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Markel Corporation Hires Gandy as Managing Director for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion
Jan 6 2021 // Markel Corporation has hired Trevor Gandy as managing director for Talent, Diversity and Inclusion, effective January 1, 2021. In this new role, Gandy will further shape the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion...
New York Reaches Deal on Cleanup at Long Island Aerospace Site
Dec 30 2020 // New York has reached an agreement with defense contractor Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy on a $406 million plan to clean up a massive plume of underground contamination left from Long Island’s heyday as a hub of...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: Talking to Clients About Risk Starts with Education
Dec 28 2020 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. Believe it or not,...
Use Values and Vision to Attract Talent
Dec 7 2020 // Some 20 years ago, an independent agency owner in a small, upstate New York town told me how difficult it had been for him to recruit new talent. But something changed…when he changed. The principal had more success...
Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo Launching Autonomous Vehicle Testing Site in Ohio
Dec 3 2020 // Waymo plans to open a new testing site in Ohio for its driverless autonomous vehicles that will focus on dense, urban areas, the company has said. The new site being built at the Transportation Research Center near...
Louisiana School Superintendents Seeking Looser Quarantine Rules
Nov 25 2020 // Leaders of several Louisiana public school systems have called on state officials to relax coronavirus quarantine rules that have sent thousands of students home from school because they have been in close proximity to...
Best Agency to Work For West: The Buckner Co.
Nov 25 2020 // Words like “fair,” “ethical, and “accommodating,” may not top a list of words you’d think would energize workers, but there was no shortage of enthusiasm found in comments from employees...
New CSR Podcast Series – Episode 2: I’m Your Agent, Let’s Talk About Sex.
Nov 23 2020 // Austin, TX, November 23, 2020 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research recently launched a new podcast series titled Awkward Insurance. The podcast is intended for Insurance Service...
America’s Best Agencies to Work For
Nov 23 2020 // The votes are in for the 2020 Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For. While 2020 has been an unusual year for agency employees – many of whom have worked remotely for months – the pressures that have...
Kevelighan: Talks with Institutes on Creating 21st Century Triple III Began Years Ago
Nov 16 2020 // Affiliating with The Institutes provides an opportunity for the industry’s Insurance Information Institute (III) to become more of a 21st Century trade association, rather than one suited for the 1950s, according to...
3 Ps to Consider When Managing the Risks of Assisted Living Facilities
Nov 16 2020 // Assisted living facilities provide a necessary service to our aging population, but operating them comes with risks. When you consider that they are designed to provide care for our loved ones in ways that many of us are...
Three Generations of Doing the Right Thing
Nov 16 2020 // Words like “fair,” “ethical, and “accommodating,” may not top a list of words you’d think would energize workers, but there was no shortage of enthusiasm found in comments from employees...
Young E&S Professionals Face Toughest Market They Have Ever Seen
Nov 16 2020 // Wholesaler brokers of all ages are facing hard market conditions with rising insurance rates, tighter underwriting and fewer carriers willing to write some tough classes. They, like everyone, are also experiencing fewer...
GRS Appoints Keenan to Head Learning, Marketing Operations
Nov 13 2020 // Global Risk Solutions, Inc., a provider of claims adjusting and environmental risk management services based in Miami, has added Colm Keenan as executive vice president and chief of Learning & Marketing. Keenan will be...
Aon Invests $30 Million to Create 10,000 Apprenticeships Nationwide by 2030
Nov 12 2020 // Global insurance broker Aon said it is expanding its corporate apprenticeship program with an investment of $30 million over the next five years. With this expansion, Aon hopes to develop a nationwide network of employers...
Nonprofits The Institutes, Insurance Information Institute to Affiliate Nov. 16
Nov 12 2020 // The insurance education and research nonprofit The Institutes said it will finalize its affiliation with its fellow nonprofit Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) on November 16, 2020. According to the announcement,...
Wright Specialty Insurance Introduces New Education Insurance Offering with Munich Re
Nov 12 2020 // November 12, 2020 – Garden City, NY – Wright Specialty Insurance, which provides a comprehensive suite of property and casualty insurance coverage and services for educational institutions nationwide, has expanded...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s Optimum Talent Inc.
Nov 6 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based Optimum Talent Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981, Optimum Talent is one of Canada’s largest...
Houston’s HIIG Expands D&O Coverage for Public Companies; Adds Top Talent
Nov 3 2020 // Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) is expanding its management liability coverage offerings to include an excess public D&O (directors and officers) product. As part of this expansion, Peter Bujosa has...
Pilot Unions, Families of Crash Victims Seek Revisions to Training for Boeing 737 Max
Nov 3 2020 // Pilot unions and families of those killed in a crash of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max are asking for revisions to proposed new training for the grounded jetliner. The Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed new...
