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May 7 2018 // Associated Agencies Inc. in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has hired Talicia Bashford as chief operating officer, a newly created position. Bashford will focus on overall operations and several areas of opportunity, including...
Making Sure Food Delivery Doesn’t Take Out Restaurants
May 7 2018 // With a growing number of apps and on-demand services, millennials in particular love ordering take-out food from their favorite restaurants. But as more restaurants expand services into delivery, risk managers must be...
Georgia School System Approves Policy for Employees to Carry Guns
May 4 2018 // A Georgia school system has decided to allow its employees to carry guns. The Laurens County school board has approved a policy allowing select staff to carry guns on school property, in vehicles and at school functions,...
Amazon, Lowe’s, Tesla Make ‘Dirty Dozen’ Unsafe Workplace List
May 2 2018 // Amazon, Lowe’s and Tesla are among the firms on a list of employers with unsafe workplaces published by a federation of labor, health and safety groups. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health...
Massachusetts Holds 7th Annual National Cyber Crime Conference
Apr 26 2018 // More than 700 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and investigators from across the U.S. and Canada recently attended the seventh annual National Cyber Crime Conference hosted by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura...
How to Make Implants, Pacemakers and Other Medical Devices Safer
Apr 20 2018 // U.S. health officials on Tuesday proposed steps to improve the government’s system for overseeing medical devices, which has been criticized for years for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical...
United Educators Reports Reveal Large Losses in Education
Apr 17 2018 // Bethesda, MD, April 17, 2018—United Educators (UE), a reciprocal risk retention group that insures education, released its Large Loss Report 2018, which contains summaries of major damage awards and settlements of...
AXIS Launches Cyber Center of Excellence to Help Mitigate Cyber Risks
Apr 16 2018 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. has launched the AXIS Cyber Center of Excellence, which aims to provide commercial insurance products and solutions for mitigating cyber risks. The AXIS Cyber Center of Excellence is intended to...
2018 Young Agents Survey: Straight Talk From Young Agents
Apr 16 2018 // Young agents want change. They want more diversity in the agency sales ranks. They want better paths to grow in their careers. They want other agents to adhere to professional standards and ethics. They want faster and...
Fluid Work as a Retention and Engagement Game-Changer: The Jacobson Group
Apr 16 2018 // As young professionals play an increasingly important role within the workplace, forward-thinking companies are turning their attention toward attracting and retaining this critical talent. While healthy snacks, happy...
Progressive The Latest to Comply With New York Auto Insurance Rate Regulation
Apr 16 2018 // A fourth major auto insurance company in New York has reached a compliance agreement with the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) regarding DFS’ final regulation against discriminatory auto insurance...
Missouri’s Nelson Honored with National Insurance Regulator Award
Apr 13 2018 // Angela Nelson, director of the Division of Market Regulation and Chief Industry Liaison at the Missouri Department of Insurance has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Paul DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award given by...
Worker at Boston-Area Casino Construction Site Dies
Apr 9 2018 // A worker helping build the Boston area’s new casino has died. A spokesman for Wynn Boston Harbor said in a statement that the 56-year-old male worker died operating an excavator on site. The Middlesex District...
Investment in Innovation to Rock Chicago Stadium at Insurtech Conference
Apr 5 2018 // Three stages, a packed football stadium overlooking Lake Michigan, decked out luxury suites. A rock concert? No, it’s an insurance innovation and investment event. But some attendees might be star-struck by the...
Bill to Lower Louisiana Drinking Age Shelved
Apr 5 2018 // Louisiana’s legal drinking age will remain 21, after a state senator shelved his proposal to let some younger people buy alcoholic beverages if they’re educated about the risks before imbibing. Sen. Eric...
Washington Commissioner Fines GEICO $30K for Raising Premiums on People Who Froze Credit Scores
Apr 4 2018 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in February totaling $49,200 against insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations. The biggest fine was $30,000 against GEICO...
Armed Security Officers Present in Growing Number of Schools
Apr 3 2018 // Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America’s schools, according to a federal study released last week amid a debate over whether teachers and other school officials should carry guns. While...
Progressive is the Latest to Comply with New York Auto Insurance Rate Regulation
Apr 2 2018 // A fourth major auto insurance company in New York has reached a compliance agreement with the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) regarding DFS’ final regulation against discriminatory auto insurance...
The Key to Unlocking Creativity? Promoting an Innovative Culture
Apr 2 2018 // The insurance industry stands amid an increasingly fast-paced, ever-changing business world. Insurance companies are now face-to-face with constantly evolving marketplace conditions — including climate concerns,...
Travel Site Orbitz Reports Data Breach
Mar 21 2018 // Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia Inc, said on Tuesday that hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards. The unit said an investigation showed that the breach may have...
