All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 18 2012 // The father of one of the 100 people who died in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire is asking the state to take by eminent domain the land where the nightclub once sat so a memorial can be built. Dave Kane’s son,...
Sep 18 2012 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the former Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. pulp mill in Frenchtown has potentially dangerous levels of dioxins, heavy metals and other hazardous chemicals, a finding that could...
Sep 18 2012 // Willis Germany, part of Willis Group Holdings, announced that it will be demonstrating the special features of “Willis Electronic Plus,” at the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition...
Sep 17 2012 // Who is leaving companies and why? And how do employers hold onto key employees?The incentives to get employees to stay are not exactly the same as the factors that would cause them to leave, according to the Talent 2020,...
Sep 17 2012 // As high unemployment persists and the global economic recovery remains halting and uneven, the “resume tsunami” appears to have been reduced to a “resume riptide.”According to Deloitte’s...
Sep 13 2012 // Two months ago when Barry Gilway took over as president of Florida’s state-run property insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., he quickly learned there would be no honeymoon period. He was thrust into debates...
Sep 11 2012 // Eleven years after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, the new multibillion-dollar World Trade Center once again dominates the lower Manhattan skyline. Hundreds of construction workers are at the 16-acre site every...
Sep 10 2012 // Vermont is well-known for, among many other things, its leading captive insurance industry — home to more than 900 captives.The state’s captive insurance advocacy group, the Vermont Captive Insurance Association,...
Sep 10 2012 // A new Florida law seeks to reduce the regulatory burden on agents and adjusters by consolidating some licenses and revamping the education classes they must take.Among the changes: insurance adjusters and agents operating...
Sep 6 2012 // Companies, municipalities and universities in Kentucky that contributed to what was once one of the largest hazardous waste facilities in the United States should have to pay for its cleanup, the group managing what is now...
Sep 5 2012 // Houston-based Myron F. Steves & Co. has established the Myron F. Steves Endowed Directorship for the Center for Insurance and Risk Management at the University of Houston Downtown.The $250,000 endowment recognizes...
Sep 3 2012 // Keith Jandahl, vice president of Insurance Operations for Hasting, Mich.-based property/casualty insurer, Hastings Mutual Insurance Co., is retiring at the end of 2012, the company announced.Jandahl retires after a 35 year...
Aug 23 2012 // A school district in California’s Central Valley is putting teens’ health at risk by failing to provide students with information about condoms and contraception, two parents and a coalition of groups said in a...
Aug 23 2012 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation has named Kevin H. Brown as its executive director. The organization said that this new role will complement Brown’s responsibilities as executive director of the CPCU...
Aug 20 2012 // Given the death of the auto insurance industry, most expected a somber mood at the convention of the American Independent Insurance Agents Association Inc. dba The Big “A” in Washington, D.C. But that...
Aug 15 2012 // Federal and state investigators are trying to determine how to safely enter the area where a fire broke out in a Chevron Corp. refinery last week so they can examine a failed pipe blamed for the blaze, which the company...
Aug 15 2012 // Orlando, FL, 08/15/12 – Astonish, the leader in digital marketing for local insurance agencies, is very pleased to announce The National Alliance, www.TheNationalAlliance.com, as a Gold Sponsor at the annual eAgent...
Aug 14 2012 // Tejas American General Agency (TAGA) in Cedar Park, Texas, has is partnered with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company to donate $5,000 to the Liberty Hill (Texas) Fire Department to fund specialized swift water rescue...
Aug 6 2012 // Coming off a rough few years of recession, then a disaster prone 2011 — and then more global uncertainty in 2012 — the world and the insurance industry have a few things to look forward to in the next year.They also...
Aug 1 2012 // Rhode Island emergency management officials are testing the state’s response to a major hurricane.The state’s National Guard and Emergency Management Agency are holding a hurricane simulation. It runs from...