All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...