All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 21 2011 // State insurance regulators have named 28 consumer representatives to advise them on insurance issues during 2012.The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) said the 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer...
Dec 20 2011 // Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Starr Companies, was awarded the Lifetime of Leadership Award from the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute, Yale School of Management.The Starr Companies chief received the...
Dec 16 2011 // Bryan Hanes grew up in the family business listening to stories about life in a small town. He heard his grandfather and then father sharing cheerful conversations with local towns folk about personal relationships, local...
Dec 14 2011 // A recent science demonstration that went bad in a Maple Grove, Minn., middle school has drawn attention to the fact that there’s little official oversight of experiments in classroom labs.Four students were burned,...
Dec 5 2011 // Susan Gropp has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Gropp is executive vice president of Arcana Insurance Services in Dallas.Other newly elected officers include: Vice President Kathy van...
Dec 5 2011 // It will take years before the tight-knit community at Penn State University can put its horrendous scandal behind. This awful event is a reminder of just how important risk management can be. It behooves Penn State (and...
Dec 1 2011 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a former community college president against the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Under terms of the settlement, former Owensboro Community &...
Nov 16 2011 // Insurance and risk management students at four Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $40,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation.The students attend St....
Oct 3 2011 // What if a college student falls ill late in semester and needs to withdraw without getting any tuition refund? What if a child loses valuables in her school or accidentally causes damage?Here comes insurance to the rescue....
Sep 21 2011 // Morgantown, West Virginia fire officials are trying to prevent the spectacle of nationally televised street fires after a big football game Saturday night by ordering hundreds of people to remove furniture and other...
Sep 20 2011 // Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Co. has launched MedMal Direct University. MedMal Direct provides all of its insureds unlimited access to MedMal Direct University: offering clinical and non-clinical risk...
Sep 19 2011 // With the college year again upon us, there is a good chance your agency has some clients whose children are heading off to school. Not only is this typically a busy time, it can also be an emotional time for all parties.As...
Sep 14 2011 // A Hinds County judge says he will rule soon on a motion by the University of Mississippi to move a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a former Ole Miss football player to Lafayette County.Arguments were heard...
Sep 14 2011 // The summer has come to a close and it’s time for a new school year. This fall, some 2 million new college freshmen across the country are arriving at university campuses to begin their collegiate life.Paying for...
Sep 12 2011 // Next Generation Insurance Group, a specialty agency with offices in Boston and Phoenix that focuses on the collegiate and young adult markets, has appointed Dennis Wentworth as senior vice president. He will be responsible...
Sep 6 2011 // A federal jury last Friday ruled for a former student at Sewanee: The University of The South but decided the college won’t have to pay him millions of dollars sought in a lawsuit over a campus rape accusation.The...
Aug 22 2011 // A state insurance fund has rejected a claim filed by North Dakota State University for the collapse of Minard Hall.The State Fire and Tornado Fund letter of denial obtained by The Forum newspaper says the incident was...
Aug 9 2011 // Teachers in the Charles City School District in Iowa will get a pay cut under their new contract.Superintendent Andy Pattee told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier that teacher salaries will be about $221 less this year and...
Aug 8 2011 // University of Iowa officials say they’re pleased with how a temporary flood wall held up during a test.The flood wall was erected outside of Art Building West on the Iowa City campus. The building was heavily damaged...
Aug 5 2011 // A lawsuit filed against the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia by a former student who was raped on campus has been settled.Assistant Attorney General John Gilbody told the state Division of Risk and...