Latest Training Development Headlines
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Insurers, Nonprofits Offer Low-Income Loans to Health Clinics
Nov 22 2005 // Impact Community Capital, a consortium of major insurance companies, and NCB Development Corp. (NCBDC) have teamed to offer as much as $50 million in low-interest loans to community health clinics that have difficulty...
FAIA WEB SITE UPGRADED
Nov 21 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents in Tallahassee recently unveiled a new and improved version of its Web site at www.faia.com. Jennifer Pitts, FAIA webmaster said anyone using the site for research should be...
Your New Employee is About to Start, Now What?
Nov 21 2005 // (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at iiat.org under Agency...
Your New Employee is About to Start, Now What?
Nov 20 2005 // After a long search, your agency has finally found the right employee. Intelligent, the right attitude, solid background. So what do you do with them now? There is so much they need to learn, but how do they get...
James Discusses Challenges Facing Lloyd’s at Xchanging Conference
Nov 18 2005 // In a speech on Nov. 17, given at a conference sponsored by insurance service provider Xchanging, Julian James, Lloyd’s Director of world-wide markets, stressed that the London market faced continuing challenges in...
Arkansas Workers’ Comp Commission Announces ’06 Conference Plans
Nov 10 2005 // The AWCC announced plans for two important conferences for 2006, one in Little Rock and the other in Hot Springs. The AWCC reported with Arkansas Self-Insurers Association (ASIA) that, instead of the ASIA Spring Fling and...
ELANY Selects Nunez to Direct Communications, Education
Nov 9 2005 // The Excess Line Association of New York has appointed Louis E. Nunez as director of communications and education. Nunez will undertake responsibility for public relations, media projects and publications and be reporting...
Value Added Services Stand Out from the Pack
Nov 7 2005 // Most consumers buy on price and not value. True or False? The vast majority of insurance salespeople would tend to believe there is a lot of truth in the above statement–despite any well-programmed responses from...
Harrington Tells FAIA: Employment Crisis Major Threat to Agencies
Nov 7 2005 // An impending employment crisis threatens independent insurance agencies and will become disastrous by 2010 unless employers act now, Lisa Harrington, Florida Association of Insurance Agents vice president of Education,...
IIAG OFFERS FLOOD INSURANCE EDUCATION
Nov 7 2005 // Flood insurance education to meet National Flood Insurance Program requirements is being offered by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia as part of its ongoing continuing education offerings. An IIAG spokesperson...
Using a Marketing Approach to Recruiting Employees
Nov 7 2005 // This is the first in a series of articles offering “best practices” for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at: www.iiat.org, under Agency Management. The lifeblood of...
Harrington Tells FAIA: Employment Crisis Major Threat to Agencies
Nov 6 2005 // An impending employment crisis threatens independent insurance agents and will become disastrous by 2010 unless employers act now, Lisa Harrington, Florida Association of Insurance Agents vice president of Education, told...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // ALABAMA Vesta Reinsurance To Cover Wilma Vesta Insurance of Birmingham, issued a statement saying it has complete reinsurance coverage for Hur-ricane Wilma claims in Florida. “As previously disclosed, Vesta’s...
At IIAT’s Small Agency Conference, lawmaker says involvement is key to legislative success
Nov 6 2005 // Sen. Staples Urges Agents to Continue Participating in the ‘Process’ Nearly 250 attendees turned out for the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ first-ever Small Agency Conference, held in Waco in...
Using a Marketing Approach to Recruiting Employees
Nov 6 2005 // This is the first in a series of articles offering “best practices” for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at: www.iiat.org, under Agency Management. The lifeblood of...
Value Added Services Stand Out from the Pack
Nov 6 2005 // For most firms, the insurance consumer will not see any major value difference between agencies. Because products, price and service are roughly the same, sales people are forced to sell on rapport, relationships and sales...
Florida Big ‘I’ to Unveil Its New, Improved Web site Upgrade on Monday
Nov 4 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents in Tallahassee will unveil a new and improved version of its Web site on Monday at www.faia.com. “Although our site reconstruction has been carefully planned and thoroughly...
CPCU Society Names 2005-06 Officers and Governors
Oct 31 2005 // The CPCU Society has announced its new officers and governors, effective immediately. The following officers have been officially elected: The CPCU Society’s incoming president, Millicent W. Workman, CPCU, CPIW, is...
PIA National Debuts Spanish Web site
Oct 28 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has debuted a Spanish language Web site to provide additional service to members of the association whose primary language is Spanish or who do business in Hispanic...
TDI Reports Sept. Enforcement Actions
Oct 27 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during September. The actions include seven license revocations, two license denials and fines and...
