The most viewed headlines from our Training Development Topic Page over the last year.
Mar 31 2025 // Contractors insurance groups say worker injuries are being faked at an unprecedented rate across New York’s construction sites in hopes of receiving workers’ compensation benefits and liability insurance...
Apr 17 2025 // A North Carolina House of Representatives committee voted Wednesday to do away with educational course requirements for insurance agent licenses, a move that could help address what has been called a shortage of producers...
Jan 16 2025 // I watched as the skies over my home in Los Angeles turned an apocalyptic orange on January 7, 2025, as wildfires raged across the state. Among the most devastating, the Palisades Fire consumed thousands of acres, leaving a...
Mar 19 2025 // SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2025 – Comulate’s leading accounting automation platform has reached an industry milestone in record time, now partnering with more than fifty Top 100 insurance brokers in the U.S. Building...
Feb 27 2025 // The last three years have exposed a growing challenge for insurance carriers: attracting, hiring and retaining young talent. Despite the passing of the so-called “Great Resignation,” the insurance industry...
Sep 16 2025 // Authorities were investigating a fire and explosion at a Fiberon plant in North Carolina that injured four workers late last week. The Queen City News and other sites reported that the facility in New London, which makes...
Mar 24 2025 // The last three years have exposed a growing challenge for insurance carriers: attracting, hiring, and retaining young talent. Despite the passing of the so-called “Great Resignation,” the insurance industry...
Nov 7 2025 // Zurich Insurance Group is continuing to expand its middle market and specialty footprint by investing heavily this year in targeted recruitment of “top-tier underwriting talent” across the company.“In the...
Mar 31 2025 // Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO insurance plans to open a new campus in Tampa late this summer, bringing more than 1,000 jobs to the area. The property and auto insurer also plans to open an office in the Dallas area by...
Nov 19 2025 // One worker died and two were injured in a trench collapse at a construction site in a popular seacoast town on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.The trench collapse happened on Tuesday morning at a sewer project work site located at...
Oct 27 2025 // An employee allegedly stole 47 vehicles from an Avis Budget site at an upstate New York airport and rented them out around the region, police said Friday.The car rental company reported to authorities that the vehicles,...
Jun 2 2025 // By the time Robbie Roberge spotted the fire consuming his boat’s galley last August, he knew he had just minutes to evacuate his beloved Three Girls fishing vessel, named for his daughters.As the flames spread up the...
Feb 24 2025 // Independent agency owners, producers, and support staff continue to report higher pay, according to Insurance Journal’s national online Agency Salary Survey results. But for the second year in a row, survey...
Jun 27 2025 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture found significant safety issues at its top research facility in an investigation of 2023 whistleblower complaints about the state of the site, the Office of Special Counsel said in a...
Jan 31 2025 // SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A Dubai-based developer plans to build a 12-story luxury condominium project on the South Florida site where a building collapsed in 2021, killing 98 people.DAMAC International said Tuesday that it...
Aug 13 2025 // New insights into workforce recruitment and retention challenges suggest employers who don’t allow a remote work option may be missing out on talent, according to global background screening services and workforce...
Apr 3 2025 // A huge natural gas-powered data center that will serve the growing demands of artificial intelligence is being planned for the site of a former coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania.The 3,200-acre (1,295-hectare) data...
Mar 4 2025 // As public perception and the legality of cannabis and other novel psychoactive substances continue to evolve, what emerging risks and litigation should insurance professionals keep an eye on?Last week, Verisk Analytics...
Oct 6 2025 // It’s not by accident that Higginbotham continually finds itself on the shortlist of best independent insurance agencies to work for. The Fort Worth, Texas-based firm is intentional about every aspect of its business,...
Aug 1 2025 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone.Employees who routinely...