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Top 10 goals for agents to make ASAP
Oct 9 2006 // The year is winding down and it is time to focus on goals for next year. The easy route is to take the current results and add X% for growth and improve results by Y%. A few other ideas might also creep in the plan for...
Trucking benchmarks and best practices
Oct 9 2006 // The number one way to prevent crashes in fleets: hire high-quality drivers with clear driving records. In fact, company fleets in which more than 60 percent of drivers hold clear motor vehicle records had a 42 percent...
XL CEO Calls for ‘Culture and Values’ at Boston Conference
Oct 6 2006 // XL’s President and CEO Brian M. O’Hara told delegates at the company’s global risk conference in Boston that P/C insurance companies with strong underlying corporate cultures and values will differentiate...
Banking and Insurance Execs to Spend More for Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing Compliance
Oct 4 2006 // Banking and insurance executives overwhelmingly plan to spend more, especially on staff, to help strengthen their anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing compliance programs, according to new research by the...
TDI to Hold Compliance Conferences Oct. 30 – Nov. 1
Oct 4 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold two compliance conferences beginning Oct. 30, 2006 through Nov. 1, 2006 at the Doubletree Hotel in Austin. The conferences are held every other year between state legislative...
TDI Announces August 2006 Enforcement Actions
Oct 4 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during August 2006. The actions include two license revocations and fines and restitution totaling...
LWCC Stresses Driver Safety in the “Mobile Workplace”
Oct 3 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) is reminding employers throughout the state to educate their employees about driving safely in the “mobile workplace.” As part of this campaign, the...
Indiana Insurance Honored at Applied Systems Conference
Oct 2 2006 // Indiana Insurance is among the Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional companies whose achievements in advancing interface technology were honored recently by Applied Systems and its client network, ASCnet, at the 2006...
Funding for Building Code Implementation Passes Legislative Hurdle in La.
Sep 29 2006 // The hurricane recovery effort in Louisiana received a much needed financial boost recently from the state as it continues implementing the statewide building code, the American Insurance Association reported. A legislative...
Professional Insurance Agents of Ohio Announce 2006 Award Winners
Sep 29 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio, Inc. (PIA) presented awards this week to several of its members. The awards were announced at the 2006 PIA Agency Management and Profitability Conference. PIA of Ohio...
CRM Schedules Spanish Language Courses in Mexico
Sep 29 2006 // Certified Risk Managers (CRM) announced from Austin that it has scheduled a course in risk management to be held in Monterey, Mexico Oct. 18-21 in Spanish. CRM called the course – “Principios de la...
Hawaii Web Site To Educate Homeowners on Hurricane Retrofits
Sep 26 2006 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has created a new website: www.hurricaneretrofits.hawaii.gov, which details the State’s Loss Mitigation Grant Program for Hawaii...
IES Introduces Education Insurance Program
Sep 26 2006 // Beaverton, Ore.-based Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency introduced an education insurance program providing coverage for smaller colleges and universities, as well as private K-12 schools. IES is also able to consider...
Both employers and employees benefit from investment in learning
Sep 25 2006 // Insurance is one of the fastest changing, most regulated industries in America. That very nature insists that those who want to excel in their current responsibilities and pursue their career goals must include education...
The Commissioners
Sep 25 2006 // Hawaii:Perfectly poised for insurers in the Pacific Rim Although it is undeniably one of the 50 United States, Hawaii’s location at the edge of the Pacific Rim yields creative business opportunities throughout the...
Construction Industry and the Latino Workforce
Sep 25 2006 // In the next 10 years, the construction business will need to fill more than 180,000 jobs. As the rush to fill these positions advances, workers’ compensation professionals will be challenged along with the...
STATES TRY TO STRENGTHEN FLOOD INSURANCE TRAINING FOR AGENTS
Sep 25 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted a model bulletin regarding training requirements for insurance producers who offer policies through the National Flood Insurance Program. This effort relates...
Both employers and employees benefit from investment in learning
Sep 25 2006 // Insurance is one of the fastest changing, most regulated industries in America. That very nature insists that those who want to excel in their current responsibilities and pursue their career goals must include education...
J.P. Schmidt, Hawaii, Insurance Commissioner
Sep 25 2006 // Although it is undeniably one of the 50 United States, Hawaii’s location at the edge of the Pacific Rim yields creative business opportunities throughout the world. The state’s captive insurer law already has...
!Cuidado! Construction Industry and the Latino Workforce
Sep 25 2006 // In the next 10 years, the construction business will need to fill more than 180,000 jobs. As the rush to fill these positions advances, workers’ compensation professionals will be challenged along with the...
