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Independent Agents Drawn to Tablet Applications: Channel Harvest
Jul 29 2014 // Many independent insurance agents say that tablet devices are going to be more important in the next couple of years — particularly for sales presentations and accessing carrier-based training. This is among the many...
Alabama Whistleblower Wins Supreme Court Appeal But Not Job or Back Pay
Jul 29 2014 // Edward Lane’s Supreme Court victory in a landmark whistleblower case doesn’t change the fact he lost his state job and more than half his income while helping convict a state legislator of getting paid for not...
Massachusetts Does Well in New Kids Count Report
Jul 23 2014 // Children in Massachusetts are better off than in any other state in the nation, according to a report released Tuesday. Massachusetts was ranked No. 1 in the overall well-being of children as measured in four categories,...
Alabama’s Volunteer Fire Departments Not Alone in Recruiting Struggles
Jul 22 2014 // They’re often the first ones on the scene of major emergencies, but their numbers appear to be dwindling. Volunteer firefighters help communities in ways both obvious — fighting fires— and overlooked —...
Independent Agents Drawn to Tablet Applications
Jul 21 2014 // Many independent insurance agents say that tablet devices are going to be more important in the next couple of years – particularly for sales presentations and accessing carrier-based training. This is among the many...
Mine Safety Agency Settles with 2 West Virginia Miners’ Widows
Jul 18 2014 // The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over the deaths of two miners in a 2006 fire at an underground coal mine in West Virginia, according to court documents. Under...
Washington Nuclear Site Workers Test Thousands Of Air Samples
Jul 11 2014 // About 12,000 air samples taken on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington this year after more than three dozen workers reported being sickened by chemical vapors have failed to find a cause for the problem, Hanford...
FERMA Agrees to Plan for European Certification of Risk Managers
Jul 10 2014 // The general assembly of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) announced that it has agreed a framework and funding to create European certification for risk managers. “The program will...
Colleges Lack Training to Prevent Sexual Assaults: Senator
Jul 9 2014 // One in five U.S. colleges doesn’t provide faculty and staff with training in how to respond to victims of sexual assault, according to a survey by Senator Claire McCaskill. In addition, about 31 percent of the...
New Jersey Superfund Site Lawsuit Allowed to Proceed
Jul 7 2014 // A lawsuit filed against a New Jersey town and county and the Army Corps of Engineers over the nearly $80 million cleanup of a Raritan Bay Superfund site can proceed, a federal judge ruled last week. U.S. District Judge...
Staffing for Your Organization’s Term Projects
Jul 7 2014 // Natural disasters are unforeseen and unpredictable: an unexpected hurricane that devastates a coastal area, a tornado that cuts across a city leaving broken buildings and homes in its path, a wildfire that sweeps across...
Prince Charles Calls for Action on Climate Change at IIS Conference
Jun 27 2014 // HRH Charles, the Prince of Wales, addressed the International Insurance Society on Wednesday June 25th. Speaking to a full house, the heir to the British throne called the gathering “a vitally important meeting on...
50th International Insurance Society Seminar Convenes in London
Jun 23 2014 // The International Insurance Society (IIS) has come a long way since its first meeting in a conference room in Austin, Texas. The 50th edition of its annual conclave opened this morning in London at the Park Plaza...
Kentucky School Faculty Learn ‘Stop the Shooter’ Survival Actions
Jun 22 2014 // In less than five seconds after hearing gunfire, almost 60 faculty and staff cleared the media room at Mason County Intermediate School in Mayside, Kentucky, through only two exits, or into locked rooms, away from where...
InVEST Honors Florida’s Zupkoff As Teacher of Year
Jun 20 2014 // Adam W. Zupkoff, who teaches at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Fla., is the 2014 InVEST Teacher of the Year. InVEST is an industry-supported program that provides students with knowledge of the basics of insurance...
Duke Energy Balks at Coal Ash Site Closure Deadline
Jun 19 2014 // Duke Energy is expressing concern about proposed legislation requiring the closure of all of its North Carolina coal ash dumps by 2029, a deadline the company says is about half the time it will need. The bill backed by...
Ex-Coach Crowe Goes on Offense for Youth Injury Prevention
Jun 18 2014 // The opposing running back from Jack Crowe’s first game as a full-time high school coach died after a hit later in the 1972 season. Auburn’s starting fullback in 1983, Greg Pratt, collapsed and died after a...
Agents React to Walmart, Overstock in Insurance: ‘We Aren’t Dead or Dying, We are Evolving’
Jun 18 2014 // Recent announcements by giant retailers Walmart and Overstock.com that they entering the insurance sales game have elicited a healthy response from the insurance industry. Some agents have expressed concern and frustration...
Federal Appeals Court Rules Bonus Payout for WTC Site Workers Premature
Jun 9 2014 // A judge acted prematurely in awarding a $55 million bonus payment to thousands of rescue and cleanup workers at the World Trade Center site who settled lawsuits against New York City over damage to their health, a federal...
Mississippi Navy SEAL Shooting Appealed to Supreme Court
Jun 9 2014 // Attorneys for a northwest Mississippi shooting range are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal in case involving the death of a Naval SEAL during a training exercise. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled in...
