Latest Training Development Headlines

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

10 Practical Ways to Pump Up Your Agency’s Volume

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...

UK’s MGAA Launches Initiative to Support MGA Talent Development

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...

Insurance ‘Geek’ Boggs Pursues ‘Light Bulb’ Effect as Academy Expands

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...

Exclusive: Haldeman, Son of Watergate, Remembers His Father and President Nixon

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...

Get the Full View of M&A and Organic Growth Best Practices

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...

Compare.com Confirms Partnership with Google Insurance Comparison Site

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...

Tapping Into the Talent Pipeline

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...

Insurance Market Evolves for Drone Pilots Unwilling to Wait on Federal Regulations

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...

Oklahoma Commissioner Warns Insurers on Denial of Earthquake Claims

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...

Who Is Tough Enough for a Conference in Wintry Boston?

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...

Insurance Price Comparison Site Comparenow.com Becomes Compare.com

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...

More than 2.5K Oklahoma Agents Take Earthquake Coverage Class

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...

MGAA Unveils Plans for First UK MGA Conference

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...

AXA Buys London Pinnacle Site for Redesigned Skyscraper

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...

AIG Opens Four New Branches in Oman

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...

Arkansas Senate Bill Would Allow Armed Teachers, School Staff

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...

Florida’s Citizens’ to Consolidate Workforce to Jacksonville Site

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...

Tomorrow’s Talent Challenge

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...

Bridgeport, Conn., Police Department Eyes Driving Simulators

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...

Use of Distracted Driver Fines for Driver’s Ed Funding in Ohio Proposed

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...