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IUMI Conference: Unpredictable Time for Marine Insurance
Sep 18 2012 // Standing in front of a crowd of several hundred members of the insurance industry, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders must have hit the nail on the head during a speech to the industry on Monday, because agreeable nods could be...
Dad of Rhode Island Club Fire Victim Wants Memorial at Site
Sep 18 2012 // The father of one of the 100 people who died in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire is asking the state to take by eminent domain the land where the nightclub once sat so a memorial can be built. Dave Kane’s son,...
Former Montana Mill Eyed As Possible Superfund Site
Sep 18 2012 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the former Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. pulp mill in Frenchtown has potentially dangerous levels of dioxins, heavy metals and other hazardous chemicals, a finding that could...
Willis Germany to Present Photovoltaic Cover at Solar Energy Conference
Sep 18 2012 // Willis Germany, part of Willis Group Holdings, announced that it will be demonstrating the special features of “Willis Electronic Plus,” at the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition...
Top 5 Reasons Employees Leave and Stay
Sep 17 2012 // Who is leaving companies and why? And how do employers hold onto key employees? The incentives to get employees to stay are not exactly the same as the factors that would cause them to leave, according to the Talent 2020,...
Employees Staying Put Even If Unhappy: Talent Survey
Sep 17 2012 // As high unemployment persists and the global economic recovery remains halting and uneven, the “resume tsunami” appears to have been reduced to a “resume riptide.” According to Deloitte’s...
Q&A with Florida’s Citizens CEO Gilway: Leading in the Public Sector
Sep 13 2012 // Two months ago when Barry Gilway took over as president of Florida’s state-run property insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., he quickly learned there would be no honeymoon period. He was thrust into debates...
Status of World Trade Center Site, 11 Years Later
Sep 11 2012 // Eleven years after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, the new multibillion-dollar World Trade Center once again dominates the lower Manhattan skyline. Hundreds of construction workers are at the 16-acre site every...
Vermont’s Captive Conference
Sep 10 2012 // Vermont is well-known for, among many other things, its leading captive insurance industry — home to more than 900 captives. The state’s captive insurance advocacy group, the Vermont Captive Insurance Association,...
Florida Streamlines Licensing for Agents, Adjusters
Sep 10 2012 // A new Florida law seeks to reduce the regulatory burden on agents and adjusters by consolidating some licenses and revamping the education classes they must take. Among the changes: insurance adjusters and agents operating...
Group Cleaning Kentucky Superfund Site Sues Past Users
Sep 6 2012 // Companies, municipalities and universities in Kentucky that contributed to what was once one of the largest hazardous waste facilities in the United States should have to pay for its cleanup, the group managing what is now...
Myron F. Steves & Co. Creates Endowment for Insurance Education
Sep 5 2012 // Houston-based Myron F. Steves & Co. has established the Myron F. Steves Endowed Directorship for the Center for Insurance and Risk Management at the University of Houston Downtown. The $250,000 endowment recognizes...
Hastings Mutual Vice President Jandahl to Retire at Year’s End
Sep 3 2012 // Keith Jandahl, vice president of Insurance Operations for Hasting, Mich.-based property/casualty insurer, Hastings Mutual Insurance Co., is retiring at the end of 2012, the company announced. Jandahl retires after a 35...
Calif. School District Sued Over Sex Ed Program
Aug 23 2012 // A school district in California’s Central Valley is putting teens’ health at risk by failing to provide students with information about condoms and contraception, two parents and a coalition of groups said in a...
CPCU Society’s Brown to Also Lead Griffith Foundation
Aug 23 2012 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation has named Kevin H. Brown as its executive director. The organization said that this new role will complement Brown’s responsibilities as executive director of the CPCU...
Chip Shot
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Calif. Refinery Fire Site Too Dangerous For Investigators
Aug 15 2012 // Federal and state investigators are trying to determine how to safely enter the area where a fire broke out in a Chevron Corp. refinery last week so they can examine a failed pipe blamed for the blaze, which the company...
eAgent Announces Dr. William Hold as Speaker and National Alliance as Gold Sponsor
Aug 15 2012 // Orlando, FL, 08/15/12 – Astonish, the leader in digital marketing for local insurance agencies, is very pleased to announce The National Alliance, www.TheNationalAlliance.com, as a Gold Sponsor at the annual eAgent...
Fireman’s Fund, TAGA Donate Funds for Swift Water Rescue Training
Aug 14 2012 // Tejas American General Agency (TAGA) in Cedar Park, Texas, has is partnered with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company to donate $5,000 to the Liberty Hill (Texas) Fire Department to fund specialized swift water rescue...
Conference: Risk, Returns, Regulation and More Regulation
Aug 6 2012 // Coming off a rough few years of recession, then a disaster prone 2011 — and then more global uncertainty in 2012 — the world and the insurance industry have a few things to look forward to in the next year. They also...
