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How Insurer Execs, Workers View Artificial Intelligence and Future Work

May 11 2018 // Insurers can seize major growth opportunities by redesigning work, bringing in new talent, and pivoting their existing workforces to work with artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new repot by Accenture.The report,...

Want Flood? Let the Market Make it Happen.

May 9 2018 // I spent a day last week in a conference that was focused on some specific risks that make up a property insurance gap nationwide. The morning was focused on one of my favorite soap boxes, flood. You guessed it. It’s...

Texas Mutual Distributing $1M in Safety Education Grants to 10 Colleges

May 8 2018 // Austin-based workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., is awarding $1 million in grants to 10 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the general...

Time to Rethink Education

May 7 2018 // The Association for Talent Development reports that employers spend nearly $1,300 per employee each year on training and development. Think about what you spend on education at your company. Are you getting your...

People

May 7 2018 // Associated Agencies Inc. in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has hired Talicia Bashford as chief operating officer, a newly created position.Bashford will focus on overall operations and several areas of opportunity, including...

Making Sure Food Delivery Doesn’t Take Out Restaurants

May 7 2018 // With a growing number of apps and on-demand services, millennials in particular love ordering take-out food from their favorite restaurants.But as more restaurants expand services into delivery, risk managers must be...

Georgia School System Approves Policy for Employees to Carry Guns

May 4 2018 // A Georgia school system has decided to allow its employees to carry guns.The Laurens County school board has approved a policy allowing select staff to carry guns on school property, in vehicles and at school functions,...

Amazon, Lowe’s, Tesla Make ‘Dirty Dozen’ Unsafe Workplace List

May 2 2018 // Amazon, Lowe’s and Tesla are among the firms on a list of employers with unsafe workplaces published by a federation of labor, health and safety groups.The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health...

Massachusetts Holds 7th Annual National Cyber Crime Conference

Apr 26 2018 // More than 700 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and investigators from across the U.S. and Canada recently attended the seventh annual National Cyber Crime Conference hosted by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura...

How to Make Implants, Pacemakers and Other Medical Devices Safer

Apr 20 2018 // U.S. health officials on Tuesday proposed steps to improve the government’s system for overseeing medical devices, which has been criticized for years for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical...

United Educators Reports Reveal Large Losses in Education

Apr 17 2018 // Bethesda, MD, April 17, 2018—United Educators (UE), a reciprocal risk retention group that insures education, released its Large Loss Report 2018, which contains summaries of major damage awards and settlements of...

AXIS Launches Cyber Center of Excellence to Help Mitigate Cyber Risks

Apr 16 2018 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. has launched the AXIS Cyber Center of Excellence, which aims to provide commercial insurance products and solutions for mitigating cyber risks.The AXIS Cyber Center of Excellence is intended to...

2018 Young Agents Survey: Straight Talk From Young Agents

Apr 16 2018 // Young agents want change. They want more diversity in the agency sales ranks. They want better paths to grow in their careers. They want other agents to adhere to professional standards and ethics. They want faster and...

Fluid Work as a Retention and Engagement Game-Changer: The Jacobson Group

Apr 16 2018 // As young professionals play an increasingly important role within the workplace, forward-thinking companies are turning their attention toward attracting and retaining this critical talent. While healthy snacks, happy...

Progressive The Latest to Comply With New York Auto Insurance Rate Regulation

Apr 16 2018 // A fourth major auto insurance company in New York has reached a compliance agreement with the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) regarding DFS’ final regulation against discriminatory auto insurance...

Missouri’s Nelson Honored with National Insurance Regulator Award

Apr 13 2018 // Angela Nelson, director of the Division of Market Regulation and Chief Industry Liaison at the Missouri Department of Insurance has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Paul DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award given by...

Worker at Boston-Area Casino Construction Site Dies

Apr 9 2018 // A worker helping build the Boston area’s new casino has died.A spokesman for Wynn Boston Harbor said in a statement that the 56-year-old male worker died operating an excavator on site. The Middlesex District...

Investment in Innovation to Rock Chicago Stadium at Insurtech Conference

Apr 5 2018 // Three stages, a packed football stadium overlooking Lake Michigan, decked out luxury suites.A rock concert? No, it’s an insurance innovation and investment event. But some attendees might be star-struck by the...

Bill to Lower Louisiana Drinking Age Shelved

Apr 5 2018 // Louisiana’s legal drinking age will remain 21, after a state senator shelved his proposal to let some younger people buy alcoholic beverages if they’re educated about the risks before imbibing.Sen. Eric LaFleur...

Washington Commissioner Fines GEICO $30K for Raising Premiums on People Who Froze Credit Scores

Apr 4 2018 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in February totaling $49,200 against insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations.The biggest fine was $30,000 against GEICO...