All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2014 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) has partnered with Wyvern Consulting, an aviation risk management and safety auditing firm, to launch AirGuard safety and loss control services designed to address safety and...
Oct 28 2014 // The biggest challenge in selling cyber insurance is educating businesses about the need for cyber coverage, according to a new survey.The survey of insurance professionals found that among carriers offering cyber...
Oct 22 2014 // Millicent Gist, a receptionist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was surprised to hear her facility was an officially designated hospital for people suspected of having Ebola in New York City.That’s...
Oct 21 2014 // Pace University in New York City held a conference Monday titled “Summit on Resilience: The Next Storm.” The event brought together corporate and foundation leaders and government representatives, providing a...
Oct 17 2014 // Producers and Staff Do Not Adequately Know the Agency’s Procedures.More often than many might expect, staff and particularly producers do not adequately know the agency’s procedures. This can be especially...
Oct 15 2014 // A team of infection experts will be sent to any U.S. hospital with a confirmed Ebola case, according to the nation’s top disease control official, who said such a group could have prevented the infection of a Dallas...
Oct 10 2014 // Allowing more students and faculty at colleges and universities to carry guns on campus would be a serious mistake and jeopardize the public’s safety, the University of Oklahoma president told members of a state...
Oct 9 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from operators of a northwest Mississippi shooting range in a case involving the death of a Navy SEAL during a training exercise.The Supreme Court denied the petition of...
Oct 8 2014 // A January hearing is set on a proposed settlement of hundreds of lawsuits against Mountain State University.Media outlets reported that a three-judge mass litigation panel gave preliminary approval to the settlement Monday...
Oct 6 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance issued a bulletin notifying the state’s insurance producers of recent changes to the continuing education requirements.The bulletin 2014-06, issued on Sept. 23, stated that...
Oct 6 2014 // The “war for talent” within the insurance industry is heating up. Insurance organizations are facing a mass exodus of tenured, skilled professionals and are struggling to keep up. The past 10 years have seen...
Oct 2 2014 // San Francisco, CA, October 2, 2014– Paper-based document management systems are inefficient — insurance agencies are stuck with incomplete forms, increased NIGO errors and lost revenue from extended cycle times...
Sep 25 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance issued a bulletin this week notifying the state’s insurance producers of recent changes to the continuing education requirements.The bulletin 2014-06, issued on Sept. 23,...
Sep 24 2014 // Following a presentation from Guy Carpenter, moderated by the CEO Alex Moczarski, we caught up with the company’s Vice Chairman David Priebe, who explained just what’s involved in operating one of the...
Sep 23 2014 // Emergency management agencies in five states – Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas – have been awarded more than $1.6 million in preparedness grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),...
Sep 23 2014 // Rand Merchant Insurance Holdings Ltd., which owns stakes in four insurers, hired Chris Meyer, head of RMB Morgan Stanley, as the holding company run by a former Deutsche Bank AG executive adds investment talent.Meyer will...
Sep 22 2014 // Rick Hudson was sitting at his booth at the California Workers’ Compensation & Risk Conference held earlier this month scanning emails on his smartphone during a slow period when he was asked what the most...
Sep 21 2014 // The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was sued by a coalition of groups seeking to force the agency to issue stiffer rules for training entry- level truck drivers.Regulators have missed multiple deadlines...
Sep 18 2014 // San Diego, CA – 9/18/14 – Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance is teaming up with the Insurance Community University for a 4-day Princess Cruise this November. The insurance educators will set sail...
Sep 17 2014 // A scholarship program for students majoring in risk management, insurance, or financial services at the University of North Texas has been established in honor of Maureen C. McLendon.McLendon, a Dallas-area insurance...