All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Oct 3 2011 // the bi-annual conference of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) got under way at 9:00 sharp in Stockholm’s striking new conference center. President Peter den Dekker, who will step down at...
Oct 3 2011 // Let’s take a test. No, this is not a coverage analysis test or even a personality test; it’s a “vocation choice opinion” test. Take a few minutes to “honestly” answer these seven...
Sep 22 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., will urge insureds and insurers to “look at the bigger picture as cat events become more complex,” at its 12th Hazards...
Sep 20 2011 // While calls to volunteer fire departments are on the rise, the ranks of these volunteers are dwindling in Middle Tennessee and officials hope a younger generation will step up to the service.Volunteer fire departments...
Sep 19 2011 // Pasadena, CaliforniaThis year’s theme: communication. This year’s book: Crucial Conversations. The implementation: a reading and discussion group among management and employees. The goal: to find ways to...
Sep 19 2011 // The potential exposure of both governmental or commercial entities to network and enterprise security breaches comes down to this: It’s not a question of if, but when, and size doesn’t matter.That’s...
Sep 14 2011 // Scottish American Capital, a venture capital group with a cache of high net worth individuals, has purchased 80 percent of Tustin, Calif.-based Yates & Associates and given founder Jim Yates a three-year contract as...
Sep 12 2011 // Next Generation Insurance Group, a specialty agency with offices in Boston and Phoenix that focuses on the collegiate and young adult markets, has appointed Dennis Wentworth as senior vice president. He will be responsible...
Sep 6 2011 // Watkins Insurance Group in Austin, Texas, has established a donation drop-off site to help victims of the Central Texas fires.Located at 3834 Spicewood Springs Road, items are being collected in the agency’s lobby...
Sep 5 2011 // Top 100 Agency Profile Rank: No. 15 Agency Name: INSURICA Insurance Management Network Main Office: Oklahoma City, Okla. Additional Locations: 26 Year Founded: 1959 Total No. of Employees: 244 employees at the end of 2010;...