Most Popular Training Development Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Training Development Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Surviving the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Closing the Talent, Skills Gap in Underwriting
Dec 20 2024 // With a “silver tsunami” of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right now, said...
#2 NC Committee Approves Bill to End Education Requirements for Insurance Agents
Apr 17 2025 // A North Carolina House of Representatives committee voted Wednesday to do away with educational course requirements for insurance agent licenses, a move that could help address what has been called a shortage of producers...
#3 A Los Angeles Actuary on Lessons From the Palisades Fire
Jan 16 2025 // I watched as the skies over my home in Los Angeles turned an apocalyptic orange on January 7, 2025, as wildfires raged across the state. Among the most devastating, the Palisades Fire consumed thousands of acres, leaving a...
#4 Fake Construction Site Injuries Reaching New Heights in New York City, Suit Says
Mar 31 2025 // Contractors insurance groups say worker injuries are being faked at an unprecedented rate across New York’s construction sites in hopes of receiving workers’ compensation benefits and liability insurance...
#5 Viewpoint: Attracting and Retaining Gen Z to Quell the Insurance Talent Crunch
Feb 27 2025 // The last three years have exposed a growing challenge for insurance carriers: attracting, hiring and retaining young talent. Despite the passing of the so-called “Great Resignation,” the insurance industry...
#6 Jury Awards $68.5M to Family of Worker Who Fell to Death at Philly Construction Site
Jul 3 2024 // A Philadelphia jury has awarded $68.5 million in damages to the widow and son of a 38-year-old construction worker who was killed in 2021 in a fall from a fifth-floor balcony at a luxury townhouse site. Siarhei...
#7 HCI Invested in Tampa Office Site, Now Leasing it to GEICO for 1,000-Job Expansion
Mar 31 2025 // Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO insurance plans to open a new campus in Tampa late this summer, bringing more than 1,000 jobs to the area. The property and auto insurer also plans to open an office in the Dallas area by...
#8 Honeywell Defeats Fired Engineer’s Appeal Over Diversity Training
Jul 11 2024 // Honeywell did not violate workplace anti-discrimination laws by firing a white engineer who refused to participate in mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion training after the Black Lives Matter movement began, a U.S....
#9 Containment Grows on Wildfire Near Site of Most Destructive Blaze in California History
Jun 26 2024 // Residents of a California area near the town of Paradise, the site of the state’s most destructive wildfire in history, were ordered to evacuate and roads were closed this week as a wildfire spread. The Apache Fire...
#10 Ryan Companies to Pay $350K Over Sexual Harassment at Iowa Site
Dec 12 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Office of the Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with Ryan Companies US Inc. to resolve allegations that the federal...
#11 Comulate Marks Fifty Top 100 Broker Partnerships with Launch of BALANCE Conference
Mar 19 2025 // SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2025 – Comulate’s leading accounting automation platform has reached an industry milestone in record time, now partnering with more than fifty Top 100 insurance brokers in the U.S. Building...
#12 Talent Gap
Jul 15 2024 // It’s no secret — independent insurance agencies are struggling to find qualified job candidates. And young talent may be even harder to find. According to a recent report by Vertafore, nearly a third of agents...
#13 Get an Education on School Liability and Property Risks
Jun 3 2024 // Discrimination, active assailants and an aging infrastructure — educational institutions today face tough liability and property risks that were uncommon in the not-too-distant past. Pair those with longtime risks...
#14 Runaway Steel Drum From Construction Site Kills Woman
May 7 2024 // A steel drum weighing thousands of pounds somehow rolled out of a construction site in Pittsburgh and eventually struck and killed a woman who was walking on a nearby sidewalk, police said. The accident occurred around...
#15 Insurance Comparison Site The Zebra Buys Marble
Jul 30 2024 // Personal lines insurance comparison site The Zebra said it has acquired Marble, a digital platform for managing and saving on insurance. The acquisition is effective as of July 25, 2024. Terms of the deal, the first in The...
#16 The Smart Workforce Pivot: Insurance’s Backdoor to Talent Acquisition
Jul 15 2024 // The dilemma in today’s labor market is real. In 2023, the U.S. labor market had 9.5 million unfilled jobs. Yet there were just 6.5 million unemployed workers, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. If every...
#17 People Moves: CRC Makes 3 Exec Leadership Moves; Mosaic Hires Smith as Americas CEO; HUB Names Davis Curtis Global Education Specialty Leader
Jul 23 2024 // Brent Tredway CRC Group, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, named Brent Tredway as sole president of the brokerage division and Chris Carlson as chief operating officer of CRC’s Commercial Solutions...
#18 Building and Retaining Talent: Salary and Culture Matter but That’s Not Always Enough
Feb 24 2025 // Independent agency owners, producers, and support staff continue to report higher pay, according to Insurance Journal’s national online Agency Salary Survey results. But for the second year in a row, survey...
#19 Supreme Court Keeps New Rules on Sex Discrimination in Education on Hold
Aug 20 2024 // The Supreme Court on Friday kept on hold in roughly half the country new regulations about sex discrimination in education, rejecting a Biden administration request. The court voted 5-4, with conservative Justice Neil...
#20 A ‘Real Race for Talent’ in E&S Industry, Says WSIA’s Kelley [Video]
Sep 25 2024 // Brady Kelley, president and CEO of the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association, said the organization has been doing a lot to promote the E&S segment in hopes of attracting talent “There is no doubt a...
