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Insurance Is the New Kale? Not So Fast
Oct 1 2018 // An industry publication recently published an article that said insurance is “the new kale” because the one-time ignored garnish today is sought after as a healthy must-have in the form of everything from...
The Sky Is the Limit
Oct 1 2018 // The opportunities are limitless. That seems to be the consensus among employees at SwingleCollins & Associates (SCA), judging from their responses to Insurance Journal’s 2018 Best Agencies to Work For...
Kimberly Fobbs, Democratic Candidate for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
Oct 1 2018 // While this is the first time Kimberly Fobbs has run for statewide office, she is no stranger to either politics or the insurance industry. She has long been active in Tulsa county politics and currently serves as chair of...
Insurance Pros’ Guide to How to Dress, Behave, Speak at InsureTech Conference
Sep 28 2018 // It’s billed as the “world’s largest gathering of insurance leaders and innovators.” So, of course, as an insurance leader and/or innovator you will be one of the 6,000 attendees at the ITC—the...
AXIS Specialty UK Offers GCHQ-Certified Training at Cyber Center of Excellence
Sep 27 2018 // AXIS Specialty UK Holdings Ltd. announced it has been certified as a GCHQ Certified Training provider for its course “Understanding Cybersecurity and Insurance.” The training is offered through the AXIS Cyber...
California OKs New Program to Streamline Licensing for Independent Adjusters
Sep 26 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday he had approved a Universal Claims Certification program from Claims and Litigation Management Alliance designed to streamline the licensing process for...
Annual Global Festival for Diversity & Inclusion, Dive In, Begins This Week
Sep 24 2018 // The fourth annual global festival for diversity and inclusion (D&I), Dive In, begins this week in a record number of 27 countries across the globe. Dive In began in 2015 in London, growing to 10 countries in 2016, 17...
Members of Assn. of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers Provide $840M to Local Economy
Sep 20 2018 // Members of the Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers (ABIR) made a direct economic contribution to Bermuda of more than $840 million in 2017, according to the group’s 13th annual member survey...
Marsh & McLennan Moved Quickly as Stars and People Aligned in JLT Deal
Sep 18 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Inc. (MMC) has been preparing for a major acquisition and admiring its competitor Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) for years. So right after the CEOs of the two firms met on Sept. 7 and he sensed an...
National Alliance Names Hold CEO; Will Also Succeed Father as President in 2 Years
Sep 18 2018 // The Austin-based insurance education organization the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has appointed William J. Hold as chief executive officer. He will assume the day-to-day leadership of the...
Hanover Insurance May Follow Chaucer Sale with Talent Hiring, Acquisition
Sep 17 2018 // The Hanover Insurance Group could use some of the $950 million it will make from selling its Chaucer international specialty business to fuel organic growth, pursue select acquisitions and hire top talent from rivals,...
More Super Regional P/C Carriers Ready to Dive Into Specialty Lines
Sep 17 2018 // There’s Opportunity in Unusual and Emerging Risks, Sullivan Tells Carriers The current economic and business wave presents property/casualty insurance carriers with opportunities to expand or differentiate themselves...
Attracting Gen Z: The Post-Millennial Talent Wave
Sep 17 2018 // Today’s insurance labor market is colored by the rapid graying of the workforce. The industry’s growing retirement rate and burgeoning skills and knowledge gap are creating a candidate-driven market. As many...
How to Maximize Agency Productivity
Sep 17 2018 // Maximizing employee productivity has a direct impact on the bottom line. Managing workloads is something most managers or supervisors try to do. But it doesn’t really work to just shift accounts from one account...
Michigan Offering Matching Grants for Workplace Safety, Health Improvements
Sep 17 2018 // Matching grants of up to $5,000 to improve workplace safety and health are being made available to Michigan companies that have up to 250 employees. Administered by the Michigan’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Alibaba’s Ma to Step Down as Chairman in Year; Zhang Named Successor
Sep 10 2018 // Alibaba is heralding the end of the Jack Ma era. A former English teacher who helped found Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. two decades ago, Ma outlined plans to hand the executive chairman role to Daniel Zhang, a finance...
Visits to Intensive Care Unit and Morgue May Boost Teens’ Driver Education
Sep 6 2018 // Teens who took a supplemental drivers’ education program — including tours of emergency rooms, intensive care units and a morgue — showed greater awareness of the consequences of risky driving and of how they can...
Australia’s Financial Services Probe Highlights Need for Corporate Ethical Training
Sep 5 2018 // When Nick Wailes started as the head of Australia’s top-ranked business graduate school in February, he already had the idea of offering a course to address a shortfall of training in ethical leadership. A few weeks...
Contractors and Roofing Insurance Program Webinars to be Held for Agents in September
Sep 5 2018 // Atlanta, GA, September 5, 2018— Blue River Underwriters will hold two separate informational program webinars this month. The first webinar on the Contractors Elite program this Thursday, September 6 from 11:30 a.m. to...
Rebranding and Embracing Change to Thrive in the Future of Work
Sep 3 2018 // The wave of innovation has taken the insurance industry by storm, forever changing organizations, processes and people alike. Risk management telematics are calculating accurate policies for underwriters, big data is...
