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Myron F. Steves & Co. Creates Endowment for Insurance Education

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...

Hastings Mutual Vice President Jandahl to Retire at Year’s End

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...

Calif. School District Sued Over Sex Ed Program

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...

CPCU Society’s Brown to Also Lead Griffith Foundation

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...

Chip Shot

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...

Calif. Refinery Fire Site Too Dangerous For Investigators

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...

eAgent Announces Dr. William Hold as Speaker and National Alliance as Gold Sponsor

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...

Fireman’s Fund, TAGA Donate Funds for Swift Water Rescue Training

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...

Conference: Risk, Returns, Regulation and More Regulation

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...

Rhode Island Hosting Statewide Hurricane Response Training This Week

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...

Oklahoma Drilling Firm Faces Fines for Safety Hazards at Texas Site

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...

Conference: Risk, Returns, Regulation, and More Regulation

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...

Medical Students Sue Mississippi College, Allege Inadequate Training

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....

Costs Driving Changes, Opportunities in New World of Benefits Brokerage

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...

Investing In Your Agents

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...

Florida Streamlines Licensing for Agents, Adjusters

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:...

What Insurance Pros Might Learn from Pilots

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:...

CEO Group Warns Washington to Avoid Impending ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Politics

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...

NTSB: Neglect, Inaction Caused Huge Michigan Oil Spill

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...

PartnerOne, Berkley Environmental to Offer Site Pollution Liability

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...