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Web Site Estimates Hurricane Damages If Old Storms Returned Today
Jul 10 2009 // Today marks the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Dennis, a Category 3 storm that slammed into the panhandle of Florida with sustained winds of 120 m.p.h. While Dennis inflicted more than $2.2 billion in damage in 2005...
South Carolina Fireworks Firm Involved in 4 Deaths Was Fined Previously
Jul 8 2009 // The South Carolina company that employed four workers who died following an explosion as they unloaded fireworks over the weekend on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has had previous problems with worker safety. The...
Arkansas Law Raises Personal Watercraft Minimum Operator Age to 16
Jul 7 2009 // An accident on Lake Hamilton two years ago led to a new Arkansas law that takes effect this week, setting the minimum age of 16 for a solo operator of a personal watercraft. The new law is known as Rachel’s Bill in...
2009 Outstanding CSR State Award Winners Named
Jul 6 2009 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has named the state award winners who will compete for the national Outstanding Customer Service Representative of the Year for 2009. Each year, a group of...
How to Hire the Next Generation of Leaders
Jul 6 2009 // Five Sure-Fire Ways to Get the Best Talent in Your Agency The insurance industry is transitioning into a new era as Baby Boomers approach retirement. But who will fill their shoes? There is no line of new talent waiting in...
The Worst Ways to Manage Producers
Jul 6 2009 // Top Mistakes People Make When Managing Sales Producers One of the most difficult things agency owners deal with is motivating, training and keeping good producers to help the agency grow. In our experience working with...
Safe and Sound
Jul 6 2009 // Making the Connection for Contractors Contractors with a sharp eye for their bottom line are smart to place a premium on safety. Insurance agents and brokers tend to know a construction business that avoids injuries is not...
Louisiana Commissioner: Session Successful for Insurance Bills
Jul 2 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says the recently adjourned 2009 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature was a success when it came to insurance legislation. The Department of Insurance (DOI) saw 20...
Florida Independent Insurance Agents Establish Charitable Fund
Jun 23 2009 // At its recent 105th annual conference in Orlando, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA) announced a donation of $500,000 to launch a new charitable project, the Good Works Fund. In addition to helping...
How to Hire the Next Generation of Leaders
Jun 15 2009 // Five Sure-Fire Ways to Get the Best Talent in Your Agency The insurance industry is transitioning into a new era. For years, Baby Boomers have led the way and now, as they approach retirement, must find a way to pass along...
California Seeks to Amend Heat Illness Prevention Standard
Jun 11 2009 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) in conjunction with its Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, has requested that the Occupational Safety and Health Standards...
Air France Crash Site Found: 17 Bodies, Wreckage Recovered
Jun 8 2009 // Searchers found 15 more bodies from a crashed Air France jet Sunday and retrieved a large amount of debris from the plane that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in the worst air disaster since 2001. Nearly a week after the...
New Non-Profit Supports Insurance Education in Texas
Jun 8 2009 // A group of Texas-based insurance industry professionals in late May announced the launch of a new non-profit group, the sole mission of which is to support insurance education in the state of Texas. The Texas Risk and...
MBA in Insurance Approved at Olivet College in Michigan
Jun 5 2009 // The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has approved a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Insurance degree program at Olivet College in Olivet, Mich. The HLC...
A Bailout Plan for Insurance Sales Pros
Jun 1 2009 // If you haven’t felt assaulted by bad economic news lately, you live in the woods with no TV, no newspaper, and no Internet service. The stock market has lost trillions. Real estate values and sales have declined at...
People
Jun 1 2009 // TD Insurance Inc. has hired Linda Bogardus as an account manager in the Core Division of Commercial Lines. Bogardus, who is based in Burlington, Vermont, will oversee marketing and servicing large commercial insurance...
Texas House Sends Windstorm Reforms to Conference
Jun 1 2009 // The Texas House approved a conference committee report on Saturday to hammer out windstorm insurance reform legislation with senators. House lawmakers sent the measure — which could cause lawmakers to be called back...
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Employees Sue Over Investment Losses
Jun 1 2009 // Dozens of insurance company employees and retirees are suing after they lost as much as $30 million on advice they claim came from financial advisers hired by their employer. Their lawsuit against Fireman’s Fund...
Texas Revamps Sex Offender Web site
May 28 2009 // The Texas Department of Public Safety unveiled a redesigned sex offender Web site on Wednesday. The revamped site allows users to subscribe to e-mail notifications about changes in an offender’s record or ZIP...
Personality, Good Time Management Are Key to Claims Success
May 22 2009 // With its acquisition in early 2009 of the international businesses of GAB Robins (excluding its UK operations) and the U.S. forensic engineering firm, EFI Global, Cunningham Lindsey became the second largest property...
