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Worker Badly Burned at Connecticut Construction Site
Jan 4 2019 // A construction worker has suffered serious burns in an accident at a site of an apartment complex in Connecticut. The Day reports the man became injured while trying to refuel a running air compressor at the site in...
Global Gender Pay Gap Improves Slightly but Will Take Many Years to Close: WEF
Dec 28 2018 // The good news: The global gender gap has improved, slightly. The reality: Differences in economic opportunity, including pay between men and women, are so vast it’ll take 202 years to fully bridge them, according to...
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Wade to Step Down
Dec 18 2018 // Connecticut Insurance Department Commissioner Katharine Wade plans to step down from her position on December 19, 2018. Connecticut’s incoming Governor-elect Ned Lamont, who is set to take office on January 9, will...
Take Corporate Citizenship to the Next Level with Coalitions
Dec 17 2018 // Interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has grown substantially in recent years. What used to be just a recommended business practice is now a mandate for organizations across all industries. Employers clearly...
Insurance Educator Shares BBQ Talent with Firefighters, Friends and Neighbors
Dec 17 2018 // When we think about giving, we think about people and organizations going all out and making big splashes around the world. Yet, many in the insurance world, do their giving quietly and in their neighborhood. That’s...
Should You Hire an Appointment Setter?
Dec 17 2018 // One of my mentors, Dan Sullivan, says: “All progress starts with telling the truth.” Is it true that you don’t spend enough time prospecting to have a pipeline of real opportunities that you can win? And...
Special Report: The Industry Industry Gives Back
Dec 14 2018 // Safety National Safety National proudly supports Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis, an organization that has been helping children with physical and developmental disabilities for more than 80 years. In...
Florida Judge Rules Deputy Had Duty to Protect in Parkland School Shooting Suit
Dec 14 2018 // A judge has rejected a deputy’s claim that he had no duty to confront the gunman during the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Refusing to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the parent of a victim, Broward Circuit Judge...
Michigan Business Index Shows Hiring, Retaining Talent Still Challenging
Dec 13 2018 // Acquiring and retaining talent remains the top challenge for Michigan’s small- to mid-sized business leaders, according to a survey commissioned by Accident Fund Insurance Company of America and the Michigan Business...
Michigan’s Kaufman Group Named a BEST for Workplace Training and Development
Dec 11 2018 // The employees and agent/broker clients of Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Group may be pleased but not surprised to learn that the specialty insurance organization has been recognized as one of the best in...
A Guide to What Matters to Gen Zers, the Next Class of Insurance Recruits
Dec 11 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 Deliver Restaurants from Risks of Take-Out Boom
Dec 10 2018 // With a growing number of apps and on-demand services, millennials in particular are increasingly ordering take-out food from their favorite restaurants. As more restaurants expand services into delivery, risk managers must...
Boeing Defends 737 MAX Planes as Safe Amid Calls for More Pilot Training
Dec 7 2018 // Aviation authorities in Indonesia and India on Thursday pushed for more simulator training for Boeing Co 737 MAX pilots following the deadly Lion Air crash, while the world’s largest planemaker reiterated that its...
Cincinnati Insurance to Open Facility at U. of Cincinnati’s Innovation Hub
Dec 6 2018 // Cincinnati Financial Corp.’s property casualty subsidiary, Cincinnati Insurance Co., will open an innovation center within the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub in early 2019, the company said. UC...
Florida Extends Continuing Education Deadline for Insurance Professionals
Dec 4 2018 // Licensed insurance professionals working in the Florida Panhandle have been granted an extension of continuing education deadlines in an effort to help accelerate Hurricane Michael recovery efforts in the region, according...
Lion Air Crash Demonstrates Unintended Consequences of Cockpit Automation
Nov 30 2018 // As Boeing Co. was developing its latest version of the 737 airliner, it discovered the design was slightly more prone to a loss of control. So the company added a computer-driven safety feature — one that is now a...
Texas Mutual Grants $100K to Houston Construction Trade Training Center
Nov 28 2018 // Workers’ compensation carrier Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has awarded a $100,000 grant to the nonprofit Construction Career Collaborative (C3) to strengthen the skilled craft workforce in the Greater Houston...
U.S. Pilots Maintain Boeing Never Warned of System Linked to 737 Crash in Indonesia
Nov 13 2018 // Two U.S. pilots’ unions say the potential risks of a safety feature on Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft that has been linked to a deadly crash in Indonesia weren’t sufficiently spelled out in their manuals...
Deadly Lion Air Crash Puts Spotlight on Safety Culture Within Indonesia’s Airlines
Nov 9 2018 // In April 2013, a Lion Air Boeing 737 missed the runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali in bad weather and plowed into the sea, cracking its fuselage open on the rocks. All 108 on board survived. But a September...
Earthquake Prompts Shut Down of Well Completion Site in Oklahoma
Nov 6 2018 // State oil and gas regulators in Oklahoma have ordered the indefinite shutdown hydraulic fracturing operations at a well site after an earthquake struck nearby. The 3.3 magnitude quake was reported Sunday night near Bridge...
