All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 31 2012 // An Oklahoma-based horizontal drilling company faces up to $55,000 in penalties for safety violations at a drilling site in Jacksboro, Texas, federal officials say.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Jul 26 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...
Jul 26 2012 // A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of seven women accuses Virginia College’s Jackson branch of fraud, breach of contract and negligence in its medical assistants program.The lawsuit was filed last week in U.S....
Jul 24 2012 // Group health insurance brokerage is changing but the changes are not primarily due to Congress or the courts. Rather the changes are being driven by costs — the cost of healthcare coverage and the cost of serving...
Jul 23 2012 // Merriam-Webster defines marketing as an “aggregate of functions involved in moving goods from producer to consumer.” What if there was a way for you to truly help this process along while building a stronger...
Jul 23 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 to conduct business in the state.Among the changes:...
Jul 23 2012 // During college I took several aeronautic ground classes along with actual flying lessons. Our instructors hammered safety and preparedness into our heads, both while in class and, especially, while flying. The reason:...
Jul 17 2012 // The Business Roundtable, which represents U.S. CEOs in Washington, on Tuesday called on Congress and the President to enact a stopgap measure to avoid the “crisis” of a “fiscal cliff” of major tax...
Jul 13 2012 // The National Transportation Safety Board has approved the findings of its investigators that Canadian company Enbridge Inc.’s neglect of pipeline cracks and its slow response likely caused the most expensive onshore...
Jul 12 2012 // PartnerOne Environmental , an underwriting division of Beacon Hill Associates’, is now working in partnership with Berkley Environmental, a dvision of Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers, to offer site pollution...
Jul 6 2012 // Pilot error, defective sensors, inadequate training and insufficient oversight combined to send an Air France passenger plane plunging into the south Atlantic in 2009 in the airline’s worst disaster, French...
Jul 5 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 to conduct business in the state.Among the changes:...
Jul 3 2012 // New York will be offering its annual training session this month for property/casualty insurance adjusters who want to seek or maintain certification so they can conduct adjuster services for claims filed under National...
Jul 2 2012 // Insurance Journal‘s Academy of Insurance recently launched a new Technical Skills Evaluation (TSE) program designed for: 1) use by managers to plan employee development; or 2) individual insurance professionals...
Jul 2 2012 // As a volunteer engaged with a network of agency management system vendor clients, I have an opportunity to hear from my peers about their experiences and compare this with what goes on in our own office. While we all find...
Jul 2 2012 // National healthcare reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010 may or may not survive consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the healthcare system already has been evolving in ways that are likely to proceed...
Jul 2 2012 // July 11 Work Comp Retrospective Rating Plans Frank Pennachio, co-founder, The WorkComp Advisory GroupJuly 12 Property Valuation Chris Amrhein, president, Amrhein & Associates and Insurance is Fun July 18 Managing...
Jun 22 2012 // Thousands of New Orleans school employees were wrongfully fired after Hurricane Katrina scattered the populations and shut down the city and its schools, a Louisiana judge ruled.Judge Ethel Simms Julien awarded more than...
Jun 19 2012 // A defense contractor that’s one of northern Wisconsin’s largest employers is struggling to recruit recent high school graduates for some of the region’s best-paying jobs.Marinette Marine Corp. says it is...
Jun 18 2012 // Pilots offered praise for a new course designed to keep them farther away from spectators at the Reno National Championship Air Races after last year’s accident that killed 11 people.Pilots who flew the course for...