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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...
Insurance Comparison Site Jerry Raises $28 Million
May 20 2021 // Auto insurance comparison site Jerry has raised $28 million in new financing. The startup, which operates as a licensed insurance broker, plans to use the money to scale its signature product and pursue hiring, so it can...
How Insurance Agencies Find Sales Talent in Small Markets
May 17 2021 // Dear Mary, we are one of the largest insurance agencies in our state. Our plan is to remain independent and grow organically in every office location. Some of our markets are easier to find talent in than others. Our most...
Maine Paper Mill That Was Site of Explosion Sues Inspection Firm
May 12 2021 // The owner of a paper mill in Maine that was the site of an explosion last year has filed a lawsuit against a company that was responsible for inspection and maintenance. One of the facility’s pulp digesters ruptured...
Insuring Cannabis Webinar Take Home: Carriers, Brokers Waiting on Sidelines
May 3 2021 // There may be many more carriers and brokers waiting on the sidelines of the insuring cannabis sector to get in than most may realize. That was among the messages delivered by experts during Insurance Journal’s...
MarshMcLennan Fills Its Talent Pool in the Wake of Aon-Willis Merger
Apr 29 2021 // It has not happened yet but the proposed merger of large global insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson is already being felt at competitor MarshMcLennan. MarshMcLennan is capitalizing on the marketplace disruption...
How Tech Firms From Amazon to YouTube Ban Users for Off-Site Behavior
Apr 27 2021 // Earlier this month, Twitch announced it would start banning users for behavior away from its site. The move by Amazon Inc.’s live-streaming platform involved hiring a law firm to conduct investigations into...
Insuring Cannabis Webinar Take Home: Carriers, Brokers Waiting on Sidelines
Apr 22 2021 // There may be many more carriers and brokers waiting on the sidelines of the insuring cannabis sector to get in than most may realize. That was among the messages delivered by experts during Insurance Journal’s...
Minnesota Excavation Firm to Pay $380K OSHA Penalty, Increase Employee Safety Training
Apr 22 2021 // A Minnesota-based excavation company has agreed to increase employee training on trenching and excavation hazards and pay a $380,000 penalty in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety...
Finding Best and Brightest Agency Talent Demands New Approach
Apr 19 2021 // All talk and very little action.” Two co-founders of a firm dedicated to helping insurers and agencies meet their talent needs deliver a blunt assessment of the industry’s recruiting performance and what must...
McDonald’s to Require Employee Training to Combat Harassment, Discrimination
Apr 15 2021 // McDonald’s Corp said on Wednesday it will require new training and policies to combat harassment, discrimination and violence at its 39,000 restaurants worldwide, calling for safer work places after it faced lawsuits...
Insurance Community University’s Zangwill-Infantino Looks Back on the Last 10 Years in Insurance Education
Apr 5 2021 // The past 10 years in insurance education have seen quite a change, with more and more continuing education being done online in an increasingly diverse and complex insurance marketplace. Laurie Zangwill-Infantino WCIP,...
Contractor Fined $74K Over Asbestos-Tainted Debris at Oregon Site
Mar 26 2021 // A company has been fined over $74,000 for improperly sending asbestos-tainted debris to a landfill in Southern Oregon. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality described the violations as “major magnitude...
Chemical Site Cleanup on Maine River to Cost More Than $180M
Mar 25 2021 // A settlement that is pending approval from a federal judge would require the former owner of a shuttered chemical plant in Maine to spend more than $180 million to clean up mercury contamination. The settlement concerns...
New Academy Board Member Welcomed at The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research
Mar 24 2021 // March 24, 2021, Austin, TX – The National Alliance is proud to announce that Cameron Alford, UACRM, ARM, Jill M. Bisco, Ph.D., CIC, CRM, CSRM, Pamela B. Kusma, CIC, Richard L. McCathron, CIC, and Peter van Aartrijk, CIC...
New CIC Board Member Welcomed at The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research
Mar 24 2021 // March 24, 2021, Austin, TX – The National Alliance is proud to announce that Board Members Denise D. Brown, CIC, CPCU, AINS, AIC, ARM, CISC, CRIS, AIS, MLIS, AFIS, CAWC, Jack H. Elliott Jr., CIC, CISR, SOTP, CBCP, MPM,...
Managing Risk by Training Restaurant Employees
Mar 22 2021 // Restaurants are risky businesses. They take more cash than you would think. They take more time than you want to invest and have more problems than anyone wants to deal with. Many restaurants struggle with keeping...
On-demand, Online ACORD Forms Training Now Offered from The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research
Mar 17 2021 // March 17, 2021, Austin, TX – The National Alliance released a new online, self-paced ACORD form training as part of a new insurance bootcamp series. The new ACORD Bootcamp trains insurance agents on how to properly...
Settlement Reached in New York Teen Athlete’s Training Drill Death
Mar 9 2021 // The mother of a high school football player who died in New York after a 400-pound log fell on him during a military-style training drill has settled her lawsuit over the teen’s death for a seven-figure sum,...
Coal Company Blackjewel Ordered to Clean Up Kentucky Mine Site
Mar 8 2021 // Bankrupt coal company Blackjewel was ordered by a federal judge last month to clean up a Kentucky mine site. In a bankruptcy court ruling, Judge Benjamin Kahn said the Bell County site presented a potential threat and...
