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 actuarial students in Renmin’s School of Statistics to help develop their …
Patrick Wraight has been named the director of the Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance, a leading property/casualty insurance learning center that is part of the Wells Media Group. Wraight, an Army veteran, comes to the Academy with more than 12 …
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 the insurance industry. The initiative, sponsored by …
The International Insurance Society (IIS) has announced the formation of the Global Centers of Insurance Excellence (GCIE), a certification program designed to recognize universities and colleges with outstanding risk management and insurance programs and enhance their connections with the insurance …
December 30, 2016- Sixty-seven insurance professionals have successfully completed the Certified Construction Insurance Program and are now officially CCIP Designees and there are 100’s enrolled in the program. In February 2016, The Insurance Community/University first introduced the newly created certification …
Insurance education provider The Institutes has launched an Associate in Insurance Data Analytics (AIDA) designation. The four courses leading to the designation provide an overview of advanced analytics and its application to the risk and insurance industry. The Institutes said …
In terms of employment opportunities, the insurance industry in Ohio is growing at a robust pace, a state insurance industry trade group says. In the 2016 edition of its “Insurance in Ohio” report, the Ohio Insurance Institute showed that the …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced its Mid-Year Property and Casualty Insurance Symposium returns to Austin’s Sheraton Hotel on July 13 and 14. Evolve and Adapt, Insurance for the Next Generation is this year’s theme as symposium speakers will …
The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) has selected four universities to receive the 2016 CAS University Award, an honor created to recognize schools doing exemplary work in preparing students for a career in the property/casualty insurance industry. The schools honored in …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation recently awarded a total of $32,000 in academic scholarships to 27 insurance and risk management students at six Texas universities. The students attend Huston-Tillotson University, Texas Southern University, the University of Texas …
