What’s Your Word?
By Laura Jozwiak, Senior Vice President of Sales & Client Relations, Wheels, Inc.
Another new year, another round of resolutions!
I’m a goal-oriented person and have been documenting my short- and long-term terms goals for more than 20 years. When looking back, I’m amazed how much I‘ve been able to accomplish on goals I set for myself all those years ago. Some of them, I thought, were audacious. Nonetheless, I set them as my intentions, would reflect on them, and ensured my actions were following the journey I wanted to create.
Every January 1, my family knows I’ll ask for their goals for the year. Probably with dread. But this year, I found a new way to make it easier to be more flexible instead of absolute on your goals.
The Importance of Being a Futurist
This respected and innovative CEO explains the importance of being a futurist, and how it makes him more able to steer his company in the right direction.
Program Helps Small to Medium Fleets Create a Working Safety Culture
A new program from Together for Safer Roads is geared to help small to medium fleets tackle the challenges associated with creating a fleet safety culture.
Georgia Jury Awards $21M against Trucking Insurer and its Insured in Pedestrian Death
Huntington Insurance Recovery Blog
A Georgia federal jury popped a motor carrier liability insurer and its insured with a $21 million verdict in a wrongful death suit.
According to the Complaint, the insured driver lost control of his tractor-trailer, injuring a pedestrian walking along the highway’s shoulder. The pedestrian eventually succumbed to his injuries, and his estate filed suit against the driver and the driver’s insurer under Georgia’s Direct Action Statute, which allows plaintiffs to name motor carrier insurers as defendants along with their insureds.
The driver claimed that he experienced a sudden medical emergency just before the accident, and he was found passed out in his cab afterwards. The jury was unconvinced by this “Act of God” defense and took less than an hour to return an initial verdict of approximately $15 million for wrongful death, pain and suffering, and medical expenses. The jury then added $6 million to the judgment for litigation expenses after hearing evidence that the driver’s post-accident drug screen found opioids in his system.
Read the article at Huntington Insurance Recovery Blog.
CAFM Live at NAFA’s I&E: Educational Live Event Raises the Industry Standard
NAFA Fleet Management Association announces CAFM Live, a certification-focused in-person educational event designed to lead to professional success and advancement.
CAFM Live is a three-day learning program for advanced fleet education that covers all certification modules and prepares attendees for CAFM exams -- presented in conjunction with the 2020 NAFA Institute and Expo, April 5-9, Indianapolis, Indiana.
CAFM-certified professionals earn up to 27% more income across their fleet careers, based on Monster.com Certification Report, 2018.
"NAFA offers the ability to interact with instructors and other students face-to-face has proven to be very effective for people seeking CAFM-certification," said NAFA's Interim CEO Bill Schankel, CAE. "CAFM Live allows students to engage with all facets of the material and experience the best of the annual conference, Institute & Expo, in one event."
