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Officials Say 7 Coal Miner Deaths This Year Raise Questions About Training

Jun 22 2017 // Seven U.S. coal miners died in accidents so far this year, most of them with less than a year of experience at that particular job and mine, according to federal officials. In all of last year, eight miners died.Tim...

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Jun 19 2017 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based GuideOne Insurance has named Jessica E. Clark as the company’s new chief executive officer.Bringing nearly 20 years of leadership experience in property and casualty insurance, Clark...

The Wedge: CRM or Organic Growth Technology?

Jun 19 2017 // Imagine this conversation with another agency owner:“Charlie, what are you guys using as a pipeline tool?” “Well Mike, I had my IT guy look into it and he recommended we go with SalesForce.com, he said it...

High Agency Valuations Not Going Away, MarshBerry Exec Tells Conference

Jun 19 2017 // Valuations of insurance agencies are as high as they have ever been, and there does not appear to be any lessening of interest among suitors, according to an industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) consultant.John...

Tech Targets Construction Risk Management

Jun 19 2017 // Water sensors that detect leaks before a lot of damage is done, wearables that track workers’ whereabouts and video cameras that monitor sites — the building industry is gradually adopting these and other...

New Jersey’s York Hires McMahan as Chief Human Resources Officer

Jun 16 2017 // York Risk Services Group (York), a Parsippany, N.J.-based provider of claims management, managed care, specialized loss adjusting, alternative risk programs, pool administration and other insurance services, has hired...

Kaufman Financial Group CEO Joins St. John’s University Risk Management Board

Jun 15 2017 // Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the...

The Hartford Launches Nationally Registered Apprenticeship Program

Jun 8 2017 // The Hartford is working to educate college students about opportunities in the insurance industry while helping to make the transition from college to an insurance career an easier one.This initiative comes through its...

Possible Aetna Move Prompts Focus on Urban, State Policies in Connecticut

Jun 5 2017 // Connecticut officials are again re-examining how they can dissuade companies like General Electric and now possibly insurance giant Aetna from relocating to places considered more innovative.A string of state budget...

Travelers’ Drone Program Is Shaping the Way Claims Reps Do Business

Jun 5 2017 // Travelers’ Claim University, founded in 2007, is working to change the way its claims professionals do business through the use of drones to assist in property inspection and claims analysis.The nearly 200,000-square...

Oklahoma Oil and Gas Worker Safety Alliance Renewed

Jun 5 2017 // U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mid Continent Exploration and Production Safety Network have renewed an alliance to promote safety at oil and gas operations in...

Stengle Named Sr. VP, Employee Benefits, at Ohio Brokerage, Hylant

Jun 2 2017 // Toledo, Ohio-based insurance brokerage, Hylant, has named Jim Stengle as senior vice president, employee benefits business development manager. It is a newly created role within the agency’s Employee Benefits...

12 States Have Advanced Tougher Distracted Driving Bills This Year

Jun 1 2017 // As auto accidents and fatalities increase on America’s roads, a dozen states have taken legislative action this year to further combat distracted driving.According to an analysis by the Property Casualty Insurers...

6 People Who Should Read the State of Learning Report

May 31 2017 // I am writing this to announce that we have completed our report on the State of Learning in Insurance. I’m excited about this for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it’s the first big thing...

High Agency Valuations ‘Not a Fad,’ MarshBerry Exec Tells Conference

May 31 2017 // Valuations of insurance agencies are as high as they have ever been and there does not appear to be any lessening of interest among suitors, according to an industry mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) consultant.John...

OSHA, Mid Continent Recommit to Oklahoma Oil and Gas Worker Safety Alliance

May 26 2017 // U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mid Continent Exploration and Production Safety Network have renewed an alliance to promote safety at oil and gas operations in...

Today’s Climate of Crime, Safety and Security at Schools, Colleges

May 23 2017 // One in every 5 middle and high school students has complained of being bullied at school and the number of reports of sexual assault on college campuses has more than tripled over the past decade, according to a federal...

Big ‘I’ Virtual University’s Boggs Gets Award for Reinsurance Research

May 16 2017 // Big “I” Virtual University Director Christopher “Chris” J. Boggs has received a prestigious award in London for a paper he and a group of industry professionals authored about the disconnect between...

Texas Public Safety Agencies Embracing Drone Use

May 12 2017 // Government use of aerial drones became much easier when the Federal Aviation Administration flipped the switch on new regulations last year.The Austin American-Statesman reports since then, a number of Austin-area public...

Washington Tunnel Collapse Renews Safety Concerns over Nuclear Site

May 12 2017 // Thousands of workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation were told to stay home as efforts began to plug a hole that developed in the partial collapse of a tunnel containing dangerous radioactive waste from the building of...