Latest Training Development Headlines
All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Stronger Economic Times Add to Recruitment Challenges
Sep 20 2010 // People are a company’s greatest asset. Yet finding the right people is often challenging, particularly in the insurance industry. While the economic downturn put a hold on hiring for many firms, the seemingly steady...
America’s Best Independent Agencies to Work For
Sep 20 2010 // Salaries and Benefits Lead but Quality of People and Relationships Win Votes, Too The results are in from the 2010 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. The owners of the Best Agencies...
Stronger Economic Times Add to Recruitment Challenges
Sep 20 2010 // People are a company’s greatest asset. Yet finding the right people is often challenging, particularly in the insurance industry. While the economic downturn put a hold on hiring for many firms, the seemingly steady...
BP Denies Alabama Claim Over Oil Spill
Sep 17 2010 // BP Plc has turned down Alabama’s claim for $148 million in lost government revenue due to the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the state’s attorney general, Troy King, said Friday. BP denied the claim because...
Texas Mutual Awards $300K in Safety Education Grants
Sep 9 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company has awarded a combined $300,000 in grants to Kilgore College, Midland College and College of the Mainland in Texas City. The grants will fund free workplace safety courses for employers,...
People
Sep 6 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) promoted two key executives. Paul Buffone is now senior vice president of Risk Management Services, and David T. White is now vice president of Internal Audit. Buffone...
InVEST Names Three New Board Members
Sep 2 2010 // InVEST, an insurance industry classroom to career education program founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), named three new members to its national board: Joey...
Data Concerns – Small Agencies in Small Towns
Aug 25 2010 // For the past two weeks I have been discussing challenges faced by small agencies in small towns. This week I want to begin the discussion about various solutions I have seen these agencies us that have aided them in...
Beazley Launches Fixed Site Environmental Cleanup Coverage
Aug 25 2010 // Beazley Group has added coverage for fixed site environmental exposures to its growing range of environmental products. Beazley ECLIPSE is an environmental liability and cleanup costs insurance product, designed to help...
Gulf State Insurance Information Center Web site Aims to Educate Consumers
Aug 17 2010 // The insurer-funded, nonprofit Gulf State Insurance Information Center (GSIIC) has launched a new Web site – www.GulfStateInsuranceCenter.org – to serve as a repository of information on insurance issues...
101 Sales & Marketing Ideas
Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...
2010 Education & Training Directory
Aug 16 2010 // Insurance Journal is pleased to publish the 2010 Education and Training Directory. This exclusive resource directory has been designed to help independent agents and brokers find educational and training opportunities to...
101 Sales & Marketing Ideas*
Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...
Storm Depression Headed for Spill Site
Aug 12 2010 // The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is headed toward the oil spill site off the coast of Louisiana. BP and Coast Guard officials had already decided to stop...
Texas Commissioner Orders $551K in Fines and Restitution in June
Aug 5 2010 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during June 2010 included four license revocations, three license denials, and fines and restitution totaling $551,012. Copies of...
How Program Partners Can Help Agents Sell Value
Aug 2 2010 // There is a quote from Warren Buffet that I want to put on my wall and send to all my colleagues: “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” Agents, brokers and underwriters should heed Mr. Buffet’s...
IJ’s Academy of Insurance Instructor Gears Up for Leadership Training
Jul 27 2010 // Kathy Ryan is no stranger to the challenges of leadership in the workplace. For two years, she’s been coaching executives of large companies on how to have those tough conversations with employees on performance. She...
Country Sees Growing Power of Hispanic Agents and Customers
Jul 19 2010 // Latin Agents Group Launches in New York The growth of the country’s Hispanic population is a hot topic among demographers and marketers – including insurance producers and brokers. As of 2008, the last year for...
Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance Instructor Ryan Gears Up for Performance, Leadership Sessions
Jul 19 2010 // How to Have Tough Conversations with Employees and Leadership Training Top Webinar Schedule Kathy Ryan is no stranger to the challenges of leadership in the workplace. For two years, she’s been coaching executives of...
Webinar to Help P/C Agents Benefit from Health Insurance Boom Under Reform Law
Jul 19 2010 // For independent insurance agents, upcoming healthcare reform could be an opportunity to gain a bigger share of the health insurance and benefits market, provided they can properly advise their customers about their...
