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Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo Launching Autonomous Vehicle Testing Site in Ohio
Dec 3 2020 // Waymo plans to open a new testing site in Ohio for its driverless autonomous vehicles that will focus on dense, urban areas, the company has said. The new site being built at the Transportation Research Center near...
Louisiana School Superintendents Seeking Looser Quarantine Rules
Nov 25 2020 // Leaders of several Louisiana public school systems have called on state officials to relax coronavirus quarantine rules that have sent thousands of students home from school because they have been in close proximity to...
Best Agency to Work For West: The Buckner Co.
Nov 25 2020 // Words like “fair,” “ethical, and “accommodating,” may not top a list of words you’d think would energize workers, but there was no shortage of enthusiasm found in comments from employees...
New CSR Podcast Series – Episode 2: I’m Your Agent, Let’s Talk About Sex.
Nov 23 2020 // Austin, TX, November 23, 2020 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research recently launched a new podcast series titled Awkward Insurance. The podcast is intended for Insurance Service...
America’s Best Agencies to Work For
Nov 23 2020 // The votes are in for the 2020 Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For. While 2020 has been an unusual year for agency employees – many of whom have worked remotely for months – the pressures that have...
Kevelighan: Talks with Institutes on Creating 21st Century Triple III Began Years Ago
Nov 16 2020 // Affiliating with The Institutes provides an opportunity for the industry’s Insurance Information Institute (III) to become more of a 21st Century trade association, rather than one suited for the 1950s, according to...
3 Ps to Consider When Managing the Risks of Assisted Living Facilities
Nov 16 2020 // Assisted living facilities provide a necessary service to our aging population, but operating them comes with risks. When you consider that they are designed to provide care for our loved ones in ways that many of us are...
Three Generations of Doing the Right Thing
Nov 16 2020 // Words like “fair,” “ethical, and “accommodating,” may not top a list of words you’d think would energize workers, but there was no shortage of enthusiasm found in comments from employees...
Young E&S Professionals Face Toughest Market They Have Ever Seen
Nov 16 2020 // Wholesaler brokers of all ages are facing hard market conditions with rising insurance rates, tighter underwriting and fewer carriers willing to write some tough classes. They, like everyone, are also experiencing fewer...
GRS Appoints Keenan to Head Learning, Marketing Operations
Nov 13 2020 // Global Risk Solutions, Inc., a provider of claims adjusting and environmental risk management services based in Miami, has added Colm Keenan as executive vice president and chief of Learning & Marketing. Keenan will be...
Aon Invests $30 Million to Create 10,000 Apprenticeships Nationwide by 2030
Nov 12 2020 // Global insurance broker Aon said it is expanding its corporate apprenticeship program with an investment of $30 million over the next five years. With this expansion, Aon hopes to develop a nationwide network of employers...
Nonprofits The Institutes, Insurance Information Institute to Affiliate Nov. 16
Nov 12 2020 // The insurance education and research nonprofit The Institutes said it will finalize its affiliation with its fellow nonprofit Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) on November 16, 2020. According to the announcement,...
Wright Specialty Insurance Introduces New Education Insurance Offering with Munich Re
Nov 12 2020 // November 12, 2020 – Garden City, NY – Wright Specialty Insurance, which provides a comprehensive suite of property and casualty insurance coverage and services for educational institutions nationwide, has expanded...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s Optimum Talent Inc.
Nov 6 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based Optimum Talent Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981, Optimum Talent is one of Canada’s largest...
Houston’s HIIG Expands D&O Coverage for Public Companies; Adds Top Talent
Nov 3 2020 // Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) is expanding its management liability coverage offerings to include an excess public D&O (directors and officers) product. As part of this expansion, Peter Bujosa has...
Pilot Unions, Families of Crash Victims Seek Revisions to Training for Boeing 737 Max
Nov 3 2020 // Pilot unions and families of those killed in a crash of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max are asking for revisions to proposed new training for the grounded jetliner. The Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed new...
Wisconsin City’s Failure to Report Contamination Site Deemed an ‘Oversight’
Oct 28 2020 // A 2015 report identified hazardous substances on the site of the Sheboygan Municipal Armory near Lake Michigan, but contamination was only recently reported to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at the request...
CRC Group Funds National Alliance High School Program at Duncanville ISD
Oct 26 2020 // Austin, TX, October 26, 2020 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announces the launch of the CISR High School Program at Duncanville ISD in Texas. Over one hundred 11th and 12th grade...
Second Search of Virginia Blast Site Finds No More Victims
Oct 20 2020 // Fire officials have completed another search of the site of a weekend explosion and fire in Harrisonburg, Va., and determined there are no additional victims, the city announced Sunday night. An explosion rocked a strip...
Pandemic Amplified Security Gaps for Public Sector Cyber Officials
Oct 19 2020 // While the pandemic has highlighted the resilience of public sector cyber officials, it has also called attention to chronic challenges facing state information technology organizations including securing adequate budgets...