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Kaplan Financial Education company history timeline

1985

In 1985, Longman purchased R&R Newkirk, an Indianapolis-based company that developed print products for insurance licensing and continuing education.

1992

In 1992, Longman acquired a publisher in Boston, Addison Wesley, and sold Longman Financial Services to Bob Kyle and Dennis Blitz, who they had retained during the initial acquisitions to manage the company.

1996

In 1996, they started looking at compliance tracking and created DCT (an acronym for Dearborn Compliance Tracking, an internet-based system that tracked compliance hours and course approvals, as well as individual student and company programs.

1998

In 1998, Dearborn was acquired by Kaplan, Inc.

2005

In April 2005, Kaplan purchased BISYS Education Services, Dearborn's largest head-to-head competitor for financial services training and a large provider of licensing and compliance services to the insurance and securities industry.

Kaplan acquires Schweser Study Program (Kaplan Schweser). All materials will be sold under the Schweser Study Program, a Kaplan Professional Company, until 2005.

2006

In 2006, Kaplan purchased eMind, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, who provided online securities firm element training and tracking, online insurance CE, and a suite of online compliance tools.

2008

In early 2008, Kaplan Financial was relocated from Chicago to La Crosse, Wisconsin, the home office of Kaplan Schweser.

2011

Kaplan Compliance Solutions was sold in October 2011 to Vertafore, a provider of insurance software to agents, managing general agents, and carriers.

2015

Forbes magazine names Kaplan among the top 100 of “America’s Best Employers for 2015.” Kaplan ranked #92 on Forbes’ ranking of 500 United States employers across 25 industries.

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