All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Nov 21 2011 // Ben Baker, the Lloyd’s Market Association’s (LMA) former Senior Underwriting Executive, has been promoted to the role of the organization’s Professional Standards Manager. He will take over from Terry...
Nov 7 2011 // Halliburton Co. faces lawsuits over groundwater pollution near a now-closed facility in Oklahoma that cleaned missile casings for the U.S. Defense Department during the Cold War, the company said Friday.Halliburton, which...
Nov 7 2011 // Jim Donelon has been re-elected commissioner at the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Donelon, a Republican from Metairie, on Oct. 22 defeated Democrat Donald Hodge. Donelon has been insurance commissioner since...
Nov 1 2011 // The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) said it is offering insurance agents free training seminars on flood insurance in several locations across Pennsylvania.The seminars will cover basic insurance issues and also...
Oct 31 2011 // As real estate professionals know well, most signs point to slow progress in real estate industry growth. Professionals are left to manage their costs, make cuts where possible, keep up-to-date on industry trends, fight...
Oct 17 2011 // As real estate professionals know well, most signs point to slow progress in real estate industry growth. Professionals are left to manage their costs, make cuts where possible, keep up-to-date on industry trends, fight...
Oct 14 2011 // A panel of insurance technology experts has assessed the challenges national and multinational insurers face and how IT (information technology) can best be used to achieve maximum benefit from standardization.The panel,...
Oct 13 2011 // Thomas Alva Edison would have been glowing had he been at the “Technology Issues in the U.S. & U.K.” panel discussion at the annual National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) conference in San...
Oct 11 2011 // The protest movement that began with anti-corporate greed rallies on Wall Street has made its way to Hartford.The “Occupy Hartford” demonstrators camped out this past weekend at the corner of Broad Street and...
Oct 6 2011 // Any way you slice it, an insurance program called “safety, loss control, insurance, coverage, expertise” is likely to get the attention of pizza parlors.Managing underwriter and program administrator EPIC...