Education & Training

Beecher Carlson Holdings has hired Kim Wyles as a vice president for the Los Angeles office, where she will handle risk management accounts.

Cramer Johnson Wiggins & Associates, a third party administration and independent adjusting firm based in Orlando, Fla., has named John Cote as executive vice president.

Alternative Service Concepts, a third-party claim management company, has promoted Pam Fiser and Mark Watkins to field claim manager.

ClaimSchool, a provider of educational materials and services for insurance professionals, is offering a computer-based training program for fraud.

The Society of Insurance Trainers & Educators, a professional membership organization for the insurance industry, has created the Insurance Training Professional designation.

Until the early 1980s, this publication was known as Insurance Adjuster magazine. Even those of us who were independent adjusters at the time worked primarily for insurance companies and were comfortable with that title.