AFTER A $65 MILLION renovation, the 480-room Hyatt Grand Champions Resort & Spa, in Indian Wells, Calif., has remodeled guest rooms and meeting rooms (including a 20,000-square-foot ballroom). Guests can swim in seven free-form swimming pools...
The American College, a financial services education institution in Bryn Mawr, Pa., is calling on the financial services industry to require ethics education for all financial advisors. This is in response to ongoing regulatory investigations into...
Michael Key was surprised by a hefty add-on fee for electricity at a recent meeting. “These charges came out of the blue,” says Key, the Durham, N.C. — based director of meetings and incentives for Monumental Life. “I just can't pull $20,000 from...
Financial services and insurance companies are nothing if not conservative, and few seem to have jumped on the blogging bandwagon — at least, few have so far. But even if you don't think blogging (short for Web logging), or online journaling, is...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has notified Fidelity Investments that it is considering bringing a civil complaint against Fidelity over its gift-giving and entertainment practices. Fidelity acknowledged in July it had received a Wells...
What's the biggest trend in insurance training these days? Patricia McCarthy, past president of the Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators, and the training director for claims for Allstate in Northbrook, Ill., says that training is...
If you have ever wondered if your registration form, housing form, or rooming lists could be more clear or comprehensive, you will welcome a new resource from APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange), the arm of the Convention Industry Council charged...
According to the ICPA bylaws, the association must elect two new candidates to the board of directors each year. Recent practice has been to elect two directors from four candidates presented by the VP of membership...
A new insurance industry designation was launched by the San Francisco — based Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators earlier this year: The Insurance Training Professional. To earn an ITP designation, trainers must demonstrate insurance...
The meeting industry's longest-standing planner association is looking to change its name. If planner members approve a bylaws revision in September, Insurance Conference Planners Association (ICPA) will become Financial & Insurance Conference...