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Connecticut Launches Site to Help Consumers Understand Insurance Needs
Dec 2 2025 // Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) announced the launch of the Consumer Information Center, an online resource to help citizens better understand and navigate their insurance coverage and make informed decisions about...
Unlocking the Future Workforce in High School: The Impact of Emerging Talent Programs and Local Industry Engagement
Dec 1 2025 // The future of insurance is sitting in today’s classrooms. We hold this truth to be self-evident: when young people gain insurance knowledge, real exposure to professional pathways, and meaningful engagement with...
Norfolk Southern Revives Plans for Firefighter Training Near Site of Ohio Derailment
Nov 24 2025 // Norfolk Southern railroad worked with the state of Ohio and Youngstown State University to revive plans for a $20 million first responder training center near the site of the worst derailment in a decade in East Palestine,...
Designing for Impact: How Evidence-Based Instructional Design Ensures Measurable Learning in Insurance and Risk Education
Nov 20 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Risk & Insurance Education Alliance. In corporate education, completion certificates alone do not prove mastery of the curriculum or competency on the job. For risk and...
1 Worker Dies, 2 Injured in Trench Collapse at Cape Cod Construction Site
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...
Florida’s Tiawanya S. Wiley Named 2025 National Outstanding CSR of the Year, by The Risk & Insurance Education Alliance
Nov 17 2025 // The Risk & Insurance Education Alliance is proud to announce that Tiawanya S. Wiley, AIAM, Customer Experience Manager for Responsive Insurance in Naples, Florida, has been named the 2025 National Outstanding CSR of...
Vermont Christian School Challenges State’s Education Funding as Discriminatory
Nov 10 2025 // The Mid Vermont Christian School is challenging Vermont’s education reform law in federal court, arguing that the law’s set of provisions around public tuition dollars “creates a religious gerrymander and...
Zurich Invests Heavily in Underwriting Talent to Boost Mid-Market, Specialty Growth
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...
St. John’s University and ACORD Partner On Executive Education Programs
Oct 27 2025 // New York City’s St. John’s University is partnering with ACORD, the standards-setting body for the insurance industry, to offer virtual or in-person learning to employees of organizations that are members of...
Employee Accused of Stealing 47 Vehicles From Car Rental Site at Airport
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,...
Ransomware Ensnares $4.3 Trillion Muni Market’s Key Site
Oct 16 2025 // A ransomware attack is disrupting state and local borrowers’ ability to post debt documents on the $4.3 trillion municipal-bond market’s main distribution platform. MuniOS, a website operated by Ann Arbor,...
Explosion at Orange Site in Paris Injures Workers, Affects 80,000 Users
Oct 10 2025 // An explosion occurred at one of Orange’s technical sites in Paris on Thursday, injuring three workers, two critically, and disrupting communication services for 80,000 users, the district mayor said. The incident...
Higginbotham’s Extraordinary Growth Fueled by Recognizing Talent at Every Level
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,...
Lawsuit Alleges Ohio Officer Fatally Shot Pregnant Mother Without Proper Training
Sep 26 2025 // An Ohio police officer accused of shooting to death a pregnant Black mother two years ago was not trained or supervised properly, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against the police chief and the township...
Starbase Will Take Partial Control of Beach Near SpaceX Launch Site
Sep 25 2025 // The new South Texas city established by Elon Musk’s SpaceX employees, Starbase, will assume control over certain parts of the beach near the rocket company’s launch site. Cameron County commissioners approved...
The Risk & Insurance Education Alliance Launches CISR Cross-Credit Program to Accelerate Completion of the CIC Designation
Sep 25 2025 // Austin, TX., September 25, 2025 — The Risk & Insurance Education Alliance (the Alliance) has the launched a groundbreaking cross-credit program designed to create a more streamlined educational path for risk and...
Fire and Explosion at North Carolina Manufacturing Site Under Investigation
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...
Redefining Retirement and Hiring; The Future of Insurance Talent
Sep 3 2025 // What happens when a lifetime of insurance expertise is on the verge of walking out the door? At WAHVE (which stands for Work At Home Vintage Experts), we’ve built our business on ensuring that the industry...
Risk & Insurance Education Alliance Offers Free CE Programs
Aug 27 2025 // AUSTIN, TX., AUG 27, 2025 – The Risk and Insurance Education Alliance, the leader in professional education for the risk and insurance industry for over 50 years, is pleased to announce a special offer for new Alliance...
Mission, Purpose Not High on Wish Lists of Industry Newbies: Informal Talent Poll
Aug 14 2025 // A poll of workers recently hired into the property/casualty insurance industry conducted during a Travelers Institute webinar last month produced some unusual results, surprising one webinar panelist who leads a key...
