All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2015 // The Virginia Association of Insurance Agents (VAIA) — an affiliated organization of the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) — has announced that it will provide free pre-licensing insurance training...
Jun 4 2015 // This is the first of a two-part column on green bonds. The second installment will include interviews with Axa, QBE and Zurich.Ahead the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December, also called COP21 or...
Jun 4 2015 // The property/casualty insurance online learning center, the Academy of Insurance, unveiled a fresh brand identity along with a new all-access membership program today.Established 2010, the Academy includes a library of...
Jun 3 2015 // PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd., the insurer of a ship that capsized in China’s Yangtze River on Monday, and other insurers have sent teams to the site to settle claims in connection with what could be the...
Jun 1 2015 // Texas surged toward allowing concealed handguns in public college classrooms, dorms and buildings with a key Senate vote May 30, while much-watched legislative efforts to curb the rising costs of free college tuition for...
May 31 2015 // Indiana is training 300 prisoners to kill infected chickens and banning bird shows at county fairs. Mississippi is considering road barricades and planning biosecurity measures. Iowa is trying to figure out how to deal...
May 20 2015 // Solvency II – all 2000 plus pages of it – has been completed and is slated to go into force as of the first of January 2016. As befits a major reorganization of a major EU industry, it took a long time – eight years...
May 18 2015 // Independent insurance agents are accustomed to competition but many are watching with heightened interest the entry of one new competitor in particular, Google Compare.Bill Wilson, director of the Virtual University at the...
May 18 2015 // With the long journey towards a unified regulatory system for insurance in the European Union – Solvency II – finally appearing to be near its end, the re/insurance industry has realized that even greater...
May 18 2015 // As Ohio’s lieutenant governor, top insurance regulator and leader of a statewide regulatory reform initiative, it might seem that Mary Taylor’s public responsibilities would often pull in her in conflicting...
May 18 2015 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) expanded its membership again in 2015 with the addition of eight new organizations, all based in Canada.The Canadian organizations sought to become part of the...
May 18 2015 // As Ohio’s lieutenant governor, top insurance regulator and leader of a statewide regulatory reform initiative, it might seem that Mary Taylor’s public responsibilities would often pull in her in conflicting...
May 18 2015 // Protecting clients against growing and poorly understood risks associated with information technology system failures is a leading concern of the insurance industry today, according to a group of prominent underwriters and...
May 15 2015 // Authorities in Tennessee say a group said to support the Islamic State militant group hacked the website of a popular Nashville music venue.Multiple news outlets report the website for the Douglas Corner Cafe was hacked by...
May 11 2015 // More than 350 business owners and decision makers attended the annual “Milestones In Leadership Summit” in Southern California earlier this month.The event, created by Ronald J. Hoefer, owner and CEO of...
May 6 2015 // With deep roots in their communities, New York independent insurance agencies are healthy and growing, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. (IIABNY ) said.IIABNY said a recent analysis of New York...
May 5 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...
May 4 2015 // The independent agency system is no stranger to competition. But one new competitor in the marketplace has some agents and industry experts on watch.Google Compare – which stepped into the insurance ring in March – is...
May 1 2015 // Many property/casualty insurance professionals are worried about how the industry is going to replace the huge population of baby boomers retiring now and over the next decade.Almost half of insurance industry...
May 1 2015 // Protecting clients against growing and poorly understood risks associated with information technology system failures is a leading concern of the insurance industry today, a group of underwriters and brokers told risk...