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New Hampshire Woman Sues over Bogus Sex Site Profile
Mar 31 2008 // A woman who lives somewhere near Dartmouth College is suing an online sex site, claiming it identified her in her area even though a nude photograph purporting to be her was not. The woman, suing under the pseudonym...
South Carolina Senate Bill Aimed at Reducing Teen Driver Accidents
Mar 27 2008 // South Carolina’s youngest drivers would have to go through more training before getting a regular license under a bill that has won approval in a Senate panel. Sen. Joel Lourie says requiring four hours of private...
Texas AG Settles With Pharmacy Company Over Identity Theft Charges
Mar 27 2008 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced an agreement with CVS Pharmacy Inc. that resolves the state’s April 2007 enforcement action against the nation’s largest retail pharmacy. CVS was charged with...
Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System?
Mar 25 2008 // Fewer independent agencies gave salary increases to managers, sales producers and support personnel in 2007 compared to 2006, while half of all agencies reported that salaries stayed the same in 2007 compared to 2006. Of...
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Mar 24 2008 // Kenneth A. Bowles as been named the 2008 PIA National Professional Agent of the Year by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. Bowles was honored for his work on behalf of professional insurance agents,...
A Slow Return to Normalcy at New York Crane Accident Site
Mar 24 2008 // The boom of debris landing in metal trash bins echoed down the street, startling pedestrians in a neighborhood still scarred by the crane accident that upended life in this stretch of midtown Manhattan. Workers are...
Employee Charges Connecticut DMV Fails Its Own Driver-Training Standards; State Promises Review
Mar 24 2008 // An agent for Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles has accused the agency of failing to consistently enforce its own standards in driver training and retraining. Commissioner Robert M. Ward disputes the...
101 Things Independent Agents Like MOST
Mar 24 2008 // The exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Survey of Young Agents asked independent agents under 40 years old: What do you like most about being an independent agent? Here’s what some of the 360 agents who took the survey...
How to Integrate Generations X, Y and Baby Boomer Employees
Mar 24 2008 // As the workforce ages, organizations are faced with challenges in assimilating new workers with older workers who are reaching retirement age. A study from the American Society of Training and Development shows that 76...
Florida House Passes Fire Prevention Bill
Mar 21 2008 // By unanimously passing the Fire Prevention and Control Bill, Florida Representatives would expand the state fire marshal’s investigative and enforcement functions. The Florida House Committee on Financial...
RLI Transportation Now Covers Fleets of Driver Training Schools
Mar 21 2008 // RLI Transportation has introduced a monoline commercial auto coverage targeting driver training schools nationwide. The driver training school coverage is admitted in all states except Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana and...
New Jerseyans Protest Designation of Superfund Site
Mar 21 2008 // Officials in Gibbsboro, New Jersey are protesting the designation of a federal Superfund environmental site. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the designation for 60 acres that center on a former...
Greenlight Re Reports Q4, Full Year Results; Conference Call Today
Mar 19 2008 // Cayman Islands-based Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. has reported a net profit of $29.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2007 compared to $17.4 million for the same period in 2006. On a fully diluted per share basis, the...
Crash of Military Training Flight under Investigation in Alabama
Mar 19 2008 // The Navy says Marines from Maryland and Florida were killed when their plane crashed into an Alabama mountain during a training flight. Instructor pilot Maj. David Yaggy, 34, of Sparks, Md., and 2nd Lt. Alexander Prezioso,...
Willis CEO: ‘Price is an Issue in the Absence of Value’
Mar 18 2008 // Willis Chairman and CEO Joe Plumeri concluded a series of discussions on mega-trends in the insurance industry sponsored by the Insurance Institute of London (IIL) at Lloyd’s last week. He told his audience that...
Court: Claim Against Oregon City Valid Even Years After Claim Occurred
Mar 18 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a claim of sex abuse against a government employee may depend on when the plaintiff discovers the city played a role in the abuse, not necessarily when the abuse occurred. In The Boy...
Craigslist Web Site Not Liable for Illegal Ads, Federal Court Says
Mar 17 2008 // Craigslist is not liable for discriminatory housing ads posted on its Web site, a federal appeals court has ruled. The decision is a victory for the Internet bulletin board where every month more than 30 million people...
Virginia Receives $260K Grant for Mine Safety Training
Mar 12 2008 // Virginia is getting more than $259,000 in mine health and safety grants. The funds come from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration. The agency says it has announced more than $8.2...
Feds Give West Virginia $543,898 for Mine Safety Training
Mar 12 2008 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has given West Virginia about $544,000 for mine safety training. The grant is part of more than $8 million the agency is providing nationally for training in 49 states and...
Connecticut DMV Employee Says Agency Fails Driver-Training Standards
Mar 11 2008 // An agent for Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles has accused the agency of failing to consistently enforce its own standards in driver training and retraining. Commissioner Robert M. Ward disputes the...
