Latest Training Development Headlines
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Insurers, underwriters try to relax with medispas
Aug 20 2007 // In a world where one-stop shopping is the norm, it makes sense that consumers now demand cosmetic and medical services be blended and offered in one location. With no extra travel and no extra hassle, a one-stop, beauty...
2007 Education and Training Directory
Aug 20 2007 // Insurance Journal is pleased to publish the 2007 Education and Training Directory. This exclusive resource directory has been designed to help independent agents and brokers find educational and training opportunities to...
The bed bugs are coming! The bed bugs are coming!
Aug 20 2007 // In the past half dozen years, reports and statistics about a global resurgence of bed bugs have alarmed hoteliers and their guests. The resurgence has been particularly noticeable in parts of North America, Europe and...
Insurers, underwriters try to relax with medispas
Aug 20 2007 // In a world where one-stop shopping is the norm, it makes sense that consumers now demand cosmetic and medical services be blended and offered in one location. With no extra travel and no extra hassle, a one-stop, beauty...
Sept. Agribusiness Conference Scheduled in Richmond, Va.
Aug 15 2007 // A two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks will be held in Richmond, Va., next month. The Southeast Agribusiness Conference allows participants to receive continuing education credits from most...
Interest in Texas Independent Agents’ Small Agency Conference Growing
Aug 14 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will hold its third annual Small Agency Conference in Waco on Sept. 23 and 24 at the Waco Convention Center and the association expects continuing growth in attendance at the...
Sept. Workers’ Comp Conference Scheduled in West Virginia
Aug 13 2007 // The Offices of the Insurance Commissioner, in conjunction with the National Council on Compensation Insurance will hold a forum specifically designed to provide workers’ compensation carriers with the information...
Westfield Insurance Hosts Workshop to Promote Industry Recruitment
Aug 9 2007 // On July 16-18, nearly 100 insurance industry leaders, school administrators and teachers, representing 22 different states, attended a comprehensive workshop at Ohio-based Westfield Insurance to learn about InVEST, a...
Allied World Reports $123 Million Q2 Net; Conference Call Today
Aug 8 2007 // Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd. reported net income of $123.3 million, or $1.96 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2007, compared to net income of $102.4 million, or $2.02 per diluted...
Swiss Re Q2 Net up 45% to $1 Billion; Analysts’ Conference Call Today
Aug 7 2007 // Swiss Re released excellent financial figures for the second quarter of 2007, with earnings of CHF 1.2 billion ($1.007 billion), an increase of 45 percent over the same period last year. Annualized return on equity for the...
R.I. Hospital Reports Third Incidence of Wrong-Site Brain Surgery
Aug 6 2007 // A neurosurgeon at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence has been disciplined for operating on the wrong side of a patient’s brain, the third time such an error has occurred at the hospital in the last six years. The...
Disaster Training Center Proposed for Hawaii
Aug 2 2007 // The country’s only dedicated center for natural disaster preparedness could be located at the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus. Plans for the training center at the university were included in a conference...
Farmers Insurance Adding 600 New Agents to Grow in Ohio
Aug 1 2007 // The Farmers Insurance Group is tired of being a minor player in Ohio, one of the most lucrative insurance markets in the country. The nation’s No. 3 property and casualty insurer, part of global giant Zurich...
Texas’ June Enforcement Actions Result in $190K in Fines, Restitution
Jul 31 2007 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during June resulted in nearly $191,000 in fines and restitution, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. The actions include...
New Web Site Seeks to Attract N.J. College Students to Insurance Careers
Jul 25 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. and the New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals have teamed up to create Project Y, a Web site (http://www.projectynj.org) dedicated to generating greater interest in...
Group Seeks Site for Hurricane Center in Southwest La.
Jul 13 2007 // Though unsure exactly where it would be built or when, backers of a proposed National Hurricane Museum and Science Center in southwest Louisiana say they’re confident the $100 million project will become reality. The...
Best to Hold Canada Conference
Jul 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. will host a comprehensive one-day conference in Toronto to explore the issues facing the Canadian insurance industry. The 2007 “Review & Preview Conference–Canadian Update” will be held...
Ill. Society of Actuaries Names Greg Heidrich Executive Director
Jul 2 2007 // The Board of Governors of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and its Leadership Team recently named Gregory W. Heidrich to serve as the association’s executive director, according to Edward L. Robbins, SOA president....
People
Jul 2 2007 // Donald Gaddis Co. Inc. announced that Jay Dillon will lead the newly opened Franklin, Mich., office. Dillon has over 35 years of extensive commercial insurance experience, according to the Gaddis statement. For the past 15...
A look at restaurants and bars from the ‘inside-out’
Jul 2 2007 // Today’s complex restaurant environment needs the right list of insurance ingredients When people get to talking about America’s food hot spots, the same handful of cities come up again and again, including New...
