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What Insurance Pros Might Learn from Pilots
Jul 23 2012 // During college I took several aeronautic ground classes along with actual flying lessons. Our instructors hammered safety and preparedness into our heads, both while in class and, especially, while flying. The reason:...
CEO Group Warns Washington to Avoid Impending ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Politics
Jul 17 2012 // The Business Roundtable, which represents U.S. CEOs in Washington, on Tuesday called on Congress and the President to enact a stopgap measure to avoid the “crisis” of a “fiscal cliff” of major tax...
NTSB: Neglect, Inaction Caused Huge Michigan Oil Spill
Jul 13 2012 // The National Transportation Safety Board has approved the findings of its investigators that Canadian company Enbridge Inc.’s neglect of pipeline cracks and its slow response likely caused the most expensive onshore...
PartnerOne, Berkley Environmental to Offer Site Pollution Liability
Jul 12 2012 // PartnerOne Environmental , an underwriting division of Beacon Hill Associates’, is now working in partnership with Berkley Environmental, a dvision of Berkley Specialty Underwriting Managers, to offer site pollution...
Equipment Failure, Training, Inspection Flaws at Fault for Rio-Paris Crash
Jul 6 2012 // Pilot error, defective sensors, inadequate training and insufficient oversight combined to send an Air France passenger plane plunging into the south Atlantic in 2009 in the airline’s worst disaster, French...
Florida Agents, Adjusters Face Continuing Education, Licensing Changes
Jul 5 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 to conduct business in the state. Among the changes:...
N.Y. to Hold Flood Insurance Adjuster Certification Class on July 17
Jul 3 2012 // New York will be offering its annual training session this month for property/casualty insurance adjusters who want to seek or maintain certification so they can conduct adjuster services for claims filed under National...
Academy Launches Free Technical Skills Evaluation Assessments
Jul 2 2012 // Insurance Journal‘s Academy of Insurance recently launched a new Technical Skills Evaluation (TSE) program designed for: 1) use by managers to plan employee development; or 2) individual insurance professionals...
10 Things Agencies Do Right (and Wrong) with Agency Management Systems
Jul 2 2012 // Records, Reporting, Value Creation As a volunteer engaged with a network of agency management system vendor clients, I have an opportunity to hear from my peers about their experiences and compare this with what goes on in...
Professional Liability Exposures Evolve with Changing Healthcare Environment
Jul 2 2012 // National healthcare reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010 may or may not survive consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the healthcare system already has been evolving in ways that are likely to proceed...
Academy of Insurance Third Quarter Schedule (2012)
Jul 2 2012 // July 11 Work Comp Retrospective Rating Plans Frank Pennachio, co-founder, The WorkComp Advisory Group July 12 Property Valuation Chris Amrhein, president, Amrhein & Associates and Insurance is Fun July 18 Managing...
Judge Rules for Employees in Post-Katrina New Orleans School Firings
Jun 22 2012 // Thousands of New Orleans school employees were wrongfully fired after Hurricane Katrina scattered the populations and shut down the city and its schools, a Louisiana judge ruled. Judge Ethel Simms Julien awarded more than...
Wisconsin Manufacturer Struggling to Recruit Workers
Jun 19 2012 // A defense contractor that’s one of northern Wisconsin’s largest employers is struggling to recruit recent high school graduates for some of the region’s best-paying jobs. Marinette Marine Corp. says it is...
New Reno Air Course Debuts, Organizers Get $1.7M Insurance Hike
Jun 18 2012 // Pilots offered praise for a new course designed to keep them farther away from spectators at the Reno National Championship Air Races after last year’s accident that killed 11 people. Pilots who flew the course for...
What Do Millennials Want?
Jun 18 2012 // Flexibility, Balance, Respect and Accessibility Are Important, Studies Find There’s a lot of talk in property/casualty insurance circles these days about how the industry is going to replace the huge wave of baby...
Professional Liability Exposures Evolve with Changing Healthcare Environment
Jun 18 2012 // National healthcare reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010 may or may not survive consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the healthcare system already has been evolving in ways that are likely to proceed...
3 Universities Receive Grants from Griffith Insurance Education Foundation
Jun 15 2012 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation, based in Columbus, Ohio, has awarded $15,000 in grant money to three universities to support their Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) programs. The grant monies came from the...
500 School Officials to Attend Bullying Prevention Conference in Va.
Jun 14 2012 // Nearly 500 school officials from across Virginia are expected to attend a conference on bullying prevention next week. The conference is set for June 20 at Charlottesville High School. Experts from Clemson University and...
Illinois Gun Works Fined $111K for Exposing Workers to Hazards
Jun 13 2012 // Federal officials have fined an Illinois gun sales business, a shooting range and gun safety training company for allegedly exposing workers to hazards, including lead. Proposed fines total $111,000. The U.S. Department of...
In the Workplace, What Do Millennials Want?
Jun 11 2012 // There’s a lot of talk in property/casualty insurance circles these days about how the industry is going to replace the huge wave of baby boomers that are beginning to retire and will continue to do so into the next...
