All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 13 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...
Dec 8 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will adopt an evidence-based drug formulary for medical providers treating injured workers beginning Jan. 1, 2018, following approval by the Office of Administrative...
Dec 8 2017 // He calls himself “The Rideshare Guy” and he’s become one of the more prolific voices covering the still-burgeoning business.When Uber and Lyft were at the point in development that they were considered by...
Dec 6 2017 // The next phase of a multimillion-dollar cybersecurity training center taking shape in downtown Augusta is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently announced an additional $35 million in...
Dec 6 2017 // In the last two years, more than 30 global asset managers have been awarded licenses to set up wholly-owned units in China as they sought a share of the country’s $1.5 trillion private fund management market.Yet only...
Nov 29 2017 // A federal nuclear review panel still has some safety concerns about Los Alamos National Laboratory’s new multimillion-dollar storage facility for radioactive waste.The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board said in...
Nov 27 2017 // Within a month, we’ll be archiving our 2017 whitepapers and reports, as we seek the most current content available for 2018. For those of you new to Research & Trends, here is a chance to review and easily locate...
Nov 20 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...
Nov 20 2017 // One area of emerging risk for many industries, including the long term care or senior living market, is active shooter risk. Not only are residents/patients at risk, but so are senior living facility employees.“An...
Nov 16 2017 // A Georgia college is expanding its training program for commercial truck drivers as the U.S. faces a national trucker shortage. WALB-TV reports Albany Technical College plans to increase the number of seats in its...
Nov 15 2017 // Hop in the way back machine with my for a minute and try to remember back when you were in grade school. See if you remember this: when I was in school, we sat at our desks in class, the teacher told us stuff, there was a...
Nov 15 2017 // “The insurance industry has a great record of solving problems where government regulation didn’t because the government either didn’t know how to regulate, or the government wouldn’t...
Nov 14 2017 // On November 15, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation will join the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton to celebrate the Education Foundation’s surpassing $1 million dollars in scholarships...
Nov 14 2017 // A federal workers’ safety agency is recommending $267,081 in penalties for a Massachusetts auto auction house where five people died when a vehicle suddenly accelerated into a crowd.The Occupational Safety and Health...
Nov 14 2017 // Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance is offering micro-videos at no cost to insurance professionals through its new Building Blocks tool.The Building Blocks tool supplies professionally created micro-videos for...
Nov 6 2017 // No longer a long-range concern on the distant horizon, the talent crunch within the insurance industry is here. Despite years of warnings and research, insurance organizations face a perfect storm of labor market...
Oct 30 2017 // In an ideal world, anyone who experiences harassment at work would head directly to the human resource department. That’s where a sensitive, well-trained professional would conduct an “immediate and...
Oct 27 2017 // Silicon Valley business software startup Zenefits and its co-founder Parker Conrad have been fined nearly $1 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a settlement over charges that they misled...
Oct 26 2017 // The Marco Polo condominium building in which a July fire killed four has been opened to numerous people who might file lawsuits, potential defendants such as product manufacturers and their insurers, and fire experts from...
Oct 25 2017 // If you happen to buy a cup of coffee in California and it comes with a cancer warning, don’t panic – it’s just the law.No scientific study says consuming java in moderation is bad for your health – and some...