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Fireman’s Fund Expands Green Insurance to Educational Institutions
Aug 31 2010 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. is broadening its commercial green insurance appetite to include public and private schools, colleges and universities, and trade and vocational schools. With Green-Gard commercial...
Investors Face Uphill Battle with Liability Lawsuits Against BP
Jul 20 2010 // Shareholders angry about BP Plc’s battered stock price are heading to the courthouse in hopes of reclaiming some of their losses, but they face an uphill battle. Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in April,...
Are Insureds Lying? Watch Their Eyes!
Jul 13 2010 // Shifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person’s problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level. Educational psychologists John Kircher, Doug...
Special Reuters Report: Oil Spill a Gusher for Lawyers; Litigation May Take Years
Jun 30 2010 // BP payout should far exceed what Exxon spent on Valdez The company’s $20 billion fund may not be enough Accountability may take years if not decades to assess Many federal laws allow civil, criminal liability From a...
Aon Benfield, Cologne University to Study European Windstorms
Jun 25 2010 // Aon Benfield announced that it has signed an exclusive partnership with the University of Cologne – “a leading research centre with a long record of wind storms diagnostics, extreme weather modeling and impact...
Michigan University Seeks Compensation Over Bias Charge
Jun 9 2010 // Central Michigan University is asking for $174,294 from an ex- basketball player and her lawyer over their failed sex discrimination complaint involving coach Sue Guevara. The Saginaw News says the university asked U.S....
Texas Agents Group, Tarrant County College Launch IRC Program
Jun 3 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) and Tarrant County College have initiated the Insurance Representative Certificate (IRC) program. The self-study, self-paced virtual program prepares individuals for the...
Community Colleges Join Ohio School Risk Management, Insurance Plan
May 6 2010 // The Ohio School Plan (OSP), a group that provides insurance and risk management solutions to Ohio public school entities and boards of developmental disabilities, approved the decision to include community colleges into...
Judge: Brown University Rape-Accusation Suit Can Proceed
May 5 2010 // A student who says he was falsely accused of rape by a Brown University classmate can move forward with his lawsuit against the Ivy League school, a federal judge ruled. William McCormick III filed a federal lawsuit that...
Sweethearts in Crime: Rise in Married Couples in Securities Fraud
Apr 16 2010 // Jeffery Stone and his wife Janette Diller Stone, one-time operators of a now-defunct New York investment firm called Crescent Fund, are not on any government most wanted list. And they aren’t exactly hiding, either....
San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency Offers College Scholarships
Apr 15 2010 // Local multicultural college students from the San Francisco Greater Bay Area will have a chance to win scholarships and internship opportunities in the financial services field as part of a newly expanded scholarship...
Kansas State University: Crashes Caused by Older Drivers Often Severe
Apr 15 2010 // Kansas State University researchers are discovering the challenges aging creates for drivers. To help improve traffic safety, K-State engineers identified the characteristics of older drivers in Kansas and the types of...
UT San Antonio Students Receive Insurance Council Scholarships
Apr 7 2010 // Five insurance and risk management students at the University of Texas at San Antonio have been awarded $10,000 in scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT). The UTSA scholarship recipients for 2010 are...
Massachusetts Jury Awards $1.6M in Suit over College Student’s Death
Apr 5 2010 // A jury has awarded a Massachusetts couple $1.6 million in a malpractice lawsuit over the death of their son on a college basketball court. Antwoine Key, a 22-year-old senior at Eastern Connecticut State University,...
Wisconsin College Aims to Make Insurance Students ‘Real World Smart’
Apr 5 2010 // Insurance? That’s all straight commission sales,” responded a student at Madison Area Technical College when his instructor suggested he consider an insurance class. Madison College, in Madison, Wis., is...
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Apr 5 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
BrickStreet Mutual Boosts Marshall University Insurance Program
Apr 1 2010 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $50,000 gift to Marshall University to benefit the Lewis College of Business. The contribution will further the development of an Insurance and Risk Management program at the...
Massachusetts Jury Awards $1.6M in Suit over College Student’s Death
Mar 29 2010 // A jury has awarded a Massachusetts couple $1.6 million in a malpractice lawsuit over the death of their son on a college basketball court. Antwoine Key, a 22-year-old senior at Eastern Connecticut State University,...
South Carolina University Fire Estimated to Cost $4.5 Million
Mar 22 2010 // Officials at a South Carolina university say a fire in a building that featured high-tech classrooms will cost at least $4.5 million to repair. The Herald of Rock Hill reported that Winthrop University officials said it...
State Insurance Commissioners Name 28 Consumer Liaisons
Mar 9 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
