All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 10 2023 // A worker died after a wall collapsed at a New York City demolition site and buried him in rubble, authorities said.The collapse happened Tuesday at a three-story building being demolished on Lafayette Street in lower...
Mar 6 2023 // During a webinar about an insurance industry labor market survey last month, an industry recruiter said that insurance carriers are losing ground to managing general agents in the war for talent.“On the property and...
Feb 23 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Insurance Quantified.Across the insurance landscape, commercial P&C firms are facing a host of challenges when it comes to underwriting talent. Rapid shifts in the makeup of...
Feb 22 2023 // Two people were killed and three others injured Tuesday when at least two tractor-trailers exploded at a truck and welding business in Miami.The Miami Herald and local TV news outlets reported that the explosion and fire...
Feb 22 2023 // The U.S. government on Tuesday ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp. to clean up contaminated soil and water at the site of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and to attend all public meetings with local...
Feb 21 2023 // How many adults not in the insurance industry can explain the risks financial loss and how insurance shares that risk, or identify factors impacting insurance premiums and grasp the relationship between premiums,...
Feb 20 2023 // The insurance industry’s talent problems are no longer looming, they are here. While it may take many components to find a potential solution to this problem, one area that should get our immediate focus is employee...
Feb 20 2023 // On the heels of the lowest U.S. unemployment rate in 53 years, insurance agency employees across the nation reported the highest salary and compensation percentage increases in the history of Insurance Journal’s...
Feb 20 2023 // Climate change is contributing to increasingly intense natural catastrophes that leave larger and larger losses in their wake. What steps can the insurance industry take to prevent losses, protect clients, and ultimately...
Feb 20 2023 // It’s no mystery: The insurance industry is experiencing a monumental shift.In June 2021, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a report citing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers forecasting that over the next 15...
Feb 13 2023 // More than a dozen fire departments responded to a massive fire early Saturday at an industrial site in Wayne County, North Carolina.County officials say the blaze, with flames as high as a three-story building at one time,...
Feb 8 2023 // Investigators with Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are looking into a website that looks a lot like Florida’s largest property insurance carrier but may actually be fraudulent.“These sites typically ask for...
Feb 6 2023 // The insurance industry continues to settle into new working environments, grapple with the effects of “the Great Resignation” and prepare for a potential recession. While 2022 brought continued...
Jan 30 2023 // TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — In hindsight, it’s clear that something was very wrong in this suburban town at the Jersey Shore, where many people worked at or lived near a chemical company that was flushing toxic waste...
Jan 26 2023 // State officials have secured another eastern Kentucky site with higher ground to build new homes for flooding victims.The 50-acre site is just a few miles from downtown Hazard, and the first-phase plan includes 150 new...
Jan 24 2023 // Investigators on Thursday released the identity of the person who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers who were trying to clear protesters camping at the site of a planned Atlanta-area public safety training...
Jan 13 2023 // A Colorado dentist accused of setting a fire that damaged a transformer at a solar power array outside Las Vegas last week told investigators he wanted to send a message supporting clean energy and denied his intention was...
Jan 12 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The insurance industry, known for being stable even during times of instability, is once again set to add jobs and grow in the next year. According to The Jacobson...
Jan 6 2023 // Risk Strategies Names Lamond as Commercial Lines Leader, New England RegionBoston-based Risk Strategies has appointed Doran Lamond as commercial lines leader for the New England region. In this new role, Lamond will be...
Jan 4 2023 // Three construction workers were killed and two others were hurt on Monday when scaffolding collapsed in an industrial accident at a job site in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities said. The scaffolding collapsed just...