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Mississippi Municipal Insurer Takes Aim at Taser Weapons in Training
Feb 15 2011 // A company that administers an insurance program for county workers injured on the job is discouraging the use of Taser shock weapons in training police officers. The Mississippi Public Entity Workers’ Compensation...
360training.com Adds Ray as Director of Regulatory and Accreditation
Feb 14 2011 // Austin, Texas-based 360training.com has appointed Matt Ray as director of Regulatory and Accreditation. Previously, Ray served in various roles with Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) for more than 23 years, most recently...
Two Workers Die After New York Construction Site Fall
Feb 10 2011 // Two ironworkers died Tuesday morning after they fell from a fifth floor through an open elevator shaft at a church construction site where they were installing steel, New York City authorities said. Brett McEnroe, 49, of...
Independent Spirit Shapes Marsh’s New Retail Unit
Feb 7 2011 // CEO Eslick Shares Lessons Learned in Assembling Marsh & McLennan Agency In a little over a year, mega-broker Marsh & McLennan quickly assembled one of the largest independent agencies in the nation, entirely...
E&O for Agents – A Necessity Even if Mistakes Don’t Happen
Feb 7 2011 // Errors and omissions insurance is available, and necessary, not just because mistakes happen. A customer’s perception can be that the reason a loss was not covered, valid or not, was the result of an agent’s...
Applied Systems Client Network Completes Move to Chicago Area
Feb 4 2011 // Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the users group of Applied Systems insurance agency management software, has completed its transition to new offices near Chicago and hired several new staff, announced Steve...
TDI December Enforcement Actions Result in Nearly $575K in Fines, Restitution
Feb 2 2011 // Texas Department of Insurance enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during December 2010 include four license revocations, and fines and restitution totaling $574,348. Copies of...
Mitigation Consensus
Jan 24 2011 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation recently brought together industry, government and academic leaders — many from disaster-prone coastal states such as California, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi for a...
The Insurance Community University Announces Webinar Classes Approved for CE in California
Jan 20 2011 // January 20 2011 – The Insurance Community University announces the unveiling of its ‘Lecture Series’ of Webinar Classes approved for CE in the state of California. The Insurance Community University is...
SSK Insurance Offers Teen Driving Simulator Program
Jan 18 2011 // Lynden, Wash.-based Snapper Shuler Kenner Insurance (SSK Insurance), an independent insurance agency with offices in Lynden and Bellingham, Wash., has launched SSK Drive-Safe, a free simulator driver training program for...
Texas Work Comp December Enforcements Include Fines Up to $78K
Jan 18 2011 // Final enforcement actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) for December 2010 include fines of up to $78,000. Division of Workers’ Compensationfinal...
Producer Training and Future Success
Jan 10 2011 // Focused producer development and training are absolutely essential to long-term selling success. “Smiling, dialing and quoting” doesn’t build long-term client relationships. Long-term relationships are...
Calif. Homeowners Underinsurance Regulations May Require Agent Training
Jan 10 2011 // California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved regulations designed to combat underinsurance and may require insurance agents and brokers to complete additional training. The regulations will take...
Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance Instructor Spotlight
Jan 10 2011 // Mary Eisenhart Learn the business-building techniques Mary Eisenhart teaches on a daily basis at her own 14-year-old consulting firm. Beginning Febr. 17, 2011, Eisenhart will begin her three-part series, “The How...
The Academy of Insurance and Insurance Professionals
Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to 2011! And Welcome to Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance. We at the Academy of Insurance are excited about this year’s program of study. Because of our commitment to the insurance industry and...
Consensus: Consumer Education Needed to Reduce Disaster Losses
Jan 6 2011 // With more than 50 percent of the country’s population living in coastal counties, there is an urgent and extensive need to convince consumers to adopt a long-term view of catastrophic risk. That is the conclusion of...
PuroClean to Open New Property Restoration Training Facility
Jan 5 2011 // Florida-based PuroClean, which specializes in property emergency restoration services, announced plans to open a new Applied Structural Drying (ASD) Demonstration Facility. The company said the facility is only the 17th...
CompPartners Names Hutchings Account Manager
Jan 5 2011 // Sue C. Hutchings has joined CompPartners, a workers’ compensation, disability, and group health managed care organization, as account manager. She brings 25 years of experience to the position, having most recently...
California Approves Homeowners Underinsurance Regulations
Dec 31 2010 // California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved regulations designed to combat underinsurance and may require insurance agents and brokers to complete additional training. The regulations will take...
Insurance Vital to Alabama Coast Long-Term Plan, Says Commission
Dec 21 2010 // Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help the region recover from the oil damage but also put it in a position to better recover...
