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Continuing Education Serves a Positive Purpose
Jan 27 2008 // Continuing education is a fact of life for all agents and brokers. Because states require CE credits, it translates into the reality of a continuous, and often repetitive, obligation — a career-long commitment of time...
How to Fulfill Agent Continuing Education Requirements
Jan 27 2008 // Continuing education (CE) is a fact of life for all agents and brokers. Since states require CE credits, the reality can be a continuous and often repetitive obligation — a career-long commitment of time and attention...
An Insurer’s Success Relies on the Expertise of Its Underwriters
Jan 27 2008 // An insurer’s success rests largely in the expertise of its underwriters. As the U.S. Department of Labor noted in its Career Overview series, “Great trust is placed in underwriters as an insurance company may...
Regulators Address the Politics of Underwriting
Jan 27 2008 // There is an X-factor in setting insurance rates that even actuaries would have a hard time calculating: Politics. For those who serve as their state’s ultimate authority on what factors insurers can use to raise or...
Mass. Insurance Department Launches Agent Finder Web Site
Jan 24 2008 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes today unveiled AgentFinder, a Division of Insurance Web site designed to make it easier for Massachusetts consumers to find insurance agents and insurance products in...
U.S. Releases New Disaster Response and Recovery Plan
Jan 23 2008 // The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a comprehensive plan for what the country must do to have a more effective and unified response and recovery in disaster situations. DHS said that the new plan, called...
Ark. Seeks to Improve Quality of Workers in State with New Program
Jan 18 2008 // Arkansas state government is promoting a new program for workers who want to improve their job security. The state Department of Workforce Services is among several state agencies that are promoting a new certification for...
UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute in Middle East Training Partnership
Jan 15 2008 // The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (the CII Group) announced “a strategic partnership for the Middle East” with JWZ Insurance Solutions, a newly-formed insurance training and educational consultancy...
A New Social Networking Site for the Insurance Industry
Jan 14 2008 // Sexy Insurance? A New Social Networking Site for the Sexiest Industry on the Planet. Meet new colleagues, network, job search, trade war stories, post pictures, video, audio, and more! Boston, MA – January 14, 2008:...
Minn. Bridge Collapse Survivors Make Case for Aid through Web site
Jan 14 2008 // Part memorial and part plea, a new Web site is focused on the stories and needs of victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse. The site, www.35wbridge.com was conceived by survivors of the Aug. 1 tragedy, which killed...
Continuing Education Methods Serve a Positive Purpose
Jan 13 2008 // Continuing education (CE) is a fact of life for all agents and brokers. Because states require CE credits, it translates into the reality of a continuous, and often repetitive, obligation — a career-long commitment of...
Regulators Address The Politics of Underwriting
Jan 11 2008 // There is an X-factor in setting insurance rates that even actuaries would have a hard time calculating: Politics. For those who serve as their state’s ultimate authority on what factors insurers can use to raise or...
W. Va. Bill would Create Special Program for Low Vision Drivers
Jan 9 2008 // Tonya Conley is one of just 15 people in West Virginia with a driver’s license despite having vision below minimum legal standards. But if a bill recommended by an interim legislative committee passes this year, she...
Web Site, Ads to Help Agents Keep Mass. Auto Market Share
Jan 9 2008 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents, who now write more than 80 percent of the auto insurance market in the state, are getting some marketing help to protect that market share as they enter a new competitive rating...
Texas Enforcement Actions Result in $4.5M in Fines, Restitution
Dec 28 2007 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during November include three license revocations, two license denials, and fines and restitution totaling $4,495,150, the Texas...
Security Experts Tackle Safety at College Stadiums
Dec 28 2007 // After more than a decade in counterterrorism, Jim McGee can no longer relax and enjoy watching a sports event. The fans look like potential victims of terrorism to the former FBI agent turned college instructor. The...
Court: Workers’ Comp Benefits Don’t Apply at Educational Conference
Dec 23 2007 // The family of an employee is not entitled to workers’ compensation death benefits if the death occurs while the employer is attending an educational conference, the Court of Appeal in California has ruled. In City of...
W.Va. Delays Deployment of Steel-Shelled Mine Shelters
Dec 21 2007 // West Virginia’s mine safety chief has delayed deployment of steel-shelled shelters in underground coal mines because they could not meet a state standard for internal temperatures during testing. Ron Wooten, director...
Midwest Insurance Education Groups Announce Merger
Dec 19 2007 // Two insurance education organizations, the Insurance Education Institute (IEI) of Indianapolis, Ind., and The Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education of Columbus, Ohio, recently signed an agreement to merge effective...
California Court Rules Workers’ Comp Benefits Don’t Apply at Conference
Dec 17 2007 // The family of an employee is not entitled to workers’ compensation death benefits if the death occurs while the employer is attending an educational conference, the Court of Appeal in California has ruled. In City of...
