Insurance brokerage competitors Willis Towers Watson and Alliant Insurance Services are battling in court over what Willis alleges is a conspiracy by Alliant to steal its employees, trade secrets and clients. Willis maintains that this past July Alliant orchestrated a …
The member companies of the Utica National Insurance Group have partnered with Empathia, Inc. to provide crisis counseling services, and The Castle Group to provide crisis public relations services to its school policyholders. According to Brian Saville, Utica National Educational …
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday issued a new policy that will reshape the way schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual misconduct, bolstering the rights of the accused and narrowing the scope of cases colleges are required to …
While professional sports leagues can ponder plans to isolate their athletes from the coronavirus and have them play in unusual, even secluded places, college sports have no such option. Pro sports leagues can get creative with solutions to save their …
Harvard, the nation’s oldest university, must go to trial to defend a lawsuit claiming it discriminates against Asian-American applicants. A Boston federal judge’s rejection Friday of requests by both sides for a win before trial sets up a final showdown …
Glatfelter Public Practice (GPP), a division of Glatfelter Insurance Group, has expanded its Independent School Bus Contractor insurance program to eight additional states, bringing the total number of states it is available in to 22. This specialized program, which was …
Kinsale Insurance Co. (Kinsale), a subsidiary of Kinsale Capital Group, Inc., is now offering educational institution (school board) liability coverage through its Public Entity Division. The division targets hard-to-place/distressed educational institution risks that are typically non-renewed due to claim activity …
American International Group, Inc. has announced an initial $4 million investment with Clemson University to develop a risk engineering and analytics center and to establish the Robert Benmosche Endowed Professorship in Risk Engineering and Systems Analytics, in honor of the …
The Hartford has launched Educators Professional Choice to give educational institutions the ability to customize their liability coverage based on their needs. The package of management and professional liability coverages is designed specifically for private schools, colleges and universities. “Protecting …
ACE Group has expanded its web-based portal to provide coverage for U.S.-based religious organizations and educational institutions, whose employees, students and volunteers travel internationally. The portal, www.ACEAdvantage.NET, provides a streamlined process for rating, quoting, binding, and issuing of the ACE …
