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Insurance Education Scholarships Available for Missouri Students

Jan 23 2018 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that high school seniors and college students who are Missouri residents are eligible to apply for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships. The deadline is...

Idaho School Trying to Recover Data Weeks After Ransom-Seeking Cyberattack

Jan 23 2018 // Nearly six weeks after being hit by a massive ransomware cyberattack, the Jerome School District is still working to recover.On Dec. 11, school district officials found out much of its data was encrypted. Each affected...

Female Rowers Sue University in Texas Court Alleging Gender Discrimination

Jan 22 2018 // Members of the SMU women’s rowing team have sued the school, alleging gender discrimination and negligence led to hip injuries. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Dallas, Texas on behalf of seven past and...

New Mexico School District Settles Suit for $800K with Former Employee

Jan 22 2018 // Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico will pay $800,000 to its former chief financial officer to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that claimed the former superintendent placed him on paid leave for questioning district...

Hub International Caught Up in $42M Lawsuit by South Carolina School District

Jan 22 2018 // A South Carolina school district has sued an insurance brokerage and several insurance companies, saying the district was sold excessive policies and charged too much.The Berkeley County School District filed suit in U.S....

Zurich Shares Lessons from First Earn-and-Learn U.S. Apprenticeship Class

Jan 22 2018 // In early 2016, Zurich North America teamed up with William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Ill., to offer an apprenticeship in insurance program and now its first group of employee-students have graduated with a job at...

West Virginia College Ordered to Pay $250K in Discrimination Suit

Jan 18 2018 // A judge has entered a $250,000 judgment against West Virginia Wesleyan College in a discrimination lawsuit.The Exponent Telegram reports a circuit judge in Upshur County made the ruling recently in a lawsuit filed by a...

Winter Storm in Southeast Leads to Icy Roads, Hundreds of Wrecks

Jan 16 2018 // James A. Jones saw enough cars stranded along the icy highway to know it was time to pull over as a winter storm blasted parts of Tennessee and Kentucky with sleet, freezing rain and snow Friday.Jones counted 25 cars stuck...

Parents Sue Oregon School District for $1.7M Over Daughter’s Back Injury

Jan 11 2018 // Parents of an Oregon girl who slipped and fractured her back while attempting to walk into school on a snowy day have filed a $1.7 million lawsuit against the Lake Oswego School District. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported...

2 Fraternities at East Carolina University Shut Down Over Hazing, Alcohol Infractions

Jan 11 2018 // Two fraternities at East Carolina University have been closed by their national organizations following investigations into alcohol and hazing infractions. Local media outlets report school officials announced Monday that...

Coastal Sea Rise Threatening Florida’s Historic Resources

Jan 9 2018 // The Castillo de San Marcos withstood two sieges in 330 years and changed hands five times, but its latest invader – the rising Atlantic Ocean – threatens to erode the historic St. Augustine fortress. The coquina shell...

Suit Against Company in Deadly Tennessee School Bus Crash Settled for $323k

Jan 8 2018 // The company in a deadly November 2016 school bus crash in Tennessee has settled a lawsuit for $323,000 on behalf of a 9-year-old boy injured in the wreck. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Durham School...

Zurich Shares Lessons from First Earn-and-Learn U.S. Apprenticeship Class

Jan 8 2018 // In early 2016, Zurich North America teamed up with William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Ill., to offer an apprenticeship in insurance program and now its first group of employee-students have graduated with a job at...

Tougher Tennessee School Bus Law Now in Effect

Jan 2 2018 // School bus drivers must be at least 25 years old in Tennessee starting New Year’s Day under one of 16 new state laws taking effect.Lawmakers made the change in reaction to a November 2016 school bus crash that killed...

Why Patent ‘Shenanigans’ Share Blame for High Cost of Drugs

Dec 29 2017 // Bob Kelsey can’t afford a cancer drug that could save his life.The retired firefighter, 53, needs Revlimid to stay healthy. Celgene Corp. has raised the price 88 percent over the past seven years. The drug...

Oklahoma School District Sued Over Aide’s Alleged Molestation of 15 Girls

Dec 29 2017 // An Oklahoma school and its board of directors are being sued on behalf of 15 girls who say they were molested by a teacher’s aide.The federal lawsuit filed last week in Oklahoma City seeks unspecified damages from...

Prosecutor Claims Tennessee School Bus Driver in Deadly Crash Was on Phone

Dec 22 2017 // The driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six elementary school students took a cell phone call at the time of the crash, a prosecutor said Tuesday.According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Hamilton...

Greek System at Florida State University Remains Suspended After Frat Death

Dec 19 2017 // The president of Florida State University says he has no timetable yet for reinstating Greek activities on campus after they were suspended in November following the death of a fraternity pledge.John Thrasher told The...

Fire at Mississippi Community College Believed to be Arson

Dec 19 2017 // Surveillance video shows that an intruder lit the fire that damaged a building at a Mississippi community college.The predawn Thursday blaze damaged more than half of Mississippi Delta Community College’s...

The Charity Issue: Photos of Giving

Dec 18 2017 // John Keane, president of The Keane Insurance Group, founded the Keane Charitable Group in 2010 after the earthquake in Haiti. Since then, The Keane Group has raised more than $1 million to build an orphanage, a well, a...