Latest Training Development Headlines
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5 Things to Know About Education & Training
Apr 8 2013 // In North America and Europe, there are more than 210 insurance and insurance-related professional designations that are available for property/casualty, life, health, benefits, actuarial and other financial services...
Starr Aviation Partners with Aviation Safety Group for Pilot Reward Project
Apr 5 2013 // Starr Aviation (Starr), a division of Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., has partnered with the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) and Redbird Flight Simulations (Redbird) to reward participation of insureds...
Hanford Nuclear Contractor Settles Lawsuit For $1.1M
Apr 4 2013 // A contractor at the Hanford nuclear plant in Washington has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department claiming the company used federal money to lobby for new government customers for a...
Indiana Plan Would Require Armed Staffers at Schools
Apr 4 2013 // Indiana’s public and charter schools would be required to have an employee carry a loaded gun during school in order to respond quickly to attacks under a proposal an Indiana House committee approved April...
Oklahoma Teacher-Gun Bill Derailed
Apr 3 2013 // A bill that would have allowed public school districts across Oklahoma to decide whether to let teachers be armed in classrooms won’t be granted a hearing in the Senate and likely is dormant this session, the...
Astonish Announces Early Bird Pricing for Annual E-Agent Summit
Apr 3 2013 // Warwick, RI, 04/03/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing, technology, and training provider for insurance agencies and brokerages, is thrilled to announce early bird pricing for the upcoming E-Agent Summit taking...
Astonish’s One-Day Modern Consumer Training Hosted by QQ Solutions on Thursday, April 11
Apr 1 2013 // Warwick, RI, 04/01/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in Florida and surrounding...
Rig Worker: Training Saved Lives After BP Blowout
Mar 27 2013 // A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon testified in New Orleans that he believes the rig crew’s emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosion that killed 11 workers and...
More than 500 to Guide Arkansas Residents on Health Insurance Options
Mar 26 2013 // Come summer, at least 535 trained guides will start fanning out across Arkansas, knocking on doors, setting up folding chairs in community centers and handing out brochures to spread the word across Arkansas about the...
Home Work
Mar 25 2013 // Insurance Journal‘s own Don Jergler recently tackled the controversy triggered when Yahoo ended its liberal work-at-home policy. The tech firm decided that employees who work in offices with others have more...
Marijuana Training Program Approved In Colorado
Mar 22 2013 // A marijuana proposal aimed at training people who work in medical marijuana businesses awaits the governor’s pen in Colorado. The Senate voted 23-12 Tuesday to create a “responsible medical marijuana...
Michigan Association of Professional Insurance Agents Hosts Astonish’s One-Day Modern Consumer Training on March 28
Mar 18 2013 // Warwick, RI, 3/18/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in Michigan and surrounding...
The Woodlands Financial Group Has a Focus on Growth
Mar 14 2013 // Richard “Gordy” Bunch, president and CEO of The Woodlands Financial Group, readily concedes that starting a personal lines-focused insurance business in Texas in 2001 – while the state was in the throes of...
Mississippi House Revives Guns in School Proposal
Mar 14 2013 // Members of the Mississippi House want to steer the school safety debate back toward letting school districts arm teachers and employees. The House voted 70-46 Tuesday to amend Senate Bill 2659 to allow school districts to...
Insurance Weighs in on Working from Home
Mar 13 2013 // Working from home has become a hot topic following Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer’s announced plans in late February to bring telecommuters back into the office, and the issue is being taken up by some insurance firms,...
WBN Owners Conference comes to Northern California
Mar 12 2013 // The Worldwide Broker Network’s Owners Conference in San Francisco from April 17 to 20 is expected to draw 200 industry professionals. The WBN event, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Nob Hill, is part of a tradition of...
Japan’s Clean-Up from 2011 Tsunami, Nuclear Accident Lagging
Mar 11 2013 // Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan’s northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying — radioactive waste...
The Woodlands Financial Group Has a Focus on Growth
Mar 11 2013 // The Woodlands Financial Group Has a Focus on Growth Richard “Gordy” Bunch, president and CEO of The Woodlands Financial Group, readily concedes that starting a personal lines-focused insurance business in Texas...
Arkansas House Panel Rejects School Employee Gun Bill
Mar 4 2013 // An Arkansas House panel rejected a proposal that would have allowed some school employees to carry guns in schools after completing an active shooter training course. The House Education Committee voted against the measure...
South Dakota Panel Endorses Cellphone Ban for Young Drivers
Feb 28 2013 // A measure that prohibits beginning drivers from using cellphones or other electronic devices until they get unrestricted licenses at age 16 passed through a South Dakota House committee. But the Transportation Committee...
