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The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Launches High School Program

Aug 8 2019 // Austin, TX, August 8, 2019 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announces the creation of a high school program for students interested in attaining an insurance certification. The Certified...

Low Unemployment Rates a Problem for San Antonio Hotels

Aug 7 2019 // With San Antonio’s unemployment rate hitting historic lows, hoteliers in the city’s $15.2 billion tourism industry are struggling to find housekeepers, dishwashers and waiters.The San Antonio Express-News...

University Lawsuit Accuses Big Retailers of Infringing ‘Reinvented’ Light Bulb Patent

Jul 31 2019 // Five major retailers, including Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc, were sued on Tuesday by the University of California over what it called the “existential threat” when foreign manufacturers infringe...

Rice U. Says Its Hurricane Plan for Houston Better Than $20B Coastal Barrier

Jul 30 2019 // For about a decade, two of Texas’ top universities have pushed dueling plans to protect the Houston-Galveston region from hurricanes.A concept championed by Texas A&M University at Galveston appears to be winning...

Schools, Lawmakers, Tech Firms Trying to Curb Rising Cyberbullying

Jul 29 2019 // Rachel Whalen remembers feeling gutted in high school when a former friend would mock her online postings, threaten to unfollow or unfriend her on social media and post inside jokes about her to others online.The...

Nebraska School District to Pay $2.75M in Suit Over Girl’s Abuse by Former Golf Coach

Jul 25 2019 // The Scottsbluff School District in Nebraska is paying a girl $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit she filed over sexual abuse committed by her former high school golf coach.The former coach, Mike Klein, is serving a...

North Carolina College Requests Campus Shooting Suit Be Dismissed

Jul 25 2019 // A North Carolina university is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from a fatal shooting on its campus in 2018. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Wake Forest University is disputing the allegations...

Expert Outlines 5 School Insurance Liability Issues to Watch

Jul 19 2019 // Lilian A. Vanvieldt, senior vice president, educational entities practice leader for the national insurance agency Alliant, has spent more than three decades insuring schools across the country. Her book of business spans...

ICT’s ‘Speed Interviews’ Connect Texas College Students with Insurance Pros

Jul 17 2019 // On July 11, the Insurance Council of Texas’ (ICT’s) 4th Annual Speed Interview and Network Session connected students from universities across Texas with 23 insurance companies and agencies.“The speed...

Harvard University Invests in Litigation Finance Fund

Jul 12 2019 // Harvard University is committing more capital to a strategy that backs plaintiffs in commercial disputes, delivering robust uncorrelated returns.The strategy is run by IMF Bentham Ltd., a publicly traded company which last...

Building Soundness Investigated After Nevada University Dorm Blast

Jul 10 2019 // Investigators are assessing the structural safety of two University of Nevada, Reno, dormitories that usually house 1,300 students, days after explosions injured eight people but none seriously.Nevada University Regents...

12 Miami School Bus Employees Arrested in $427K Insurance Fraud Scheme

Jul 1 2019 // Twelve current and former Miami-Dade School District school bus employees were arrested last week for allegedly filing fraudulent insurance claims totaling $426,933, according to a statement from Florida CFO Jimmy...

High School Student Sued for Activating Virginia Hotel Room Sprinkler

Jun 26 2019 // A hotel’s insurance company has sued a high school student it claims caused more than $690,000 in damage by activating a sprinkler inside one of its rooms.The Virginian-Pilot reports Landstown High School senior Cade...

North Carolina to Host Flood Insurance Conferences; Will Offer Agents CE Credits

Jun 25 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has set up five flood insurance conferences statewide between July and September designed to educate the public, insurance and real estate agents of the need to purchase flood...

10 People at Clark Atlanta University Treated After Chemical Spill in Science Building

Jun 24 2019 // At least 10 people had to be decontaminated after a worker at a university in Atlanta spilled a chemical, creating a white cloud inside a science building. News outlets report everyone was evacuated Friday from the...

NFL Passing Player Injury Prevention Research and Ideas Onto Colleges

Jun 20 2019 // The NFL’s top medical experts are asking college football physicians and trainers to help make the game safer.They want the NCAA to pitch in, too. Dr. Allen Sills and Jeff Miller, the NFL’s executive vice...

Ohio College: $44M Jury Award to Business Not ‘Final Outcome’

Jun 17 2019 // An Ohio college ordered to pay $44 million in damages to the owners of a market who said the school ruined their business by branding them as racists said the jury awards are “not the final outcome.”“We...

Geneva Association Elects 4 Board Members from Ping An, Prudential, PICC and Aviva

Jun 17 2019 // The Geneva Association, the global organization of insurance and reinsurance chief executive officers (CEOs), announced the election of four new board members.They are: Yuansiong Lee, co-CEO, Ping An Insurance Co. of...

16 More Alumni Sue Ohio State Over Abuse by Team Doctor

Jun 14 2019 // Sixteen more Ohio State University alumni have sued the university over how school officials dealt with a team doctor who an investigation recently concluded had sexually abused at least 177 young men between 1979 and...

Scientists Vow to Report Flood Risk for Every U.S. Property for Free

Jun 14 2019 // In a major research undertaking, a group of scientists and a technology nonprofit technology organization have set a mission to calculate the past, current and future flood risk of every property in America.While...