Latest NonProfits Headlines
All the headlines from our NonProfits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Allstate Joins Personal Insurance Federation of California
Mar 4 2009 // The Board of Directors of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) has voted unanimously to accept Allstate Insurance Co. as the newest member of PIFC. Allstate is the first new company to join PIFC in 15...
Kentucky’s Damages From January Ice Storm Top $185 Million
Feb 27 2009 // Kentucky and federal officials say damage estimates from the January ice storm will likely top $185 million. Kentucky’s Emergency Management director, Brig. Gen. John W. Heltzel, says the damages were primarily...
One Quarter of Oklahoma Bridges Structurally Deficient
Feb 24 2009 // In 2004, a football-sized piece of concrete fell from a bridge and crashed through Yvonna Osborn’s windshield while she was driving home on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma. The 52-year-old Irving, Texas, mother of two died...
6 More Arkansas Counties Eligible for Federal Help
Feb 18 2009 // More than a third of Arkansas’ 75 counties have been declared eligible for federal public assistance after last month’s ice storm. The Public Assistance Program reimburses local governments, state agencies and...
Great American Adds Binding Option to Web Site
Feb 13 2009 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division, now offers binding functionality in addition to online quoting for nonprofit organizations on its ExecProQuote.com Web...
Human Services Agencies Can Benefit from Agent Advice, Especially in Challenging Economic Times
Feb 8 2009 // Custom Coverages and Loss Control Can Help Non-Profits Survive While today’s economic environment presents some challenges for many companies large and small, independent agents who understand and embrace those...
People
Jan 25 2009 // The Insurance Marketing and Communications Association named Richard Look president. He is a marketing communications veteran with agency and insurance company experience, and currently serves as vice president of...
American Pinnacle Partners Announces Acquisition of Consolidated Special Risk Managers, Inc.
Jan 12 2009 // Seal Beach, CA and San Rafael, CA, January 12, 2009 — American Pinnacle Partners, Inc. (“APP”), a holding company of specialty insurance companies, and Consolidated Specialty Risk Managers...
Schroeder Heads New Minnesota Surplus Lines Insurance Association
Jan 9 2009 // Nicholas Schroeder is the first executive director of the new Surplus Lines Association of Minnesota (SLAM), a non-profit organization of brokers of insurance that is placed with companies that are not licensed in...
Safeco Insurance Foundation Donates $15,000 To Connections to Success
Dec 29 2008 // Safeco Insurance Foundation has awarded $15,000 to Connections to Success Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps men and women transition to the workforce. Connections to Success is a nonprofit that was founded in 1998...
Zurich Concludes Partnerships with 3 Non-Profit Organizations
Dec 12 2008 // Zurich Financial Services Group announced that its Z Zurich Foundation has established 5-year partnerships with “three globally active Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) to address global, social and environmental...
CPCU Society’s Arizona Chapter Announces Scholarship Recipients
Dec 12 2008 // The Scholarship Committee of the Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) has announced the recipients of the chapter’s 2008-2009 scholarships: Jenelle Burns, Arizona State...
Economic Crisis Leaves States Less Ready to Handle Disasters
Dec 11 2008 // Progress made to better protect the country from disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and bioterrorism is now at risk, due to budget cuts and the economic crisis, according to a new report. The report concludes that major...
Post-Hurricane Planning Efforts Falter in Louisiana
Dec 9 2008 // Hurricane Katrina’s devastation sparked a sweeping planning survey in Louisiana that called for improved transit operations, stronger land-use policies and coordinated state work to make it all happen. The 2007...
Florida Municipal Trust Adds 20 Members
Dec 5 2008 // The Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT) says it has added 20 new cities to its roster of clients and experienced a 96 percent renewal rate among existing customers. The nonprofit organization provides workers’...
Cavignac & Associates Donates Nearly $11,000 to San Diego Charities
Dec 4 2008 // the spirit of the holiday season, the employees of Cavignac & Associates, a San Diego-based risk management and commercial insurance brokerage firm, are donating close to $11,000 to a number of San Diego nonprofit...
NationAir Supports Entrepreneurs Through Non-Profit Micro-Lender Kiva
Dec 3 2008 // NationAir Aviation Insurance announced this week that it has made a charitable micro-loan to a needy entrepreneur through the non-profit organization Kiva. NationAir made the contribution as a gesture of thanks to the...
Kansas University Research Center Sues National Institutes of Health
Nov 25 2008 // The University of Kansas Center for Research has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that two of its researchers should be listed on patents for a cancer drug. The research center sued the National Institutes of Health...
Lauve to Lead Insurors Group
Nov 20 2008 // Peter Lauve, of Abilene, Texas, has been picked as president of Texas-based Insurors Group, effective Oct. 8. As president, Lauve, also a partner with CBS Insurance located in Abilene, will lead a leading network of agents...
Attract and Win Social Services Business with Risk Management Strategies
Nov 16 2008 // How Insurance Professionals Can Be Valuable Advisors to Non-Profit Organizations Operating a non-profit social service business has always been a challenging balance between meeting constituent needs, funding the...
