All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2018 // Has the workplace changed in the year since New York Times reported the first allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein? At the very least, many powerful men have altered their behavior, according to a new survey...
Oct 8 2018 // The parents of a teenager who drowned during a high school swim class have filed a claim with his Northern California school district.The claim, generally a precursor to a lawsuit, alleges that a physical education teacher...
Oct 1 2018 // The votes were tallied and the results are in for the 2018 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal.Employees of the Best Agencies to Work For in 2018 highlight the importance of...
Oct 1 2018 // Employee-focused. Employee-owned. And family. Those are the qualities employees value most at Orland Park, Ill.-based The Horton Group — winner of Insurance Journal’s Best Agencies to Work For Overall 2018...
Oct 1 2018 // An industry publication recently published an article that said insurance is “the new kale” because the one-time ignored garnish today is sought after as a healthy must-have in the form of everything from...
Oct 1 2018 // The opportunities are limitless.That seems to be the consensus among employees at SwingleCollins & Associates (SCA), judging from their responses to Insurance Journal’s 2018 Best Agencies to Work For survey....
Oct 1 2018 // While this is the first time Kimberly Fobbs has run for statewide office, she is no stranger to either politics or the insurance industry. She has long been active in Tulsa county politics and currently serves as chair of...
Sep 28 2018 // It’s billed as the “world’s largest gathering of insurance leaders and innovators.”So, of course, as an insurance leader and/or innovator you will be one of the 6,000 attendees at the ITC—the...
Sep 27 2018 // AXIS Specialty UK Holdings Ltd. announced it has been certified as a GCHQ Certified Training provider for its course “Understanding Cybersecurity and Insurance.”The training is offered through the AXIS Cyber...
Sep 26 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday he had approved a Universal Claims Certification program from Claims and Litigation Management Alliance designed to streamline the licensing process for...
Sep 24 2018 // The fourth annual global festival for diversity and inclusion (D&I), Dive In, begins this week in a record number of 27 countries across the globe.Dive In began in 2015 in London, growing to 10 countries in 2016, 17 in...
Sep 20 2018 // Members of the Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers (ABIR) made a direct economic contribution to Bermuda of more than $840 million in 2017, according to the group’s 13th annual member survey results.Data...
Sep 18 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Inc. (MMC) has been preparing for a major acquisition and admiring its competitor Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) for years. So right after the CEOs of the two firms met on Sept. 7 and he sensed an...
Sep 18 2018 // The Austin-based insurance education organization the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has appointed William J. Hold as chief executive officer. He will assume the day-to-day leadership of the...
Sep 17 2018 // The Hanover Insurance Group could use some of the $950 million it will make from selling its Chaucer international specialty business to fuel organic growth, pursue select acquisitions and hire top talent from rivals,...
Sep 17 2018 // There’s Opportunity in Unusual and Emerging Risks, Sullivan Tells CarriersThe current economic and business wave presents property/casualty insurance carriers with opportunities to expand or differentiate themselves...
Sep 17 2018 // Today’s insurance labor market is colored by the rapid graying of the workforce. The industry’s growing retirement rate and burgeoning skills and knowledge gap are creating a candidate-driven market. As many...
Sep 17 2018 // Maximizing employee productivity has a direct impact on the bottom line. Managing workloads is something most managers or supervisors try to do. But it doesn’t really work to just shift accounts from one account...
Sep 17 2018 // Matching grants of up to $5,000 to improve workplace safety and health are being made available to Michigan companies that have up to 250 employees.Administered by the Michigan’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Sep 10 2018 // Alibaba is heralding the end of the Jack Ma era.A former English teacher who helped found Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. two decades ago, Ma outlined plans to hand the executive chairman role to Daniel Zhang, a finance veteran...