All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2017 // What the final two years of California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones will entail is among the topics to be discussed during a conference in Southern California in March.The WIAA Education and Research Foundation will...
Feb 6 2017 // CNA reported fourth quarter and full year 2016 results, with its new CEO indicating that while there is a strong foundation at the insurer, the company has work to do in improving underwriting discipline and results and...
Feb 6 2017 // Hundreds of insurance professionals and representatives from local nonprofits will convene on March 16 for the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s annual Horizon Award Gala at the Natural History Museum of Los...
Feb 6 2017 // With nearly 400,000 employees expected to retire from the insurance industry workforce within the next few years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, it’s incumbent on carriers to consider the ways in...
Feb 3 2017 // Fire departments in nearly every pocket of Iowa have members who were awarded nationally-recognized certifications by the state fire academy despite failing their tests, according to documents released.The Fire Service...
Feb 2 2017 // The Missouri Department of Insurance reminds Missouri high school seniors and current college students that the application deadline for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships is March 31.Four $1,500...
Feb 1 2017 // A House committee has approved seven bills aimed at fighting the opioid crisis in Virginia. The legislation would limit the prescription of medications containing opioids, establish guidelines for the use of opioids to...
Jan 30 2017 // Hundreds of insurance professionals and representatives from local nonprofits will convene on March 16 for the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s annual Horizon Award Gala at the Natural History Museum of Los...
Jan 30 2017 // Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday accused the U.S. Labor Department of dismantling a website designed to help Wells Fargo workers file whistleblower retaliation and other complaints against the bank, and asked...
Jan 27 2017 // With nearly 400,000 employees expected to retire from the insurance industry workforce within the next few years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, its incumbent on carriers to consider the ways in which...
Jan 25 2017 // Portland, OR, January 23, 2017 – Consistently top-rated in Amazon reviews and recently featured in leading industry publications including LifeHealthPro and Insurance Forums, the insurance sales training book, “How...
Jan 24 2017 // Officials say one electrical worker has died and another was critically hurt in a fire at a downtown Amarillo, Texas, construction site.An official with University Medical Center in Lubbock says Roger Copelin suffered...
Jan 24 2017 // The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) found in its latest construction fatality report that construction worker deaths are rising in New York, and many construction employers across the state...
Jan 23 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired University Health Plans (UHP), a Quincy, Mass., based brokerage firm specializing in student health insurance...
Jan 23 2017 // How legalized marijuana and President-elect Donald Trump will affect the insurance industry.A possible merger of the nation’s two major excess and surplus lines organizations. Renewing the National Flood Insurance...
Jan 20 2017 // Indian Wells, CA, January 23, 2017- Be sure to mark May 4th – 7th on your new 2017 calendars and start making plans to head out to Indian Wells, CA for the 2017 BIG Convention! Along with sultry desert nights, you...
Jan 12 2017 // How legalized marijuana and President-elect Donald Trump will affect the insurance industry, a possible merger of the nation’s two major excess and surplus lines organizations, renewing the National Flood Insurance...
Jan 12 2017 // Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant announced Tuesday that by executive order, he’s requiring all state employees to take online training in sexual harassment awareness and prevention.“This should be a low-cost...
Jan 11 2017 // Top cyber threats during 2017 are expected to include nation state cyber espionage, a rise in data integrity attacks and an increase in attacks harnessing Internet of Things (IoT) devices, according to a report published...
Jan 4 2017 // With cyber attacks at an all-time high, PSA Insurance & Financial Services (PSA), a Baltimore, Md., headquartered independent firm specializing in risk management, personal insurance and employee benefits, has added an...