Latest Training Development Headlines
All the headlines from our Training Development Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Illinois Set to Implement State-Based Licensing System for Producers
Jul 13 2010 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has announced that on July 26, 2010, it will implement the State-Based Systems (SBS) licensing system. SBS will allow producer licensing functions to be completed electronically through...
State Auto Western Region Reports Additions, Promotions in Texas
Jul 9 2010 // State Auto Western Region has announced the following staff additions and promotions in Texas: Steve Harmon has joined State Auto as a business insurance account executive. In this role, Harmon will have responsibility for...
Insurance Skills Center Names Koch Managing Director
Jul 8 2010 // Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West’s (IBA West) education division, Insurance Skills Center (ISC), has entered into an agreement with Cheryl L. Koch, president and CEO of Agency Management Resource Group, for...
Latin Insurance Agent Groups Growing, Going Mainstream
Jul 7 2010 // A group of New York insurance agents has launched a new trade group for Latin insurance producers as well as brokers who serve the Hispanic community in the Northeast. LABA is not the first group geared toward insurance...
LWCC Promotes 2 to Director Positions
Jul 7 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted two longtime managers to director positions. Debra Taylor is now the director of Human Resources, and Jill Breard is the director of Risk Management...
Washington Agents Advised to Update Listing on OIC Web Site
Jul 7 2010 // Washington agents and brokers are being advised to update the licensing business address with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. In October, the OIC will launch a new search feature on its Web site to help consumers...
