All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 18 2012 // When the phone rings in the Crisis Management Operation Center within Aon Corp.’s headquarters in Chicago, it’s typically not someone calling with good news or to say, “Have a nice day.” Chances are...
Jan 18 2012 // Eight Mississippi educators have surrendered their licenses after being notified that they had violated a state standard against sexual misconduct with students.A ninth educator’s license has been revoked, and 11...
Jan 17 2012 // The property/casualty insurance industry is calling on the military for help in the talent war.Through special units, concerted outreach, mentoring programs, job fairs and partnerships with veterans organizations,...
Jan 12 2012 // West Virginia suffers from one of the nation’s worst fire-related death rates. That has officials calling for greater public education efforts.But the state Fire Commission has become too short-staffed to provide...
Jan 9 2012 // What do Barbara Dooley, Academy of Insurance memberships and “Insurance is Not Risk Management” have in common? All three were added to Insurance Journal‘s Academy of Insurance in 2011.Barbara Dooley...
Jan 5 2012 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based WIAA Education & Research Foundation, a nonprofit corporation focused on advancing knowledge of insurance industry professionals, hosted a recent roundtable discussion on the industry and...
Dec 30 2011 // Indiana officials say a drug testing program that started in July for people seeking job training has led to about 2 percent of applicants failing. The state Department of Workforce Development says 13 people, or 1...
Dec 29 2011 // New England Employee Benefits Council (NEEBC) held its annual conference earlier this month, giving its Best Benefits Practices awards to six winners.The winners shared their success stories at the NEEBC conference in...
Dec 27 2011 // The Property Risk Insurance Specialist (PRIS) program is an intense, three-day study of all areas of property insurance developed by Insurance Partners Academy and contributed to by the Insurance Journal Academy of...
Dec 27 2011 // A former South Carolina state employee has filed a federal lawsuit over his termination earlier this year after a diversity training session, an action he says amounts to trampling his free speech rights.The State...
Dec 21 2011 // The Property Risk Insurance Specialist (PRIS) program was developed by Insurance Partners Academy and is contributed to by the Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance. PRIS allows agents, brokers, underwriters, risk...
Dec 19 2011 // Chino, CA – The launch of a new Partner Program was announced today by FastrackCE, a leader in the insurance continuing education (CE) industry. The program provides an opportunity for insurance companies,...
Dec 15 2011 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) New York/Northeast division awarded a record number of grants at its 2011 benefit dinner on Wednesday in New York City.In total, grants were awarded to 14 charitable...
Dec 14 2011 // A recent science demonstration that went bad in a Maple Grove, Minn., middle school has drawn attention to the fact that there’s little official oversight of experiments in classroom labs.Four students were burned,...
Dec 14 2011 // From Munich Re’s perspective, the recently concluded climate summit in Durban “yielded disappointing results that fail to reflect the world climate’s dramatic situation.”Prof. Peter Höppe, head of...
Dec 12 2011 // A project to clean up contamination caused by a former dry cleaner at a Bozeman, Mont. shopping center may take 30 more years and cost the city a total of $7.4 million.City commissioners voted earlier this week to sign a...
Dec 11 2011 // Beginning early next year, independent insurance agents will be able to tap into an online resource designed to connect them with the more than 65 percent of market share in personal lines they are currently missing.The...
Dec 8 2011 // U.S. business leaders are as concerned as their European counterparts over a talent and skills shortage, despite record unemployment levels across much of the U.S.The talent risk was number two in a survey conducted by...
Nov 28 2011 // For many states, a law intended to root out corruption also has been good for the bottom line.Over the last decade, more than 20 states have passed a version of the federal anti-corruption law known as the False Claims Act...
Nov 22 2011 // A small earthquake was recorded in central Oklahoma on Nov. 21 — on a day that executives from the California Earthquake Authority met with officials from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to discuss earthquake response...