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U of Buffalo Opens Safe Driving Simulator Lab
Apr 21 2008 // A new driving simulation laboratory is now open for business in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The state-of-the-art facility, housed in UB’s New York State Center for Industrial...
Professional Services: Do You Know Them When You See Them?
Apr 21 2008 // The complex medical field with its often personalized treatments can be more difficult to define than other professions “Professional services” can have many different connotations, ranging from racy...
Insurance Skills Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Apr 21 2008 // Founders reflect on changes in insurance industry education The schedules of working full-time and being a mom don’t always concur, but Patty Gibson Carlson and Laurie Zangwill-Infantino have proven otherwise with...
Agents’ Workload Goes Up as Economy, Compensation Move Down
Apr 21 2008 // Soft market, economic downturn, consumer advocacy translate into more work for agencies Insurance Journal‘s Editor-in-Chief Andrea Wells was at the Big “I” Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.,...
White Papers and Blueprints: Agents Chart Their Own Regulatory Future
Apr 21 2008 // Independent agents hold onto market share, prepare for post-November election politics Insurance Journal‘s Editor-in-Chief Andrea Wells interviewed Robert Rusbuldt, CEO and president of the Independent Insurance...
San Francisco Hosts 100th Earthquake Conference, Predicts What If Scenarios
Apr 18 2008 // More than 2,500 delegates from around the world gathered in commemoration of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake at the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference — the largest earthquake conference ever held —...
Florida Provides Free Training for Volunteer Firefighters
Apr 17 2008 // Over 150 volunteer firefighters from across the state gathered this week at Florida State Fire College in Ocala for an intensive five-day training session, according to State Fire Marshal, Alex Sink. The training will...
Swiss Re Funds ‘Integrative Risk Management’ Chair
Apr 16 2008 // Swiss Re announced today that it will finance a new Chair for Integrative Risk Management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). “The Chair will be established to create a world-class...
West Virginia Cracks Down on Young Boaters Who Skip Safety Training
Apr 14 2008 // Young West Virginia boaters who avoid mandatory safety training are being targeted by the Division of Natural Resources. A 2001 state law requires anyone born after Dec. 31, 1986, to have at least seven hours of training...
Kentucky Governor Appoints Member to Fire Protection Commission
Apr 11 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Connie Lawson to serve as a member of the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education to represent mayors across the state. Lawson is currently the mayor of the...
The Ultimate Employee Benefit Producer School™
Apr 10 2008 // Lincoln, CA – April 10, 2008 – Agency Management Resource Group, a training, education and consulting firm serving independent insurance agencies, has announced the launch of the nation’s first producer...
S&P Lowers Ratings on 4 Mortgage Insurers; Conference Call Today
Apr 9 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit rating on four U.S. Mortgage insurers as follows: MGIC Investment Corp. to ‘BBB’ from ‘A-‘ and its...
MyNewMarkets.com Announces Two More Exchange Conferences
Apr 8 2008 // SAN DIEGO – (April 8, 2008) – Due to the success of it’s inaugural Exchange conference, MyNewMarkets.com, has scheduled two additional conferences in San Diego, California on September 4, 2008 and Dallas,...
Court Says Web Site Can’t Ask Discriminatory Questions
Apr 4 2008 // A roommate-finding site cannot require users to disclose their sexual orientation, a U.S. appeals court in California ruled Thursday, in the latest skirmish over whether anti-discrimination rules apply to the Web. The U.S....
New Jersey Governor Sees Crash as Link to People’s Struggles
Apr 4 2008 // As New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine reflects on the year following his near-fatal car crash, he’s quick to discuss practical and public policy changes that go well beyond his physical recovery. The April 2007 accident...
Argo Makes Offer for Lloyd’s Heritage; Conference Today; Best Comments
Apr 3 2008 // The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings has made an offer to acquire Heritage Underwriting Agency, Plc, a successful Lloyd’s insurer. The transaction is subject to “relevant legal and regulatory...
Mass. AG Says State Auto Insurance Web Site Misleads Consumers
Apr 3 2008 // A state Web site intended to educate consumers about Massachusetts’ newly deregulated auto insurance market instead gives them inaccurate rate comparisons, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Tuesday on the day the...
Texas Feb. Enforcements: Nearly $357K in Fines, Restitution
Apr 3 2008 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during February include four license revocations, three license denials, and fines and restitution totaling $356,925, the Texas...
Bermuda Monetary Authority Launches New Web Site for Regulations
Apr 1 2008 // The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has launched a new web site that provides an unprecedented level of detail about Bermuda’s regulatory standards online. The BMA stated that the new site, which went live today,...
Pet Cause: More Lawyers Training in Field of Animal Law
Apr 1 2008 // Fido is getting a new name — several, in fact: “plaintiff,” “trustee,” “beneficiary” and even “defendant.” Dogs, cats and creatures of all sorts are being redefined in an...
