ILAB April Courses Calendar of Courses Homeowners Insurance $370 members, $410 non-members (9 MA Producer CEUs) Instructor, Phil Sibilia. Meets Tuesday & Wednesday, April 2 & 3, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at The Insurance Library. CPCU530, Business Law for Insurance Professionals (2 DAY) $435 members, $485 non-members (30 MA Producer CEUs) Textbooks $215 Instructor, Marc … Continued
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, it’s a good time to consider the expanding role women are playing in the insurance industry which has traditionally, insurance has been viewed as a male-dominated business. While a recent McKinsey & Company study indicates that is still true at the executive level, it is no longer the case for the industry as a … Continued
The increased pace of technological advancement and some distinct examples of radical disruption led to a recent period of intense scrutiny/activity/focus on innovation during which many (all?) market incumbents felt the need to engage in peer comparisons to ensure they were not in imminent threat of being left behind. A Delloitte white paper, InsurTech Entering its … Continued
Mentoring Millennials & Engaging Employees A hot topic in our industry is the graying of our workforce. Because of the millennial’s growing influence, Vertafore does an annual survey on Millennials in Insurance to “take a pulse of the industry from the millennial perspective.” A recent Rough Notes Article suggests that we must “tell a more compelling story about our industry.” … Continued
External data penetrates insurance operations Digital Insurance Insurers today leverage third-party and external data across marketing, underwriting, and claims. While self-reported mature capabilities are rare in all three areas, this is likely to change in the coming years—insurers industry-wide report that basic third-party data capabilities are common and that pilot activity is high. Read More… … Continued
Want a job at GEICO? Talk to a robot Insurance Business America When Matt Naimoli and Zack Gould met, they were friendly competitors at Liberty Mutual, where both were outside sales representatives striving to be the best. As the insurer’s top two agents nationally, they met at company functions for top producers and quickly became … Continued
We are sorry for the silence on the blog while we were prepping for last Friday’s event. The 13th Annual Insurance Professional of the Year Award ceremony was a success in every sense of the word!We had a record number of attendees (almost 500) to hono…
As you may have seen in our most recent newsletter (and if you didn’t, why aren’t you on our email list?!), Summer hours are now in effect at The Library. Through Labor Day, The Library will be closed on Fridays except by previous appointment. We will …
Source: Risk & Insurance Cover Story: Building Resiliency in the Face of Climate Change As those of us in states with four seasons are experiencing the highs (and lows) of spring, it seems an apt time for all of the attention which is cu…
It’s not a zebra with a sunburn, it’s articles about us! In case you missed it, in the past week two articles have been written about The Library.
Agency Checklists started the week off with an article about The Boston Insurance Training Center arm of our Library. You can click here to read more about our first class offered at Roxbury’s Project Hope. The Boston Insurance Training Center was funded by grants from the Arbella Charitable Foundation and Eastern Insurance. This grant allows us to introduce career opportunities to underrepresented individuals and to provide the foundation of quality, professional insurance education. For more information on this program or to offer internship/job opportunities for those taking the classes, please contact Glenn Cryan.
We’re ending the week with an article in The Standard. Robert Montgomery, CPCU announces in his editorial that The Library is publishing a History due out later this year. This week’s issue of The Standard contains some excerpts from that upcoming book (that article begins on page 12).
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