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Guest Post: Looming Large: Liability for Flood Losses
Jun 9 2020 // Thanks to Friend of the Academy of Insurance, Joe Harringon, for this guest post. Joe is an independent business researcher and writer specializing in property and casualty coverages. He is also a regular instructor with...
Fire at Historic North Carolina Plantation Site Damages Building
Jun 3 2020 // An early morning fire damaged a building at Stagville, a state historic site that includes remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office said fire rescue personnel...
How COVID-19 Is Changing Insurance for Schools
Jun 1 2020 // Lilian A. Vanvieldt, senior vice president, educational entities practice leader, for Alliant, has spent more than three decades insuring schools across the country. Her book spans from small school districts to very large...
Agency Says Asbestos Cleanup Complete in Montana Superfund Site
May 29 2020 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the completion of all required cleanup activities within a unit of a Montana Superfund site. The federal agency removed a portion of an asbestos-contaminated mining...
National Alliance to Resume In-Person Educational Offerings. CIC and CISR classroom programs to be held in Austin in June
May 22 2020 // Austin, TX, May 22, 2020 — The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announced that it will conduct two in-person courses after it had temporarily suspended all in-person classroom sessions due to...
Results: Cannabis Webinar Live Polls
May 18 2020 // Which will have the biggest impact on cannabis and insurance the rest of this year and into next? COVID-19 33.22% Vaporizer bans and related illnesses 13.36% Legalization 19.52% Legislation (SAFE Banking, CLAIM Act) 24.66%...
Man Dies in Fall at South Dakota Construction Site
May 15 2020 // A 24-year-old man died on May 12 in a fall at a downtown Sioux Fall, South Dakota, construction site, police said. Police were called around 10:45 a.m. about a man injured at the construction site of the First Premier Bank...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Releases Back-to-the-Workplace Safety Guidance
May 8 2020 // As states begin to lift restrictions on employers in various segments of the economy, MEMIC, a Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation insurance specialty company, has released an employer guide for...
Trump Administration Revises Sexual Assault Response Rules for Schools
May 8 2020 // Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday issued a new policy that will reshape the way schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual misconduct, bolstering the rights of the accused and narrowing the scope...
NFL Kicks Off Plan to Reopen Team Facilities; MLS Soccer Allows Player Workouts
May 8 2020 // The NFL has set protocols for reopening team facilities and has told the 32 teams to have them in place by May 15. In a memo sent by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained Wednesday night by The Associated Press, several...
Temporary Licensing Process Implemented for New Jersey Insurance Producers
May 6 2020 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) has implemented a process for issuing temporary licenses to eligible individuals seeking to become insurance producers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The temporary...
Raising Workers’ Total Health With Workers’ Comp The Many Ways a Job Affects a Worker’s Well-Being
May 4 2020 // Workers’ compensation leaders are being urged to move away from thinking primarily about how best to prevent and treat a worker’s physical injury to considering how to help the whole worker. It’s a...
TDI’s Licensing, Continuing Education Adjustments
May 4 2020 // More details on TDI’s adjusted rules for agent licensing and continuing education can be found on the department’s website: tdi.texas.gov. Below are some highlights: New and Temporary Licenses On April 22, TDI...
Maryland Insurance Administration Announces Apprenticeship Program
Apr 28 2020 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is participating in an apprenticeship program designed to attract talent to the insurance industry. The program is led by Invest, which is affiliated with the Independent Insurance...
North Carolina Gov Extends Stay-Home Order for 2 Weeks, Unveils Reopen Plan
Apr 27 2020 // Resisting pressure as other Southern chief executives begin allowing businesses to reopen, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that the state’s stay-at-home order from COVID-19 will remain in place for at...
New Jersey-Based AIG Director Delaney Joins Board for Virginia’s Invest
Apr 22 2020 // Invest, an insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, has named Diane Delaney, assistant vice president and sales and marketing director for AIG Private Client Group, as its newest board member. Delaney is...
TDI Modernization Efforts Paying Off During Pandemic, Commissioner Says
Apr 20 2020 // The employees of the state agency in charge of regulating the insurance industry in Texas might not put it this way, but in a sense, operationally at least, they have been preparing for the current health crisis brought on...
Turning 50, Invest High School Program Eyes Apprenticeships for Independent Agencies
Apr 20 2020 // A new apprenticeship program aimed at attracting and developing talent in the independent agency system is being rolled out by an insurance education organization that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Invest, the...
Attracting the Next Generation of Insurance Talent
Apr 20 2020 // While the insurance industry offers many of the attributes upcoming graduates and young professionals seek in a career, it is often overlooked. According to one study, only 7% of Generation Z considers itself very familiar...
Overcoming The New Agent Failure Rate: What It Takes to Succeed
Apr 20 2020 // Developing young talent to become successful young agents is not easy. Chris Burand, president of Burand & Associates, an insurance agency consulting firm, estimates that the new producer failure rate is as high as 70%...
