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Florida Online Teen Driver Training

Jul 18 2011 // Florida teenagers once again will be allowed to take their learner’s permit tests online. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in January halted an online testing pilot program when they determined...

Texas Enforcements for May Include Nearly $218K in Fines, Restitution

Jul 12 2011 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during May 2011 include six license revocations, two license denials and fines and restitution totaling $217,756. An order imposing...

Training Your Sales Dogs

Jul 4 2011 // Catherine just got a brand-new puppy for the family. In the course of integrating this cute little four-legged critter into its new environment it was interesting to note the similarity in training a puppy to bringing on a...

Producers Improve Results with Online Training

Jul 4 2011 // Almost everyone in the insurance industry I talk with complains that there is just not enough time to get everything done that needs to be done. Not enough time to build a pipeline with truly qualified prospects; not...

Calif. Homeowners Underinsurance Face Challenges

Jul 4 2011 // A series of new California homeowners regulations aimed at enhancing the standards and training for estimating the replacement value on homeowners’ insurance took effect on June 27. Meanwhile, two insurance trade...

Driven to Teach and Armed with Knowledge

Jul 4 2011 // Chris Christian, CIC, RPLU, has, in her own words, “a compulsion to teach,” to go with her 26 years of insurance experience. Christian’s passion for teaching began in the Marine Corps. “One of the...

Training! Worth the Investement

Jul 4 2011 // How much is training worth? One Motorola study reported a $30 return on each training dollar invested – a 30-to-1 return on investment. Investing in training and education obviously gives the student and the employer...

Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance 2011 Third Quarter Schedule

Jul 4 2011 // July 7 Identifying Professional Liability Exposures July 13 Five Claims Secrets No Lawyer Wants You to Know July 14 Understanding Lawyers Professional Liability July 20 Understanding and Explaining Ordinance or Law...

Insurance Educators Take Advantage of New Media

Jul 4 2011 // As Web sites and social media companies like Facebook and LinkedIn have proven, new media is nothing if not great in building a community. That’s why long-time insurance educators Laurie Infantino, Ray Infantino, Tom...

Insurance Educational Association Names Carlson Dir. of Sales

Jun 30 2011 // The Insurance Educational Association has named Patricia Carlson director of sales. Carlson is well-known in the California insurance training and education community for her outreach, customer focus, energy and knowledge...

Calif. Homeowners Underinsurance Regs Take Effect, Despite Legal Challenges

Jun 28 2011 // A series of new California homeowners regulations aimed at enhancing the standards and training for estimating the replacement value on homeowners’ insurance in the event of a disaster took effect on June 27....

Many Aon Benfield Conference Delegates See 2014 Better for Solvency II Start

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Insurance Educators Take Advantage of New Media

Jun 23 2011 // As Web sites and social media companies like Facebook and LinkedIn have proven, new media is nothing if not great in building a community. That’s why long-time insurance educators Laurie Infantino, Ray Infantino, Tom...

Firms Shift Cybersecurity Responsibility to Frontline Employees

Jun 22 2011 // If your company gets hacked, it may very well be your fault, and if your bank account gets broken into by digital thieves, you might be to blame too. The question, though, is whether you’ll ever actually be punished...

Hackers Bring Down British Police Web Site

Jun 20 2011 // Hackers temporarily knocked offline a Website run by the British police Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), which targets organized crime in Britain and overseas. Lulz Security, a loosely aligned hacker group which said...

The National Alliance Names Outstanding State CSRs

Jun 20 2011 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research named this year’s state winners who will represent their states and compete to become the National Outstanding CSR of the Year. The award recognizes the...

Texas Governor Vetoes Texting While Driving Bill

Jun 20 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry vetoed 23 bills on June 17, including legislation that would have outlawed sending or reading text messages while driving. Lawmakers approved the texting ban last month, but Perry called it an...

NAS Creates Data Security Risk Management Web Site

Jun 10 2011 // NAS Insurance Services has launched its Data Security Risk Management Web site. The site offers up-to-date state and federal laws, compliance materials, training tools, and procedures to reduce insured’s exposure to...

Training & Mentoring for the New Economy

Jun 6 2011 // The dust is settling and people are getting used to the new economy (which is not necessarily a good thing). It is clear that one thing is certain, and that is uncertainty. Many businesses now have lower revenue and less...

Wells Publishing’s Tinney to Speak on Media Transformation

May 24 2011 // Julie Tinney, vice president of sales and marketing, Wells Publishing Inc., and self-proclaimed “gadget geek,” will be speaking on the new media and future of publishing during a webinar sponsored by Audience...