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Compensation Is Your Agency’s #1 Recruiting Tool
Jan 27 2020 // Employers find it difficult to hear that the entire kit and kaboodle of recruiting boils down to money. Insurance agencies would like to think there’s more to the story — work/life balance, career development...
New Year’s Resolution: Helping Policyholders Get in Shape for the New Year
Jan 27 2020 // As individuals, one way that we resolve to get in shape for the new year is by signing up for gym memberships and fitness classes. In that spirit, agents and brokers should resolve to help their policyholders get their...
CIWA Conference Hit on Array of Topics
Jan 27 2020 // California has a big year of issues ahead, including passing a massive budget through the Legislature, dealing with the fallout from wildfires in recent years, homelessness, and tackling climate change. Those were among...
Wyoming Firm Settles Religious Discrimination Suit
Jan 23 2020 // A Wyoming company has settled a federal lawsuit by a former employee who claimed she was pressured to take Scientology courses as a condition of her employment. Julie A. Rohrbacher filed the lawsuit in 2018 against Teton...
Strap on the Goggles. Employee Training Is Entering Virtual Reality.
Jan 22 2020 // The future of employee training involves no embarrassing role-playing in front of new colleagues or boring web modules which take an hour each to click through. For the next wave in workplace learning, get ready to strap...
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Releases 6th Edition of Executive Liability Insurance Publication
Jan 22 2020 // January 17, 2020 – Austin, TX – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research released the 6th edition of Executive Liability Insurance: Evolving Times, Evolving Exposures, Evolving Insurance. Written by...
Boeing Employees’ Emails on Pilot Training Could Boost Crash Victim Claims
Jan 17 2020 // Internal emails from Boeing Co. employees could strengthen the legal case for families claiming the company’s push to minimize the training needed for new 737 Max aircraft contributed to two crashes that killed 346...
With Focus on Iowa, MIAA Hires Wright, Siegfried
Jan 17 2020 // The Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance (MIAA), a regional insurance agency network based in Lincoln, Nebraska, has added support Jamie Wright and Rebekah Siegfried to support the organization’s continued growth in...
Gig Economy Law Talk of California Insurance Wholesalers Conference
Jan 15 2020 // A sweeping California gig economy law was the focus of a lot of the talk this year during an annual insurance wholesalers conference. Assembly Bill 5, California’s gig worker law was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in...
Women Win $13M in Lawsuit Against Porn Site in California
Jan 13 2020 // The owners and operators of a San Diego, Calif.-based porn website must pay $12.7 million after a judge found them liable for fraud and breach of contract for lying to women about how their explicit videos would be...
California Commissioner Adds to Curriculum Board, CIGA Board
Jan 10 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara this week announced his appointments of the newest members to the Curriculum Board and the California Insurance Guarantee Association Board of Governors. The Curriculum Board...
Big I Education Director Boggs Takes on Expanded Role in Risk Management
Jan 8 2020 // Chris Boggs, executive director of education for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big I), is adding risk management to his title and responsibilities. Boggs’s new role combines his current...
Women Win $13M in Lawsuit Against Porn Site in California
Jan 6 2020 // The owners and operators of a San Diego, Calif.-based porn website must pay $12.7 million after a judge found them liable for fraud and breach of contract for lying to women about how their explicit videos would be...
Maryland Man Dies at Northern Virginia Construction Site
Jan 3 2020 // A Maryland man has died after a construction accident in northern Virginia. Nelson Aguilar-Salamanca, 55, was working for a subcontractor on a construction site near the new Capital One headquarters in McLean, Fairfax...
Commentary: Are You Ready, Nevada? Nine New Laws for the New Year
Jan 3 2020 // Don’t let hindsight be 2020. While others are enjoying the holidays and a well-deserved break, Nevada businesses should “check their lists twice” to make sure they are compliant with a host of new laws...
12 New Year’s Resolutions for Insurance Agents
Dec 31 2019 // During the course of a year, Insurance Journal columnists, consultants and other writers dispense countless words of wisdom on how to be a better and more successful professional insurance agent. If you are a veteran...
5 Alabama Construction Workers Injured in Work Site Floor Collapse
Dec 30 2019 // Firefighters rescued five construction workers who fell during a floor collapse at a work site near the University of Alabama campus Thursday. The workers were on the ground floor level at a site near Tutwiler Hall when...
IICF Raises $1.14M at Annual Benefit Dinner Honoring Markel Corporation
Dec 24 2019 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities and enriching lives, raised $1.14 million at its 13th Annual Northeast Benefit Dinner held December 11 at...
Special Report: The Charity Issue – Photos of Giving
Dec 16 2019 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance FWCI has an enterprise philosophy of philanthropy with a primary focus on helping people who cannot help themselves. FWCI has supported the Tampa Bay community for more than a decade with a...
Liberty Mutual to Limit Coal Underwriting, Investments; Names First Sustainability Officer
Dec 16 2019 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it will drastically limit future underwriting for and investment in coal risks, an apparent response to environmentalists pushing for greener investment strategies among corporations. To...
