Latest NonProfits Headlines
All the headlines from our NonProfits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
DVIC Names Tuccy as Regional Director
Mar 14 2014 // Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers, which helps disabled U.S. veterans by providing training and employment in the insurance industry, has named Philip L. Tuccy as a regional director. Tuccy owns Insurance Group...
Carriers Committed to D&O Segment
Mar 10 2014 // Several turbulent years of increased claims, more regulation and additional oversight of directors and officers have not deterred carriers from the directors and officers (D&O) liability segment. As more carriers beef...
Malaysian Insurance Institute Signs Agreement with Cambodia Insurance Ass’n.
Mar 3 2014 // The Malaysian Insurance Institute (MII) and the Insurance Association of Cambodia (IAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for “a bilateral collaboration to forge a beneficial business relationship to...
Travelers Adds Broad Form Plus+ to D&O Liability Portfolio
Feb 25 2014 // Travelers has added Broad Form Plus+ to its portfolio of directors and officers (D&O) coverages as a way to protect against concerns above and beyond corporate liabilities. While many companies typically provide...
Eldredge Joins The Buckner Company in Utah
Feb 24 2014 // James Eldredge has joined The Buckner Co. in Utah Eldredge has more than a decade of insurance experience, mostly within the commercial insurance sector. Eldredge focuses on contractors, real estate development,...
Disaster Aid For Colorado Flooding Surpasses $267M
Feb 24 2014 // Since heavy rains brought flooding in September 2013, Colorado survivors have received more than $267 million in federal and state recovery assistance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. More than $219...
Predicting Crime with Big Data Without Breaking the Bank
Feb 20 2014 // Researchers at Rutgers’ School of Criminal Justice have developed commercial technology that public safety practitioners and researchers worldwide are using to fight crime. Leslie Kennedy and Joel Caplan of Rutgers...
Disaster Aid For Colorado Flooding Surpasses $267M
Feb 12 2014 // Since heavy rains brought flooding in September 2013, Colorado survivors have received more than $267 million in federal/state recovery assistance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. More than $219...
Bill Would Regulate South Dakota Insurance Exchange Navigators
Feb 10 2014 // The navigators who help uninsured people sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul would be regulated under a bill in the South Dakota Legislature. The sponsor, Sen. Al Novstrup,...
Why Sexual & Physical Abuse Coverage Is Important for Nonprofits
Feb 10 2014 // This will sound a lot like reminiscing and I just may be, but I was talking with old friends back in my hometown of Boardman, Ohio, at a high school reunion. One of the people in the group brought up the topic of the...
Private, Nonprofit D&O: Gallagher’s Norton on Claims, Coverage Expansion and Outlook
Feb 10 2014 // Much has changed in the insurance industry throughout the past 20 years. What hasn’t changed so much is the type of claim to strike the private company and nonprofit directors and officers (D&O) sector. What has...
Board Director & Officer Risks in Serving a Nonprofit
Feb 10 2014 // According to a recent Towers Watson Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability Survey, 63 percent of nonprofit organizations reported a D&O claim in the past 10 years. Neglecting to prepare for such claims can...
Supreme Court Grants Nuns Compromise on Obamacare Birth Control Benefit
Jan 27 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court said an order of Catholic nuns, for now, doesn’t have to fill out an Obama administration form that the religious group says might lead to contraceptive coverage for its employees. The justices...
Senate Links Agent Licensing Reform with Flood Insurance Delay
Jan 21 2014 // There is a new political wrinkle in the attempt to stave off flood insurance rate hikes across the country. The Senate has attached an industry-supported bill to streamline agent and broker licensing to its bill to delay...
Arkansas Lawmaker Applies to Run State Insurance Exchange
Jan 17 2014 // The Arkansas lawmaker who sponsored the law creating the Health Insurance Marketplace Board has applied to serve as the marketplace’s executive director. Rep. Mark Biviano, R-Searcy, is one of two applicants...
Cross Insurance Acquires Assets of Maine, Connecticut Brokers
Jan 14 2014 // Bangor, Maine-based Cross Insurance has acquired the assets of two insurance brokers – Willis of Northern New England Inc., and The Insurance Exchange Inc. of Stamford, Connecticut. Formerly known as the Dunlap Agency,...
Federal Aid Coming After Fall Storms In Texas
Dec 24 2013 // President Barack Obama has ordered federal aid to help state and local recovery efforts in areas of Central Texas hit with severe storms and flooding in late October. Obama last week declared a major disaster exists in the...
President Declares Disaster for Texas Flooding
Dec 23 2013 // Federal aid will head to Texas now that President Obama has declared a disaster area as a result of severe storms and flooding that hit the state during the period of Oct. 30-31, 2013. The U.S. Department of Homeland...
How Agents and Brokers Help Communities Nationwide
Dec 16 2013 // IMA Dallas employees James Dark and Sharon Sanford paint walls at a child care center. IMA Big on Volunteerism In addition to giving back with volunteerism, one of the key financial goals of employee-owned IMA is to...
Lawsuits Challenging Obamacare Cite Religion, Tax Issues
Dec 5 2013 // Hours after the University of Notre Dame filed a religious challenge to the U.S. health-care overhaul in Indiana federal court, a judge in Washington heard arguments in a lawsuit assailing tax provisions of the...
