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Police Officer and Utility Worker Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash at Work Site
Dec 8 2023 // A pickup truck driver in a suburb of Boston is accused of crashing into a police officer and a utility employee at a work site, killing them, then pulling a knife on another officer before stealing his cruiser and...
Direction for NextGen Talent: The Best Way Forward Is Not Always Up
Dec 4 2023 // I believe you have to do what you love. My favorite subject in school was mathematics. To me, trigonometry and advanced calculus presented challenging but enjoyable and even exciting puzzles to solve. As I grew older, I...
Boston Begins Requiring Contractors to Implement Site Safety Plans
Dec 4 2023 // The city of Boston began requiring construction and demolition contractors to file site-specific safety plans and attest to following them on December 1. The requirement is part of the city’s implementation of a new...
Making a Great Place to Work: E&S Brokers Share Their View on Talent Strategies
Nov 20 2023 // With a staggering 50% of the current insurance workforce set to retire in less than 10 years, potentially leaving more than 400,000 positions unfilled, nearly every insurance organization is struggling to recruit new...
Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Hyundai Plant Site
Nov 20 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...
Travelers Webinar Focuses on Connecting Gen Z, Independent Agents
Nov 14 2023 // Members of Generation Z who have worked with insurance agents believe they are knowledgeable and help them make better choices. Nevertheless, Gen Z is under-tapped in the independent agent channel and over-indexes on...
Ransomware Gang Lockbit Posts What It Says Is Boeing Data on Site
Nov 13 2023 // The notorious hacking gang Lockbit has posted what it described as documents belonging to Boeing Co. on its website, two weeks after claiming credit for a cyberattack against the aircraft manufacturer. LockBit recently...
NAMIC Webinar Recap: Solving for Producer Compliance in Property & Casualty Insurance
Nov 9 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insights from NAMIC’s compliance webinar presented by AgentSync Solutions Architect Sandy Allen Did you know there were more than 250 changes to insurance...
Boston Begins Requiring Contractors to File and Vow to Implement Site Safety Plans
Nov 7 2023 // The city of Boston will begin requiring construction and demolition contractors to file site-specific safety plans and attest to following them starting December 1. The requirement is part of the city’s...
Don’t Discount the Value of the On-Site Visit
Nov 6 2023 // Insurance is a business of relationships. Even as our industry has added on new technology designed to support remote work and risk assessment, at the end of the day, nothing is more important in our business than...
Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Georgia Hyundai Plant Site
Nov 3 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...
Tennessee DCI Holds Webinar on Changes in Licensing Exam Program
Oct 30 2023 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance will host a webinar Thursday, Nov. 2 to cover key changes in the state’s insurance license exam program. The Department said it has teamed up with Pearson VUE, a...
Tech Update: AXA XL Launches Virtual Reality Training Solution for Risk Managers
Oct 23 2023 // AXA XL Risk Consulting announced the launch of AXA Immersive Solutions, an innovative training solution leveraging virtual reality (VR) and digital twin technologies. AXA Immersive Solutions gives AXA XL’s risk...
Report on Virginia Beach Mass Shooting Stresses Training for Police, Fund for Victims
Oct 17 2023 // A state commission has called for numerous changes to how Virginia and its communities respond to mass shootings, from establishing a victims` fund to teaching people how to slow bleeding before paramedics arrive. But the...
Nooses Found at Construction Site Lead to Lawsuit Against Amazon, Contractors
Oct 3 2023 // Five Black and Hispanic electricians who felt threatened when several nooses were found at an Amazon warehouse construction site in Connecticut have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the company and two...
Report: Pilot Error, Training Issues Factors in Alaska Crash That Killed Czech Billionaire
Oct 2 2023 // The probable cause of a heli-skiing crash in Alaska in 2021 that killed a Czech billionaire and four others was a failure by the pilot to adequately respond to whiteout conditions, a federal accident report concluded. The...
Write Job Advertisements That Attract Top Insurance Talent
Oct 2 2023 // What’s the best billboard you’ve ever seen? Why did it stand out? Think of job advertisements like billboards. It’s something everyone can see, and the best ones are creative, memorable and lead to...
Education Is Key to Success for Wiglesworth-Rindom Insurance Agency
Oct 2 2023 // Florida insurance agents have been through the wringer in the last five years, with repeated rate increases for properties across the board, carriers pulling out of the market, and continual complaints from insureds about...
LAAIA Partners with Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance for Enhanced Educational Initiatives
Sep 11 2023 // Coral Gables, FL September 7, 2023 – The Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies (LAAIA) is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance. This collaboration...
California Regulators OK More Gas Storage Capacity at The Site of Massive Methane Leak
Sep 5 2023 // California regulators last week approved a controversial proposal to greatly increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak, which sickened thousands of families and forced them from...
