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People Moves: INSURETrust Adds 3 College Grads; Moore Opens Agency in Miss.; XS Promotes Dunn

Apr 13 2021 // National insurance wholesaler INSUREtrust has hired several recent college graduates to its team Georgia.Bayley Holbrook has joined the team as an account manager. Holbrook will be graduating from the University of South...

Florida School District Hit with ‘Bizarre’ $40M Ransomware Demand

Apr 5 2021 // The computer system of one of the nation’s largest school districts was hacked by a criminal gang that encrypted district data and demanded $40 million in ransom or it would erase the files and post students’...

Insurance Community University’s Zangwill-Infantino Looks Back on the Last 10 Years in Insurance Education

Apr 5 2021 // The past 10 years in insurance education have seen quite a change, with more and more continuing education being done online in an increasingly diverse and complex insurance marketplace.Laurie Zangwill-Infantino WCIP,...

Washington School District Agrees to $4.25M Sex Assault Settlement

Mar 30 2021 // A suburban Seattle, Wash., school district this week agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle a lawsuit that accuses a former middle school teacher of sexually assaulting his student for nearly a decade.According to the...

Florida School District to Pay $2M Over Chicken Nugget Choking Death of Student

Mar 30 2021 // The family of a 19-year-old student with autism will receive a $2 million settlement from a Florida school district a year and a half after he choked on a chicken nugget and died.The settlement approved by the Palm Beach...

Climate Change Could Cut 63 Countries’ Credit Ratings by 2030: University Study

Mar 22 2021 // LONDON – A new algorithm-based study by a group of UK universities has predicted that 63 countries – roughly half the number rated by the likes of S&P Global, Moody’s and Fitch – could see their credit...

Massachusetts Court Says Associate Professor at Christian College Is Not a Minister

Mar 22 2021 // An associate professor at a Christian liberal arts college is not considered a minister and is therefore protected from discrimination during her employment, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has found.Typically, the...

School Bus Crash Leads to Arrest, Insurance Fraud Charges in Louisiana

Mar 19 2021 // Three men have been charged with insurance fraud violations after an investigation into a two-vehicle accident involving a private school bus, Louisiana State Police.The LSP arrested 44-year-old Michael Simon of New...

Mass. Court Says Associate Professor at Christian College Is Not a Minister

Mar 9 2021 // An associate professor at a Christian liberal arts college is not considered a minister and is therefore protected from discrimination during her employment, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has found.Typically, the...

Appeal Over Dictionary Use Denied in University of Virginia Lacrosse Slaying

Feb 25 2021 // A federal judge has rejected an appeal from a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his 2012 murder conviction should be tossed out because of a claim the jury improperly consulted a dictionary.George Huguely...

Kentucky High School Athletic Association Sued Over Coronavirus Policy

Feb 25 2021 // A Kentucky parent has filed a lawsuit against the Kentucky High School Athletic Association over a policy on when student athletes can return to competition after testing positive for COVID-19.Jon Kelly Johnson, a dentist...

Construction Worker Hurt in Accident at New Jersey College

Feb 24 2021 // A construction worker was injured when a gasket burst and struck him in the head at a college in northern New Jersey, authorities said. Workers were conducting a standard pressure test on a chiller line in the Learning...

University of Colorado Reports Cyberattack on System

Feb 17 2021 // The University of Colorado has reported a cyberattack on its software that likely exposed employee, student, health and research records, officials said.University President Mark Kennedy informed the campus communities...

Former School Bus Employee Arrested in $50K Florida Insurance Fraud Scheme

Feb 16 2021 // A former Miami-Dade County school bus driver was arrested for allegedly filing numerous fraudulent insurance claims and collecting approximately $50,000 from the alleged scheme, according to a statement from the Florida...

COVID-19 Infections in U.S. Nearly 3X Greater Than Reported, University Model Estimates

Feb 12 2021 // World health experts have long suspected that the incidence of COVID-19 has been higher than reported. Now, a machine-learning algorithm developed at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center estimates that the...

Selective’s College Competition Appoints Students To Run Virtual Insurance Agencies

Feb 5 2021 // Selective’s College Competition kicks off this week across eight colleges throughout the country and will run through February.The annual contest provides the opportunity for teams of students to gain insurance...

Cheerleader Sues Northwestern University; Alleges Harassment, Cover-Up

Feb 1 2021 // A Northwestern cheerleader is suing the university, saying she was groped by drunken fans and alumni at school-sanctioned events and administrators tried to cover up her complaints, the Chicago Tribune reported.Hayden...

Study: Masks, Distancing, Testing Shown As Effective As Vaccines on College Campuses

Jan 13 2021 // The combined effectiveness of three COVID-prevention strategies on college campuses—mask-wearing, social distancing, and routine testing—are as effective in preventing coronavirus infections as the Pfizer and Moderna...

The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research CISR High School Program Exam Success

Jan 12 2021 // Austin, TX – January 12, 2021 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research received recognition on local Lansing news station FOX News 47 for the Certified Insurance Service Representative High School...

North Carolina College Restores Women’s Sports After Lawsuit Threat

Jan 12 2021 // East Carolina University is restoring two of its women’s teams cut last spring for budget problems compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, and paying more than $189,000 to avoid a gender discrimination lawsuit.The...