyber-attack victims were small businesses, and the 2019 Symantec Internet Threat Report stated that employees working at small businesses were more...

EPA Official: Montana Site Suited for Superfund Status

Jul 29 2019 // A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says a Montana area emitting toxic vapors is a candidate to become a federal Superfund site.The Billings Gazette reports contaminants from old dry cleaning solvents are...

Schools, Lawmakers, Tech Firms Trying to Curb Rising Cyberbullying

Jul 29 2019 // Rachel Whalen remembers feeling gutted in high school when a former friend would mock her online postings, threaten to unfollow or unfriend her on social media and post inside jokes about her to others online.The...

The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Rebrands Podcast Series

Jul 24 2019 // July 24, 2019, Austin, TX—The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has rebranded their monthly podcast series. Nat Alliance NOW offers risk and insurance professionals rich, nuanced conversations that...

AIG Names Ling Chief Human Resources Officer

Jul 22 2019 // American International Group has named Karen L. Ling as executive vice president, chief human resources officer. Ling will lead AIG’s global human resources department and be responsible for aligning AIG’s...

Nevada Wants Feds to Restudy Seismic Risk at Nuke Dump Site

Jul 19 2019 // Nevada’s governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department look again at seismic risks of burying the nation’s most...

Expert Outlines 5 School Insurance Liability Issues to Watch

Jul 19 2019 // Lilian A. Vanvieldt, senior vice president, educational entities practice leader for the national insurance agency Alliant, has spent more than three decades insuring schools across the country. Her book of business spans...

Senators’ Flood Insurance Measure Includes Premium Cap, Mitigation, Claims Reforms

Jul 17 2019 // A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from coastal states — including three running for president– unveiled a comprehensive flood insurance reform measure they see as an alternative to measures recently passed by a House...

The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Debuts New Online Learning Experience

Jul 15 2019 // Austin, TX, July 15, 2019 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research launched a new and improved online learning experience that educates insurance and risk professionals about new changes,...

Insurance Industry’s Talent Hunt. It’s Time to Turn Up the Volume: Viewpoint

Jul 12 2019 // The insurance industry needs help — lots of it. By 2020, it’s predicted that we’ll have 400,000 open positions. Of course, we’ve been talking about the talent shortage for years; it’s not new...