All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 20 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 23 bills on June 17, including legislation that would have outlawed sending or reading text messages while driving.Lawmakers approved the texting ban last month, but Perry called it an...
Jun 10 2011 // NAS Insurance Services has launched its Data Security Risk Management Web site. The site offers up-to-date state and federal laws, compliance materials, training tools, and procedures to reduce insured’s exposure to...
Jun 6 2011 // The dust is settling and people are getting used to the new economy (which is not necessarily a good thing). It is clear that one thing is certain, and that is uncertainty. Many businesses now have lower revenue and less...
May 24 2011 // Julie Tinney, vice president of sales and marketing, Wells Publishing Inc., and self-proclaimed “gadget geek,” will be speaking on the new media and future of publishing during a webinar sponsored by Audience...
May 18 2011 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) is changing its database systems to State Based Systems (SBS) during the month of June 2011. In order to prepare and complete the implementation, electronic services will have...
May 16 2011 // Genesis City, a community-based organization that provides educational services to high-risk youth and their families in Arizona, announced it is presenting Rick DeGraw with the third annual Stellar Volunteer award.DeGraw...
May 16 2011 // Economic risk is the greatest threat today’s business leaders face, followed by legislative and regulatory changes and increased competition.Business leaders across the globe also emphasized the need to innovate,...
May 11 2011 // Catlin UK, part of the Catlin Group Limited, plans to unveil a new suite of products aimed specifically at UK brokers at this week’s BIBA (British Insurance Brokers Association) conference in Manchester.The products...
May 10 2011 // Brit Insurance, the international general insurance and reinsurance group, has launched a new package policy designed specifically for the needs of the U.S. higher education community. This product will be distributed...
May 4 2011 // Among the enforcement actions for March 2011 announced by the Texas Department of Insurance are a number of fines imposed on surplus lines wholesalers for failing to report surplus line premium in a timely...
May 3 2011 // Upstairs in a public house in the town of Poole on the English south coast, 18 men are preparing to take on the pirates of the Indian Ocean.Around antique polished wooden tables scattered with laminated charts, handouts...
May 2 2011 // Economic risk is the greatest threat today’s business leaders face, followed by legislative and regulatory changes and increased competition.Business leaders across the globe also emphasized the need to innovate,...
May 2 2011 // Every risk manager and business owner should be prepared for a visit from OSHA at some point in their career. This article will help you know what to expect when OSHA comes calling and how to manage the review.To...
May 2 2011 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation recently brought together industry, government and academic leaders – many from disaster-prone coastal states for a symposium at Ohio State University.By the end of the...
May 2 2011 // Errors and omissions insurance is available, and necessary, not just because mistakes happen. A customer’s perception can be that the reason a loss was not covered, valid or not, was the result of an agent’s...
May 2 2011 // The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner has adopted new online insurance licensing rules that affect licensed agents, brokers and insurance companies, and people who provide insurance continuing education and...
Apr 27 2011 // The Higher Education Practice of Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. (Gallagher), has created a new trip cancellation and interruption program designed to protect the financial investments made by schools,...
Apr 20 2011 // Ironshore Inc.’s Environmental Insurance unit has enhanced its asset-class specific Site Pollution Incident Legal Liability Select (SPILLS) suite of products to address risk exposures within the education sector,...
Apr 19 2011 // Motorcycle fatalities declined in 2010 by at least 2 percent, according to a new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). Based on preliminary data, GHSA’s motorcycle fatality report projects that...
Apr 18 2011 // The majority of agents and brokers today worry about how to perpetuate their firm to future owners, yet few agency owners report having a perpetuation plan in place.New findings in the forthcoming survey “2011 Survey...