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New Member Benefit Announced for MAIA Members through Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance
Sep 7 2021 // September 7, 2021 – The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) and the Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance are pleased to announce a new member benefit to bring the Academy of...
Connecticut Insurance Department to Host Conference on Climate Change, Insurance
Aug 31 2021 // The Connecticut Insurance Department and U.S. experts on climate change, resiliency, mitigation and adaptation are leading a discussion on what the insurance industry should consider to mitigate and adapt. On October 13...
Massachusetts Contractor Faces $1.3M in Penalties After Workers Die at Dig Site
Aug 31 2021 // At a Boston sewer repair worksite in February, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez died after a dump truck struck and pushed them into a nine-foot deep trench. For their employer, Atlantic...
Fire Crews Battle Blaze at Former Philadelphia Refinery Site
Aug 26 2021 // Fire crews battled a blaze at the site of a former refinery in south Philadelphia that was the scene of a huge blaze two years ago. Police said fire crews were called just after 12:30 p.m. Monday to the former Philadelphia...
First Spanish-language Course Now Available from the Academy of Insurance
Aug 13 2021 // Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance is pleased to launch its first Spanish-language course. The Spanish version of the popular course “You Can’t Read Insurance Policies Like Anything Else“,...
Florida Professional Insurance Agents Announce Partnership with Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance
Aug 13 2021 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Florida and the Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance are pleased to announce a new member benefit to bring the Academy of Insurance’s online courses and skills...
While Aon and Willis Were Focused on Merger, Marsh Attracted Producer Talent
Aug 5 2021 // While Aon and Willis Towers Watson were trying for many months to land their merger, their competitors were able lure away some of their producer talent – capitalizing on the “distraction and uncertainty”...
Recreational Vehicle Rental Site Outdoorsy to Expand Its Insurance Division
Aug 2 2021 // Recreational vehicle rental marketplace Outdoorsy said it will use some of the $120 million it raised this year to expand its digital managing general agency that sells insurance to RV owners and renters in the U.S. and...
‘Talent War’ Forces Companies Across Globe to Pay Higher Salaries to Woo Workers
Jul 30 2021 // The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened a shortage of white-collar workers in many countries, forcing companies to pay higher salaries to woo talent, a top London-based recruiter said on Tuesday [July 27]. Robert Walters...
California, Nevada Governors Tour Site of Massive Wildfire
Jul 28 2021 // The governors of California and Nevada called for more federal firefighting assistance Wednesday as they toured a region blackened by one of several massive wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes in the West. Nevada...
Search For Survivors at Surfside Condo Collapse Site Called Off
Jul 8 2021 // The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its 14th day on Wednesday July 7, as workers uncovered 10 more bodies from the rubble and officials sounded more and more grim about the...
Ohio Supreme Court: Armed School Employees Must Have Training
Jul 5 2021 // School districts that allow employees to be armed must also require police-level training for those workers, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled on June 23 in a victory for a group of parents who challenged a local...
Environmentalists To Sue West Virginia Over Pollution At Greensdale Coals Site
Jul 2 2021 // A group of environmentalists said Tuesday it intended to sue West Virginia over evidence of pollutants running into waterways from a coal mine site. In a letter to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection,...
Recreational Vehicle Rental Site Outdoorsy to Expand Its Insurance Division
Jun 30 2021 // Recreational vehicle rental marketplace Outdoorsy said it will use some of the $120 million it recently raised to expand its digital managing general agency that sells insurance to RV owners and renters in the U.S. and...
Armed School Employees Require Training, Ohio Supreme Court Says
Jun 24 2021 // School districts that allow employees to be armed must also require police-level training for those workers, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled on June 23 in a victory for a group of parents who challenged a local...
Training on Louisiana Sex Misconduct Rules for Colleges to Begin Soon
Jun 21 2021 // Louisiana’s college administrators will start receiving training this summer on new requirements for how sexual misconduct claims must be handled and what safety measures must be enacted, the state’s higher...
The Gig Economy Offers a Fresh Take on Talent Acquisition
Jun 21 2021 // The number one question I receive from all types of retail agencies, wholesale brokers, insurance companies and intermediaries of every shape and size is, “How do we source and hire experienced insurance...
The Evolving Portfolio of Risk in Higher Education
Jun 7 2021 // Between the shift to remote learning and mitigating the risks of COVID-19, higher education has had a tumultuous year. And with new risks emerging almost too regularly, retentions and limits are increasing, making...
Casualty Market for Education: Marsh
Jun 7 2021 // There are many segments in the education insurance market ranging from large colleges and universities to smaller K-12 campuses, but when it comes to casualty risks the exposures are largely the same, said Mark Turkalo,...
Fire Site in UP Michigan Town Being Treated as a Crime Scene
May 25 2021 // State and federal authorities are pitching in as investigators try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown of an Upper Peninsula village. Investigators in Calumet were...
