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Upgrades Urged at Missouri Amtrak Crash Site, But No Action
Jun 29 2022 // The chief elected official in the Missouri county where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump truck said Tuesday that residents and county leaders have been pushing for a safety upgrade at the railroad crossing for nearly...
Texas Mutual to Award $1.1M in Safety Education Grants to 11 Texas Colleges
May 27 2022 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company is awarding $1.1 million in grants to 11 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the general public. Texas Mutual—the state’s leading...
FEMA Opens Proposed Hurricane Ida Housing Site Comment Period
May 25 2022 // A three-day comment period opened Tuesday for a proposed group housing site for Hurricane Ida survivors in one southeast Louisiana parish, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. Up to 75 families could be housed at...
Investment Firm Brookfield to Buy UK Repair Site HomeServe for £4.1B
May 19 2022 // Brookfield Asset Management Inc. agreed to buy emergency household repairs provider HomeServe Plc in a deal valuing the company at £4.1 billion ($5 billion), one of the UK’s largest take-private transactions this...
Florida CFO Wants More Insurance Fraud Investigators, Education Campaign
May 16 2022 // Ahead of next week’s special legislative session, Florida’s chief financial officer is asking lawmakers for $6.5 million to fund 23 new investigative positions and to launch a public education campaign, part of...
Agency Stepping up Education Efforts on 500% Surcharged Deductibles
May 9 2022 // Rockford, IL., April 25, 2022 — Insurance King is a high-volume non-standard insurance agency and they are taking additional steps to educate their customers with one of their carriers of the potential for a 500%...
What It Takes to Hire Insurance Talent in Today’s Job Market
May 2 2022 // Dear Mary, Your team is in the thick of recruiting every day, not only for our open roles but for positions across the nation. I’m curious what you are seeing with: Candidate willingness (or not) to move to a new...
State Farm Awards ICT $40K Grant to Promote Education Programs
May 2 2022 // State Farm Insurance has awarded the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) with a $40,000 grant to promote and develop education programs throughout the state. ICT will use the grant to grow its multiple public service and...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Plans Captive & IBT Conference
Apr 26 2022 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) announced it will host the inaugural Captive & Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) Conference in Oklahoma City on August 24-25. The conference is designed for risk managers,...
State Farm Awards ICT $40,000 Grant to Promote Education Programs in Texas
Apr 19 2022 // State Farm Insurance has awarded the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) with a $40,000 grant to promote and develop education programs throughout the state. ICT will use the grant to grow its multiple public service and...
Maryland Authorizes Remote Rather Than On-Site Reviews of MGAs
Apr 19 2022 // Insurance companies can conduct remote rather than on-site reviews of their managing general agents in Maryland beginning in October. Gov. Larry Hogan has signed legislation recommended by the state’s insurance...
California Insurance Commissioner Launches Report and Site Outlining Insurer Fossil Fuel Investments
Apr 18 2022 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday issued a new report and webpage detailing insurer investments in fossil fuels. The report is a study of fossil fuel investments by insurers, identifying insurance...
How Talent Chiefs Led Through the Pandemic
Apr 4 2022 // For insurance leaders tasked with managing their organization’s human capital, the COVID-19 pandemic presented myriad challenges around employee safety and wellness, and transformed their workplace responsibilities...
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Announces 2022 CIC and CISR Board Officers and new CISR Board Members
Mar 16 2022 // Austin, TX., March 16, 2022 — The National Alliance announces leadership changes to the Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) and Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) Board of Governors. Serving on the...
Coming Soon: Stadium-Sized Site to Test 200-mph Wind, Waves, Storm Surge
Mar 15 2022 // In the not-too-distant future, researchers should be able to see exactly which materials and construction techniques hold up best against the worst that Mother Nature has to offer: 200-mph winds, storm surges and the...
5 Ways to Attract Talent the Insurance Industry Needs
Mar 7 2022 // When I joined AIG — and the insurance world — in 2020 as global head of talent, the industry had already acknowledged that new and more diverse talent were necessary for its continued success. The challenge...
Education Providers Face Challenges With Growth in Cyber Threats, Insurance Costs
Mar 2 2022 // As cyber threats have continued to grow, one segment of the market that has been especially impacted is education, according to guests on the most recent episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast. “This is a segment that...
Families of Houston Residents Killed in Police Pursuits Press for Review of Officer Driver Training
Mar 1 2022 // The families of two Houston residents killed in a series of recent traffic accidents involving local law enforcement said Feb. 24 they believe their loved ones’ deaths are part of an ongoing problem with police...
Supreme Court Denies Christian College’s Ministerial Exception From Lawsuit… for Now
Mar 1 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition by a Massachusetts Christian college seeking a religious “ministerial exception” to help it avoid a discrimination lawsuit brought by a professor denied a...
OSHA Fines Contractors at Philadelphia Amazon Site Over Worker Death
Feb 28 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines against two construction firms working on a new Amazon facility in Philadelphia after a worker died from being trapped...
