All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 21 2016 // Samantha Jones of “Sex and the City” is probably a few decades away from moving into a senior living community. Nevertheless, the topic of sexual expression in senior living communities is a resident matter...
Nov 21 2016 // Yes, I’m stuck in the middle with youAnd I’m wondering what it is I should do It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face,Losing control, and I’m all over the placeClowns to the left of me, jokers...
Nov 17 2016 // Online commercial insurance agency CoverWallet announced it has received $7.8 million in funding in a Series A round led by Union Square Ventures, bringing its total raised to date to $9.5 million.In addition to Union...
Nov 17 2016 // Starr Companies has joined a growing roster of insurers selling insurance directly to small business owners online with its launch of Starr Insure.The new digital agency currently offers property/casualty business owner...
Nov 16 2016 // A recent report on cybersecurity still shows many companies are unprepared for cyberattacks.The report, conducted by KPMG and British Telecom, reveals only 22 percent of companies have a comprehensive plan in place to deal...
Nov 10 2016 // A major blaze is burning at the former Bethlehem Steel site outside Buffalo.Firefighters responded around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday to reports of a fire at the industrial site in the city of Lackawanna, just south of Buffalo....
Nov 10 2016 // Google the phrase “business consultant” and more than 21 million hits pop up available for review. Granted some of these are links to descriptions of what a business consultant is, but the majority of possible...
Nov 9 2016 // Airbnb Inc.’s claim that it’s just a conduit for user-generated content was rejected by a judge who said the company may not be able to duck a San Francisco law punishing it when hosts book units that...
Nov 7 2016 // The Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund is supposed to be spent on training for police officers. But state lawmakers have raided its coffers for other purposes so often it forced officials to increase a tax on...
Nov 3 2016 // Lloyd’s of London recently announced the winners of its 2016 Innovation Awards. Beazley, Cromar, Hiscox and Tokio Marine Kiln each picked up awards for innovative products or new ways of working.Aon won most...
Oct 25 2016 // Kids of lower socioeconomic status, those riding in rural areas, and those riding mostly on the sidewalk have higher risk of injury than others, according to a new review.Not surprisingly, injuries related to motor vehicle...
Oct 24 2016 // South Dennis, Massachusetts Rogers & Gray InsuranceRogers & Gray Insurance, a South Dennis, Mass., headquartered independent insurance agency, has a vision shaped by one core guiding principal: Do the right thing...
Oct 24 2016 // Analytics and big data are here to stay. Already creating monumental shifts in the business world, today’s analytical advancements are leading an evolution on how people think about information, track data, shop for...
Oct 20 2016 // Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine will join forces with the San Diego Police Department to reduce alcohol-impaired driving among San Diego youth between the ages of 15 to 20.Helped by...
Oct 17 2016 // You’ve probably heard. There is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or insurtech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October attracted an...
Oct 14 2016 // Washington state asked a federal judge this week to issue an injunction requiring the U.S. Department of Energy and its contractor to take steps to protect workers at a major nuclear waste storage site.Washington state...
Oct 12 2016 // While states have made progress in reducing teen driver-involved traffic crashes and deaths over the past decade, teen drivers are still 1.6 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than their adult counterparts,...
Oct 11 2016 // Michigan agriculture officials are seeking proposals for food safety education and training grants.The Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development says grants from the Food Safety Education Fund are...
Oct 10 2016 // More than four years since a massive sinkhole that in 2013 swallowed trees in Assumption Parish and forced more than 300 residents from their homes now no longer poses a risk to the public.Assumption Parish officials...
Oct 10 2016 // Insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, InVEST, has added Charles Hilson to its national board as an agent member.Hilson is president of the Talent Pipeline Division of Risk Management Solutions of...