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NTSB: Kansas Derailment Site Track Damage Traced to Grain Truck
Apr 11 2016 // The derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in Kansas in March that injured more than two dozen people occurred at a site where there had been damage to the track that has been traced to a grain truck, federal authorities...
Get the Full View of M&A and Organic Growth Best Practices
Apr 11 2016 // Woodmere, OH, April 11, 2016 – MarshBerry is excited to once again host the MarshBerry 360 Seminar Series. These educational events provide a comprehensive packet of strategies that help insurance agencies and brokers as...
OSHA: Company Ignored Safety Rule at Louisiana Site; Faces $226K in Fines
Apr 10 2016 // The federal government says an Illinois tank cleaning company’s violation of safety rules killed a New Orleans employee and injured two others in October. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is...
1 Killed, 3 Injured as 45-Ton Beam Falls on Illinois Construction Site
Apr 7 2016 // Federal officials are investigating two companies after a construction worker was killed and three others were injured in suburban Chicago. The accident happened early on April 5 when a 40-ton steel bridge beam fell on the...
Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC Introduces ‘GoSafe’ an Online Safety and Risk Management Platform
Apr 6 2016 // San Diego, CA, April 6, 2016 – Atlas General Insurance Services announces the release of GoSafe, a new comprehensive risk management, work safety and compliance platform. “This online platform was created by...
Travelers Predictive Model Helps Injured Workers Avoid Chronic Pain, Opioid Use
Apr 5 2016 // The country’s largest workers’ compensation insurer said it has developed a model to predict the likelihood of an injured worker developing chronic pain. The model can them help the workers take steps to avoid...
Understanding Workers’ Comp Combinability
Apr 5 2016 // Consolidating separate legal entities’ loss experience to develop a common experience modification factor has the potential to cause confusion for the client and sometimes the agent. Clients may view such mixing of...
Score a Grand Slam: Recruitment Strategies for the Big Leagues
Apr 4 2016 // The insurance industry talent crisis is here. Insurers are now face-to-face with a shallow talent lineup thanks to an aging workforce, an impending wave of retirements and an increasingly shallow talent pool. Throughout...
10 Things to Know About Public Entities and Schools
Apr 4 2016 // When underwriting an educational institution for the purposes of sexual assaults and Title IX, a little further digging may be required. Looking into who the people are who will be responsible for Title IX compliance and...
Young Agents’ Optimism High on Career Choice, Income and Future of Agency System
Apr 4 2016 // It’s no secret that the insurance industry is facing a huge talent gap. Almost half of all insurance professionals are over age 45, with 25 percent of the industry expected to retire by 2018. That’s a...
Top Exposures Facing Global Middle Market Firms Vary by Region: Assurex Survey
Mar 30 2016 // While all middle market businesses across the world have concerns about cyber risk, few of these firms view it as their biggest exposure, according to a global survey* of 68 leading independent insurance brokers, which...
South Dakota Bill Allowing Insurance Tax Credits for Scholarships Signed
Mar 28 2016 // South Dakota insurance companies would get tax credits for donating to private school scholarships under a measure Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed into law, providing the financial backing for a school choice program that...
Get the Full View of M&A and Organic Growth Best Practices
Mar 28 2016 // Woodmere, OH, March 28, 2016 – MarshBerry is excited to once again host the MarshBerry 360 Seminar Series. These educational events provide a comprehensive packet of strategies that help insurance agencies and brokers as...
Former U.S. Security Specialist’s MGA Ridge Global Tackling Cyber Risks
Mar 23 2016 // It may be surprising to some that a former governor and head of National Security started an insurance company focused on cyber risk, but Tom Ridge, president and CEO of Ridge Global says it shouldn’t...
Insurance Society of Philadelphia Hires Zapalac as Director of Education
Mar 22 2016 // Melodye Zapalac The Insurance Society of Philadelphia has hired Melodye Zapalac as director of Education. In her new role, Zapalac will be responsible for the Insurance Society of Philadelphia’s professional...
Wyoming Workplace Safety Meetings Planned Around State
Mar 21 2016 // Responding to the trend of workplace shootings that have happened around the country, the state of Wyoming is offering free workplace training in April and May to inform workers and supervisors how to respond to active...
The Search for Innovative Talent: Decoding the Secret of an Adaptable Workforce
Mar 21 2016 // The insurance industry has entered an era of rapid change and evolution — the rise of analytics, the growing influence of technology, and the emergence of disruptors. In light of the industry’s shift toward...
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Acquires New Orleans Site for Burns & Wilcox Center
Mar 10 2016 // The Michigan-based specialty insurance organization, H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has acquired the Cox Communications Building located in the greater New Orleans area. As part of the acquisition, the building will be...
Florida’s Rosier Insurance Hosts Training for Grads of Disabled Veterans Career Program
Mar 9 2016 // Florida-based Rosier Insurance has collaborated with Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC) to provide on the job training for its most recent class of disabled veterans. The recent DVIC class trained at the Rosier...
Beazley Reports Industry Data Breaches Up 60% in 2015
Mar 8 2016 // A leading data breach response insurer says its breach response unit handled 60 percent more data breaches in 2015 than in 2014 in the U.S., with a concentration of incidents in the healthcare, financial services and...