All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 23 2015 // There are endless ways to grow your agency. Yet today, pretty much all you hear about is using social media and establishing a strong mobile presence. These biggies are essential weapons in your agency’s arsenal, but...
Mar 20 2015 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA), has announced a much needed initiative to find and promote “young talent” in the insurance industry. It’s specifically aimed at...
Mar 17 2015 // Some people call it the “light bulb effect” — that point in a learning experience when a previously opaque concept suddenly seems crystal clear.For Christopher J. Boggs, that light bulb effect is the most...
Mar 16 2015 // H.R. “Bob” Haldeman bears some responsibility for the Watergate scandal but he was innocent of the criminal charges brought against him, says the son of President Richard Nixon’s former chief of staff.In...
Mar 16 2015 // Woodmere, OH, March 16, 2015: MarshBerry is hosting four full day regional seminars focusing on best practices for merger & acquisition (M&A) and organic growth strategies. These seminars will enable insurance...
Mar 10 2015 // Online auto insurance comparison site compare.com is now working with Google on its auto insurance compare and buy platform, Google Compare, in California.Andrew Rose, CEO of Virginia-based compare.com, said Google...
Mar 9 2015 // By 2020, the entire insurance industry will have 400,000 positions to fill. About 120 academic programs exist worldwide offering courses, concentrations and majors in risk management and insurance. About 80 are located in...
Mar 6 2015 // One insurance broker in Colorado has already written policies on 2,600 drones, and a San Francisco-based company said it has assembled an Uber-like list of 1,000 trained operators businesses can hire to do the flying for...
Mar 4 2015 // With the dramatic increase in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma — which some say are at least partly attributed to waste water injection wells related to the practice of hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas drilling...
Mar 3 2015 // It was 78 degrees and sunny yesterday when Tammy Perdue was packing her suitcase and the local forecast called for more of the same all week.Perdue, general counsel for Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) in...
Feb 24 2015 // Comparenow.com, an insurance price comparison website in the U.S., will now operate as compare.com, simplifying its name to better align with its services.The company, which has operated as comparenow.com since it launched...
Feb 23 2015 // Oklahoma insurance agents are receiving training about earthquake insurance as a swarm of temblors continues to shake the state.More than 2,500 Oklahoma insurance professionals have completed a one-hour continuing...
Feb 23 2015 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced plans at its 3rd Annual General Meeting to hold its first UK MGA conference at the One America Square in London on 1 July 2015.The organization has...
Feb 20 2015 // AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, the property unit of France’s AXA Group, has bought the London site of the halted Pinnacle skyscraper and plans to build a tower of its own design.The building at 22 Bishopsgate...
Feb 17 2015 // American International Group announced the opening of four new branches in the Sultanate of Oman. They are to be located in Nizwa, Ibri, Salalah and Sur, and “will allow AIG to further expand its business in the...
Feb 11 2015 // The Arkansas Senate passed legislation aimed at clearing the way for districts to use teachers, administrators and other staff as armed guards and eliminating the regulatory panel that had resisted similar efforts.By a...
Feb 9 2015 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s Board of Governors has approved a contract to consolidate the company’s information technology and other functions at the EverBank Center in downtown Jacksonville, Fla.The...
Feb 9 2015 // Imagine you are CEO of a company and nearly half the employees that make your company succeed will retire in just 15 years. This is a reality for many insurance industry CEOs. Talent shortage is a major, looming...
Feb 6 2015 // Two years ago on Christmas Day, veteran Police Officer Roderick Doda and new Officer Eric Schnieder suffered head and neck injuries when their cruiser was rammed by a car involved in a chase in Bridgeport, Connecticut.It...
Feb 6 2015 // The state of Ohio is proposing more fines for distracted driving, with the money going to help subsidize driver’s education courses for those who can’t afford them.The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Drive...