All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 1 2015 // Two families are suing a Reno, Nev. area school district, a teacher and a principal for what their lawsuit says was abuse at a school for children with disabilities.The Reno Gazette-Journal reported the lawsuit filed in...
Dec 1 2015 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She joins the other 2016 NAIC officers...
Nov 23 2015 // We negotiate on everything from rates to coverage, and from services to deadlines. We also negotiate internally with agency staff to get what we need to win and keep business.If you are like me, they didn’t offer...
Nov 19 2015 // Senate Bill 876, passed during the 2015 Texas legislative session, reduced the required credit hours for continuing education (CE) for agent and adjuster license renewals to 24 hours for each two-year renewal period and...
Nov 19 2015 // Seventeen students at three Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $34,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation. The students attend St. Mary’s...
Nov 18 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor is urging Ohioans who are members of the military — both actively serving and veterans — to consider a career in insurance. The state is offering free...
Nov 18 2015 // Debra Richardson, director of a new University of Texas at Dallas concentration in risk management and insurance (RMI), plans to have students in that area equipped to fill some of 400,000 industry vacancies anticipated by...
Nov 17 2015 // New Hampshire state lawmakers are expected to create a task force aimed at tackling New Hampshire’s substance abuse crisis when they return to Concord, New Hampshire, on Wednesday for a special session.If all goes...
Nov 17 2015 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance is hosting insurance regulators from Saudi Arabia and the Philippines as part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) International Fellows Program.First...
Nov 16 2015 // Miami, FL, November 16, 2015 — The insurance marketplace is ever changing and continued training is the rule of the day. The high cost of off-site training can be prohibitive for a lot of agencies. Today, that all...
Nov 16 2015 // Male risk managers in higher education are paid more on average than their female counterparts but the gap is closing as women gain experience in the field, according to a survey on risk manager compensation.Male risk...
Nov 16 2015 // William R. Berkley’s last earnings conference call as chief executive officer of the company that bears his name lasted just over 20 minutes, with a lack of questions about a less-eventful quarter than competitors...
Nov 12 2015 // The Westfield Insurance Foundation is creating the James R. Clay Scholarship to honor its outgoing chairman and CEO.The Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. (OFIC) board of directors authorized the transfer of $100,000 to the...
Nov 12 2015 // A former West Virginia schools superintendent cannot sue the state Board of Education over its decision to fire her, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.The court ruled in favor of the board, which appealed a...
Nov 11 2015 // A fall from a third-story balcony in Dallas killed 44-year-old Jorge Carrion Torres as he worked on the exterior of an apartment complex on May 14, 2015. As a result the federal Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Nov 11 2015 // Almost a third of U.S. veterans in civilian jobs hide their war injuries from employers and many downplay their military service to get along with co-workers, according to a new study by the Center for Talent...
Nov 9 2015 // Male risk managers in higher education are paid more on average than their female counterparts but the gap is closing as women gain experience in the field, according to a survey on risk manager compensation.Male risk...
Nov 6 2015 // ROCKVILLE, MARYLANDBest Agency to Work For – East Novick Group employees say everyone is valued as individuals and for their contribution to the success of the agency.At Novick Group Inc. – Insurance...
Nov 6 2015 // Cyber security is clearly on the minds of business executives, most of whom acknowledge their firms have been victimized by some sort of cyber attack. What are they thinking about cyber security, cyber liability and cyber...
Nov 4 2015 // A St. Louis County jury has awarded nearly $5 million to a former Harris-Stowe State University instructor who argued the historically black school discriminated against her because she is white.Jurors returned the $4.85...