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Best Agency to Work For – East: WT Phelan & Co.

Nov 4 2015 // BELMONT, MASSACHUSETTSBest Agency to Work For – East WT Phelan & Co. principals, from L-R: Robert J. Ramsey, David L. Ramsey, Thomas M. Ramsey and Richard R. Ramsey.Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Best Agency to Work...

3 Small Quakes Shake Central Arizona, Phoenix

Nov 3 2015 // Three small earthquakes rattled parts of central Arizona, jolting people in cities 160 miles apart, including parts of the Phoenix area. There were no immediate reports of injury or major damage.The U.S. Geological Survey...

Best Agency to Work For – East

Nov 2 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...

State Auto’s Restrepo Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Oct 30 2015 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation announced that Robert P. Restrepo Jr., chairman of Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos., received its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award during a ceremony at the Property...

Group Enhances Online Training for Employment Practices Risk Management

Oct 27 2015 // The Employment Practices Risk Management Association (EPRMA), based in Chicago, has enhanced its website (www.eprma.org), with three new employment practices training courses designed to help employers train senior staff...

Next Class of Veterans Begins Insurance Career Training at Florida-Based DVIC

Oct 18 2015 // Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC) has launched its next class of disabled veteran trainees. The veterans will spend the next six months training and learning the many facets of the insurance industry in order to...

Unlike Uber, On-Demand Office Service Cleans Up with Employees

Oct 16 2015 // It’s scorching on the streets of Midtown Manhattan as Afonso Oliveira strides around the lunch-break crowds, unbent beneath his 45-pound, $350 industrial backpack. He is carrying everything that might be needed to...

Patriot Coal Reaches Mine Site Clean-Up Deal with West Virginia

Oct 15 2015 // Patriot Coal and West Virginia environmental regulators have reached an agreement in which the company will set aside more than $50 million to cover cleanup costs at its former mine sites in the state.The Department of...

Indiana’s Butler University Creating Student-Run Insurer

Oct 14 2015 // Almost a quarter of the insurance industry is set to retire by 2022, and Butler University’s College of Business in Indianapolis is preparing its graduates to fill those voids by establishing its own student-run...

Air Accidents at All-Time Low, Despite MH17, Germanwings Crashes

Oct 14 2015 // As the spotlight falls on Dutch crash investigators and their high profile probe into the downing of a Malaysian airliner, air accident detectives worldwide are waging a much more discreet daily battle to keep flying...

Massey Mines Alerted Workers When Safety Inspectors on Site: Testimony

Oct 9 2015 // Massey Energy executives used an advanced warning system at the company’s Upper Big Branch mine to alert workers as soon as federal inspectors arrived on site, a former miner testified Thursday at the criminal trial...

Emission Scandal Puts VW Test Site in California Under Scrutiny

Oct 6 2015 // When Volkswagen opened its gleaming pollution testing center near the California coast, a top executive from the German automaker helped snip the blue ribbon and joined a tour of a lab so advanced that VW would brag the...

ACE Enhances ACE Travel Smart for European Business Travel Insurance Buyers

Oct 6 2015 // ACE Group has launched two further enhancements to its ACE Travel Smart duty of care proposition for European business travel insurance buyers.The first of the new services is an online dashboard for human resources and...

Growing the Next Generation of Agency Professionals

Oct 5 2015 // Despite low unemployment, competitive salaries and overall job stability, a career within insurance or at an insurance agency, is often overlooked by today’s Millennial generation. However, with the industry in the...

Best Agency to Work For – East

Oct 5 2015 // BELMONT, MASSACHUSETTSBest Agency to Work For – East WT Phelan & Co. principals, from L-R: Robert J. Ramsey, David L. Ramsey, Thomas M. Ramsey and Richard R. Ramsey.Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Best Agency to Work...

EPA Finalizes $14M Plan to Clean Soil at Former Sherwin-Williams Plant Site

Sep 30 2015 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Wednesday that it has finalized a $14 million plan to clean up contaminated soil from homes at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site in Gibbsboro and...

Griffith Insurance Education Award Goes to Ohio Mutual’s Kennedy

Sep 28 2015 // James Kennedy, CEO of the Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, was named the recipient of the 2015 Griffith Insurance Education Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for his career-long dedication to education and support of the...

Delaware Gov. Markell, Education Officials Tout Statewide School Safety Efforts

Sep 25 2015 // Delaware officials are celebrating the completion of a statewide effort to improve safety in public schools.Delaware Gov. Jack Markell joined education and law enforcement officials Tuesday to recognize the completion of...

1st Generali Global Graduate Program Launches with 20 Young Participants

Sep 23 2015 // International profile, excellent resume and broad-ranging skills are the qualities of the 20 young adults chosen by Generali for the first “Generali Global Graduate Program,” an international program aimed at...

Aon Outlines New Growth Paths for Re/Insurers at 14th Hazards Conference

Sep 22 2015 // Aon Benfield is examining how insurers and reinsurers can identify and capitalize on new growth opportunities amid challenging market dynamics at its 14th Biennial Hazards Conference in Australia. Aon noted that it’s...