All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 30 2015 // Georgia education officials say they’re working with the state health department to make sure ice cream products that were recently recalled aren’t being served in schools. Department of Education spokesman...
Apr 20 2015 // Texas doesn’t have the worst score in a recent ranking of state building code systems but it’s pretty close to the bottom, according to a national organization committed to improving the ability of properties...
Apr 20 2015 // Recruiting the next generation of talent is not a new challenge but a difficult one. At the recent NetVu15 conference in Indianapolis, a workshop titled “Generation XYZ in the Workplace” drew a large crowd,...
Apr 20 2015 // The Millennial generation is making big waves in the business world. Already 77 million strong and accounting for 25 percent of the U.S. workforce, Millennials are redefining the workplace of the future. Unfortunately,...
Apr 20 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...
Apr 15 2015 // Agents like what they get already but see room for improvement in field operations, agent education and marketing support provided by carriers, according to a 2014 national survey of more than 1,400 agents conducted by...
Apr 15 2015 // It’s a seller’s market for the cyber war’s special forces.Just ask Scott Davies, 30, who left a career snooping on Australia’s enemies in December for a similar gig at FireEye Inc. Or Brian Varner,...
Apr 14 2015 // Texas doesn’t have the worst score in a recent ranking of state building code systems but it’s pretty close to the bottom, according to a national organization committed to improving the ability of properties...
Apr 8 2015 // As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial...
Apr 6 2015 // The German aviation authority did not know about co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’s medical background prior to the Germanwings crash that killed 150 people, it told Reuters on Sunday, raising more questions over medical...
Apr 6 2015 // Education of your agency’s clients will likely happen at one point or another. Ideally, it will happen proactively through a series of account reviews, newsletters and other learning opportunities. The other option...
Apr 2 2015 // Freedom Industries and West Virginia regulators have signed an agreement for cleaning up the site of a 2014 chemical spill in the Elk River that prompted a tap water ban for 300,000 people for days.The agreement announced...
Apr 2 2015 // Zurich Canada announced that it has “launched a new insurance product that will help its customers across a range of industries take advantage of the risk mitigation and cost saving opportunities available through...
Mar 30 2015 // “The vital test in determining whether a workman furnished by [the primary employer] is a servant of [the special employer] is whether they (the employee(s)) are subject to the “special employer’s”...
Mar 27 2015 // A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) has honored two Texas fire investigators for their years of service and accomplishments. The two honored were Azle Fire Marshal Kenneth Wilson and Lt. Lorenzo Chavez, a fire...
Mar 26 2015 // Shipping losses declined to 75 during 2014, a 32 percent drop from the previous year and well below the 10-year loss average of 127, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s (AGCS) third annual...
Mar 24 2015 // A Vertafore insurance technology consultant, an insurance agency customer service representative, and an insurance carrier IT manager walk into a bar…What’s so funny about insurance technology? The answer will come...
Mar 23 2015 // Bothell, WA, March 23, 2015 – Vertafore®, the leading provider of software that transforms the business of insurance, today announced the schedule of events for this year’s annual user conference, NetVU15, taking...
Mar 23 2015 // Injuries or illnesses established as compensable under applicable workers’ compensation law require prescribed benefits be paid to the injured employee. Benefit limits and duration vary by jurisdiction but each state...
Mar 23 2015 // It is estimated that 40 percent of high-value homes are underinsured. Often, homeowners will only hold enough insurance to cover their mortgage or the sale price of the home, and not enough to rebuild in the event of a...