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Texas Insurer Group Awards Scholarships to 27 Students

May 5 2016 // 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...

Asbestos Confirmed at West Virginia University

May 4 2016 // A West Virginia University official says test results at the WVU Coliseum confirm the presence of asbestos in materials that were exposed during recent construction activities.WVU Environmental Health and Safety John...

University of Alabama Partners With Industry on Tornado Preparedness Guide

May 2 2016 // The Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce has partnered with the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, the Alabama Department of...

Texas Mutual Awards $600K in College Education Grants

Apr 29 2016 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has awarded a combined $600,000 in grants to College of the Mainland in Texas City, Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, El Paso Community College, Kilgore College, Midland College and...

Balcony Collapses Near South Carolina University, Injures 4

Apr 27 2016 // Authorities say about 15 people were standing on a balcony that collapsed at a house near South Carolina’s Clemson University, injuring several of them. The Greenville News reports that four people were taken to a...

$1M in Damage at University of Utah from Water Main Break

Apr 13 2016 // Fire officials say a water break has caused $1 million in damage to a University of Utah building.The new estimates from last week’s flooding show it impacted 70,000 square feet of offices and equipment. Officials...

Why Some Employees Get Away with Unethical Conduct and Others Do Not

Apr 13 2016 // Take that coworker who wastes time. He mismanages resources. He’s been known to engage in activities that others in the office consider conflicts of interest. Yet, he seems to “do no wrong” in the eyes of...

Powell to Retire from North Carolina Agents Group; Will Join Appalachian State University

Apr 12 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced that E. Stuart Powell Jr., MA, CPCU, CIC, CLU, ChFC, ARM, AMIM, AAI, ARe, CRIS will retire on July 31, 2016 from his current position as vice president...

Study: School Bus Crashes in Tennessee County Double the Guideline

Apr 8 2016 // An independent study has shown that school bus crashes are double the performance guideline in Knox County, Tennessee.Media outlets report the study was conducted by Missouri-based School Bus Consultants was made public...

10 Things to Know About Public Entities and Schools

Apr 4 2016 // When underwriting an educational institution for the purposes of sexual assaults and Title IX, a little further digging may be required. Looking into who the people are who will be responsible for Title IX compliance and...

Southeast Texas School District Estimates $12M in Flood Damage

Mar 31 2016 // The head of a Southeast Texas school district where flooding swamped an elementary campus with water 5-foot deep estimates $12 million in losses and little insurance.The superintendent of the Deweyville Independent School...

South Carolina’s Clemson University Settlement Includes Anti-Hazing Program

Mar 25 2016 // South Carona’s Clemson University has agreed to create more anti-hazing programs as part of a lawsuit settlement involving a former soccer player.The Greenville News reported the school will spend $40,000 on the...

Explosion at Georgia College Under Investigation, Worker Seriously Injured

Mar 23 2016 // The president of an Atlanta-area college says an explosion that seriously injured a food worker could be linked to a buildup of gases in a sewer line.A statement from Georgia Gwinnett College President Stas Preczewski says...

California University Students Ride to Class in Driverless Shuttle

Mar 16 2016 // Students at Sacramento State in California are being offered a ride to class in a driverless shuttle whose inventors hope will become the favored method of transportation on campuses and other small communities.The...

California School District And Administrators Ignored Sex Abuse, Lawsuit Charges

Mar 14 2016 // Twenty Los Angeles, Calif.-area boys who say a Torrance High School wrestling coach sexually abused them are suing the school district and administrators, claiming they failed to protect the teens and ignored past...

North Texas Slammed by Storms: Homes Damaged, School Bus Stranded

Mar 9 2016 // A severe thunderstorm, possibly a tornado, damaged at least seven homes scattered over a rural area of North Texas.The storm roared through the area between Weatherford and Mineral Wells about 6:15 p.m. Monday at a time...

Hoverboards Banned on San Francisco State University Campus

Mar 7 2016 // Students at San Francisco State University will have to come back from the future now that hoverboards have been banned from campus due to fire concerns.Administrators informed students by email in late February that the...

Missouri Insurance Director: State Sees Growth in Industry Jobs

Mar 7 2016 // The number of insurance industry jobs is increasing in Missouri, according to state insurance regulators.The number insurance producers in the state has grown nearly 25 percent since 2009, from 119,064 to 147,688 today,...

Florida State Appoints MarketScout’s Kerr to College of Business Insurance Council

Mar 1 2016 // Richard Kerr, founder and chief executive officer of MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA, has been elected to the Risk Management and Insurance Executive Council of the Florida State...

South Carolina Announces Initiative to Prevent, Fight Cybercrime

Feb 26 2016 // The South Carolina Revenue Department’s massive 2012 data breach gave Gov. Nikki Haley a firsthand lesson on the need for efforts to counter cybercrime, she said Wednesday.“Today, there is never a day I...