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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...
TD Banknorth Agency Promotes 5
Sep 22 2006 // Maine-based TD Banknorth Insurance Agency, Inc. announced several personnel moves, including the promotion of Ellen L. Dupuis to senior vice president in the Personal Insurance Division in South Portland, Maine. As a...
Web site Helps Arizona Consumers Get Smart about Insurance
Sep 22 2006 // The Arizona Department of Insurance has introduced an online “university,” called Insure U, desiged for insurance consumers who want to learn more about insurance issues. Organized by life stages, the site...
N.H. Audit Blasts State Insurance Buying Practices
Sep 21 2006 // The state of New Hampshire routinely bypasses competitive bidding for insurance contracts and awards them to incumbent producers, a state audit report that severely criticizes many of the state’s insurance practices...
Motorcycle Makers’ Renewed Focus on Safety Includes Air Bags
Sep 20 2006 // Jeaneen Parsons’ husband steered their motorcycle to the ground seven years ago to avoid hitting a passenger whose cycle went down on a twisting mountain road in Kentucky. The couple emerged from the accident with a...
Calif. State Fund To Host Restaurant Supervisor Safety Training
Sep 20 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a free restaurant-safety training program for supervisors in Sacramento on September 20. The workshop is designed to help restaurant managers and owners...
PartnerRe to Publish ‘Loss Development Triangles’- Conference Call Details
Sep 20 2006 // Bermuda’s PartnerRe Ltd. will publish the Company’s Loss Development Triangles shortly after 4 p.m. EDT today, September 20, 2006. “A copy of these documents will be available on the Company’s...
Midwest Agribusiness Conference Scheduled for October
Sep 19 2006 // Insurance Skills Center and the Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa will present a two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks, Oct. 9-10, 2006 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Midwest Agribusiness...
Employers Direct Web Site to Sell Workers’ Comp Directly to Consumers
Sep 19 2006 // Employers Direct Insurance Co., a direct writer of California workers’ compensation insurance, has announced the launch of its new enhanced Web site developed for current and prospective customers. The new design at...
Agency Management Resource Group Hosts Agribusiness Conference
Sep 18 2006 // Agency Management Resource Group is hosting its first annual Agribusiness Conference at Lake Shastina Golf Resort in Northern California. The event will be held on Thursday, Oct. 5 and Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, from 8 a.m. to...
Registration Open for Annual Texas Workers’ Comp Conference
Sep 14 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation is holding registration for its annual Workers’ Compensation Conference on December 4-5, 2006, in Austin. Participants can register for the...
