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Missouri Insurance Director: State Sees Strong Growth in Industry Jobs

Feb 25 2016 // The total number of insurance producers operating in Missouri has grown nearly 25 percent since 2009, from 119,064 to 147,688 today, according to Missouri Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff.The state insurance...

Hoverboards Banned on San Francisco State University Campus

Feb 23 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 Monday that the...

Construction on Public Safe Rooms Around Joplin Nearly Complete

Feb 22 2016 // Thousands of students and residents in the Joplin area will have shelter during the upcoming severe weather season thanks to the construction of safe rooms that began after the deadly May 2011 tornado.The Joplin Globe...

6 Appointed to Texas FAIR Plan Governing Committee

Feb 17 2016 // Texas Commissioner of Insurance David Mattax made six appointments to the state’s Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan governing committee. The FAIR plan provides residential property insurance in...

Women Sue University of Tennessee Claiming Hostile Sexual Climate

Feb 11 2016 // A lawsuit filed by a group of women alleges that the University of Tennessee has violated Title IX regulations and created a “hostile sexual environment” through a policy of indifference toward assaults by...

Attracting, Developing Talent a Focus for Westfield Group

Feb 9 2016 // It’s anticipated that by 2020 there will be hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions in the insurance industry and that some 25 percent of those currently working in the sector will retire within the next three...

Attracting, Developing Talent Has Long Been a Focus for Westfield Group

Feb 8 2016 // It’s anticipated that by 2020 there will be hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions in the insurance industry and that some 25 percent of those currently working in the sector will retire within the next three...

Hartwig to Leave I.I.I. for University of South Carolina Faculty Post

Feb 4 2016 // Dr. Robert Hartwig, an economist and the president of the industry’s Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) since 2007, is leaving this summer to join the faculty of the University of South Carolina’s Darla...

University in Utah, Ex-Basketball Players Settle Lawsuit

Feb 4 2016 // Two former Dixie State University women’s basketball players who alleged they were the victims of discrimination have settled a federal lawsuit against the Utah school for $100,000.The Spectrum of St. George reported...

Oregon University Seeks Dismissal of Former Basketball Player’s Lawsuit

Feb 1 2016 // The University of Oregon has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former basketball player who claims the school damaged his prospects of playing in the NBA.Brandon Austin was one of three UO basketball...

California University Acknowledges Liability in Football Player Death

Feb 1 2016 // The University of California has acknowledged its negligence was a substantial factor in the death of former California football player Ted Agu.The 21-year-old defensive lineman from Bakersfield died nearly two years ago...

Florida State University to Use Boosters to Settle Player’s Rape Case

Jan 29 2016 // Florida State University has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a federal Title IX lawsuit brought by a former student who accused quarterback Jameis Winston of sexually assaulting her in 2012. The school is on the hook for...

Deadline Announced for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation Scholarships

Jan 29 2016 // Missouri insurance regulators say the application deadline for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships is March 31.High school seniors and college students, who are Missouri residents may apply for the...

Hoverboards Unwelcomed at More Utah Universities

Jan 26 2016 // Several Utah universities are joining colleges around the country in restricting hoverboards on campus as federal officials review dozens of fires tied to the self-balancing scooters.At least two Utah schools, including...

China’s Insurance Marketplace Explained in California Symposium

Jan 25 2016 // Few people in the world could probably offer the sort of perspective on China’s developing insurance industry as economist Qixiang Sun.Sun is the dean of the school of economics at Peking University, and director of...

China’s Insurance Marketplace Explained in California Symposium

Jan 13 2016 // Few people in the world could probably offer the sort of perspective on China’s developing insurance industry as economist Qixiang Sun.Sun is the dean of the school of economics at Peking University, and director of...

Ohio’s Kent State to Pay $145K in Student Housing Discrimination Suit

Jan 11 2016 // The Justice Department announced that Ohio’s Kent State University (KSU) has agreed to pay $145,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the university had maintained a policy of not allowing students with...

Texas’ ‘King of Torts,’ Joe Jamail, Dies at 90

Dec 29 2015 // Joe Jamail, the Texas billionaire who became the richest practicing attorney in the U.S. after winning jury verdicts in civil lawsuits that included a $10.5 billion award for Pennzoil Co. in its landmark case against...

Distillery Drops Trademark Suit Against University of Kentucky

Dec 23 2015 // Kentucky Mist Moonshine has dropped a federal lawsuit against the University of Kentucky over trademarks.James Francis, a lawyer for the eastern Kentucky distillery, tells the Lexington Herald-Leader the two sides are...

Boston Chipotle Shuts Down After Scores of BC Students Get Sick

Dec 8 2015 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., reeling from an E. coli outbreak that has sickened dozens of customers, closed a restaurant in Boston following complaints of “gastrointestinal symptoms” from scores of Boston...