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Rutgers Law School Project Addresses ‘Use It And Lose It’ in Homeowners Insurance
Mar 8 2017 // A new report by the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in cooperation with United Policyholders, offers recommendations to state lawmakers in terms of how homeowners insurance...
Patient Complaints Can Identify Surgeons Who Are Higher Claims Risks
Mar 6 2017 // Recording and analyzing patient and family reports about rude and disrespectful behavior can identify surgeons with higher rates of surgical site infections and other avoidable adverse outcomes, according to a study led by...
Florida CFO Atwater to Step Down After 2017 Legislative Session
Mar 6 2017 // In a move sure to shake up Florida’s political landscape, Jeff Atwater, the state’s chief financial officer, resigned Feb. 10 to take a job at Florida Atlantic University. Atwater, a Republican from Palm Beach...
Australia to Offer ‘World’s First’ University Course to Fight Cyber Crime
Mar 3 2017 // Australia said on Friday it will offer the world’s first university course to train intelligence analysts to fight cyber crime, prompted by innovative methods of money transfer among organized crime and militant...
University of California Releases Details on 113 Employee Sex Misconduct Cases
Mar 2 2017 // The University of California said it investigated 113 cases of sexual misconduct involving staff and faculty at its 10 campuses over a recent three-year period, according to hundreds of pages of internal documents released...
Six Charged in Death of University of Connecticut Student After Party
Feb 28 2017 // Six University of Connecticut students were charged Friday with alcohol-related offenses connected to the death of a student who was run over by a fire department vehicle after leaving a party last fall. The students had...
More Than 3K Records Breached at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Feb 28 2017 // Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials say the hospital has had a security breach where two employees accessed medical records of more than 3,000 patients. The Tennessean reports the hospital has sent out letters...
Patient Complaints Can Identify Surgeons Who Are Higher Claims Risks
Feb 17 2017 // Recording and analyzing patient and family reports about rude and disrespectful behavior can identify surgeons with higher rates of surgical site infections and other avoidable adverse outcomes, according to a study led by...
Florida’s CFO Atwater to Step Down After 2017 Legislative Session
Feb 16 2017 // In a move sure to shake up Florida’s political landscape, Jeff Atwater, the state’s chief financial officer, resigned Feb. 10 to take a job at Florida Atlantic University. Atwater, a Republican from Palm Beach...
ICT on Track to Provide $1M in Insurance Education Funds by Year’s End
Feb 8 2017 // With Insurance Careers Month underway, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation announced that it expects to have provided more than $1 million in cumulative funding to Texas universities and their...
Louisiana Universities to Receive $2.7M after Demise of HMO
Feb 7 2017 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced a favorable court order on the dissolution of health maintenance organization AmCare Health Plans of Louisiana Inc. (AmCare) that paves the way for more than $2.7...
Insurance Department Staff to Meet with Students at Kansas Universities
Feb 6 2017 // A Kansas Insurance Department staff member will be visiting with business majors at Kansas universities during February to promote insurance courses as part of a statewide education initiative to attract more employees to...
Ex-Head of Baylor Football Operations Sues University
Feb 3 2017 // The former director of football operations at Baylor University has filed a lawsuit arguing he was unfairly named as contributing to the school’s mishandling of student sexual assault complaints. Colin...
College Fraternity in Oregon Accused of Hazing Slapped with $8M Suit
Feb 2 2017 // An $8 million lawsuit against a fraternity at a northwestern Oregon college says a hazing incident resulted in a 20-year-old man losing his right eye. KOIN-TV reports that the lawsuit alleges Kellen Johansen was coerced...
Regulators: Insurance Education Scholarships Available for Missouri Students
Feb 2 2017 // The Missouri Department of Insurance reminds Missouri high school seniors and current college students that the application deadline for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships is March 31. Four $1,500...
New Lawsuit Against Baylor University Alleges 52 Rapes over 4 Years
Jan 30 2017 // A former Baylor University student who says she was raped by two football players filed a federal lawsuit on Jan. 27 against the school that alleges there were dozens more assaults of women involving other players. The...
Why Are Large-Scale Tornado Outbreaks Increasing in U.S.?
Jan 24 2017 // The frequency of large-scale tornado outbreaks is increasing in the United States, particularly when it comes to the most extreme events, according to research recently published in Science. The study by researchers...
Risk Strategies Company Acquires Massachusetts’ University Health Plans
Jan 23 2017 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired University Health Plans (UHP), a Quincy, Mass., based brokerage firm specializing in student health insurance...
Fired Professor Sues Utah University for More than $22M
Jan 23 2017 // A former theater professor at Dixie State University in Utah who was found not guilty of assaulting a student is suing university faculty and staff members for more than $22 million over his termination. Varlo Davenport is...
Utah University Wants Lawsuit Over Frat Party Assault Dismissed
Jan 20 2017 // Utah State University and a fraternity are asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former student accusing the school and organization of failing to act on reports of sexual assault and heavy drinking at...
