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Big ‘I’ Virtual University’s Boggs Gets Award for Reinsurance Research
May 16 2017 // Big “I” Virtual University Director Christopher “Chris” J. Boggs has received a prestigious award in London for a paper he and a group of industry professionals authored about the disconnect between...
Utah Family Reaches Settlement with University over Son’s Slack Line Death
May 15 2017 // Utah State University has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit with the family of a college student who was killed in August 2013 when he hit a rope tied between two trees known as a “slack line” while riding his...
Georgia Colleges Grapple With New Law Allowing Concealed Handguns on Campus
May 11 2017 // Georgia’s public university presidents and police chiefs were strongly opposed to letting people carry concealed handguns on college campuses. Now that Gov. Nathan Deal has signed the campus-carry law, it falls on...
Dodge City Community College Wins Kansas Don’t Text #Just Drive Contest
Apr 28 2017 // Dodge City Community College (DCCC) received the most votes by percentage of students enrolled to win the Kansas community college “Don’t Text #Just Drive” spring contest March 15-April 16, sponsored in...
31 Students Awarded Scholarships from Insurance Council of Texas
Apr 26 2017 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation recently awarded a total of $34,500 in academic scholarships to 31 students at five Texas universities. The students attend the University of Houston Main campus,...
St. Joseph’s University Team Wins Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge
Apr 26 2017 // At the Spencer Educational Foundation reception, RIMS board director and director of global risk management and insurance at PayPal Inc., Laura Langone, announced St. Joseph’s University’s student team as the...
AXIS Re & China’s Renmin University Offer Actuarial Scholarship
Apr 24 2017 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced the launch of the “AXIS Re Actuarial Scholarship” in partnership with Renmin University in China. The scholarship fund will provide financial assistance to...
California University Settles Law School Dean Harassment Suit for $1.7M
Apr 20 2017 // The University of California’s governing board has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement that will be paid out over the next decade to an employee who accused the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school of sexual...
Texas Mutual Insurance Awards $1M in Safety Grants to Community Colleges
Apr 18 2017 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has awarded a combined $1 million in grants to 10 community colleges across Texas. The grants fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the...
UC Berkeley Settles Law Dean Sexual Harassment Allegations Lawsuit
Apr 17 2017 // A legal settlement has been reached between the University of California, Berkeley, the former dean of its law school, and his former assistant, who said he sexually harassed her. The settlement between the school, former...
Rolling Stone Settles, but Fight Over University of Virginia Rape Story Isn’t Over
Apr 17 2017 // Rolling Stone magazine settled a University of Virginia administrator’s lawsuit over its discredited story about a rape on campus, but its legal fights over the botched article aren’t over. Attorneys for...
Baylor Scandal Inspires a Slew of Texas Campus Sex Assault Bills
Apr 7 2017 // Texas lawmakers are pushing for tougher sexual assault reporting requirements on college campuses in response to the ongoing investigations into Baylor University’s handling of sexual assault allegations involving...
Rutgers Law School Project Addresses ‘Use It And Lose It’ in Homeowners Insurance
Apr 3 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...
Judge to Hear Objection to Trump University’s $25 Million Settlement
Mar 30 2017 // A U.S. judge will hear arguments on Thursday over whether to grant final approval to a $25 million settlement of fraud lawsuits against President Donald Trump over his Trump University real estate investment seminars, with...
Student Sues New York’s Columbia University, Alleging Indifference to 2 Rapes
Mar 28 2017 // A woman who enrolled in Columbia University partly because she wanted to be part of the emotional debate there over on-campus sexual assaults sued the school Tuesday, saying she was raped twice in her dorm room during her...
New Arkansas Law Expands Where Concealed Guns Allowed
Mar 23 2017 // Arkansas’ governor has signed a sweeping gun rights measure into law that will allow concealed handguns at state colleges, some bars, government buildings and even the state Capitol. The measure approved by...
Experience Is Everything for Krefta, CEO-in-Waiting at Hiscox Re & ILS
Mar 17 2017 // When someone gets to be a CEO at the age of 36, perhaps it’s a good idea to listen to his story about how he got there and some of the lessons he’s learned. From his current position as chief underwriting...
United Educators Insurance Expands Coverage for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Mar 15 2017 // Bethesda, MD, March 15, 2017—United Educators Insurance (UE), a Reciprocal Risk Retention Group (RRG) celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, is expanding its general liability (GL) coverage for unmanned aerial...
Judge Says Sex Assault Lawsuit Against Baylor University Can Proceed
Mar 9 2017 // A lawsuit filed against Baylor University by 10 women alleging they were sexually assaulted while students can proceed, a federal judge ruled on March 7. The women, identified as “Jane Doe” plaintiffs, allege...
Trump University Settlement May Not Be Done Deal After All
Mar 9 2017 // The private lawyers who reached a proposed $25 million settlement last November with then President-elect Donald Trump, resolving class action claims that Trump University real estate seminars were a fraud, did an...
