All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 2 2007 // Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland named 11 new non-legislative directors to oversee the state’s scandal-marred Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, the state’s insurance fund for injured workers that has been...
Aug 2 2007 // The country’s only dedicated center for natural disaster preparedness could be located at the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus.Plans for the training center at the university were included in a conference...
Jul 25 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. and the New Jersey Young Insurance Professionals have teamed up to create Project Y, a Web site (http://www.projectynj.org) dedicated to generating greater interest in...
Jul 25 2007 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. based in Novato, Calif., has teamed with College Student Insurance (CSI) to offer a property insurance plan especially for college students living away from home.Parents are sending more...
Jul 23 2007 // The surplus lines market is not unlike any other segment of the industry. Recruiting and hiring talented young professionals is a top priority. But attracting young college graduates to a small, yet important segment of...
Jul 23 2007 // The surplus lines market is not unlike any other segment of the industry. Recruiting and hiring talented young professionals is a top priority. But attracting young college graduates to a small, yet important segment of...
Jul 18 2007 // The University of Iowa will reconsider a proposal to rename its health college after Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, school officials said Monday.The announcement follows an initial vote earlier this month in which...
Jul 11 2007 // A school bus driver, alerted by another motorist’s flashing headlights, pulled his smoking vehicle to the side of the road in time to get everyone off before the bus was engulfed in flames.Seventeen 3- and...
Jul 11 2007 // Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has withdrawn its offer of a $15 million donation to the University of Iowa after school faculty rejected a proposal to rename its health college after Wellmark.Wellmark, the...
Jun 14 2007 // An agreement between Indiana University (IU) and Enterprise Rent-A-Car will allow students under 21 to rent cars for personal use, but the deal comes with many restrictions.To rent a car, students between 18 and 21 years...
Jun 5 2007 // The Tucson, Ariz., Unified School District is meeting with employee unions in an attempt to recoup $700,000 in free health insurance it inadvertently gave to its workers.The district has not formally announced the error to...
May 29 2007 // Liabilities follow the insurance industry as the night follows the day. So, it’s not terribly surprising to learn that a new study – “Limiting Liability in the Greenhouse: Insurance Risk-management...
May 8 2007 // AIR Worldwide Corporation is collaborating with the International Hurricane Research Center and the College of Engineering and Computing at Florida International University and will fund the installation of the “AIR...
May 7 2007 // It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: worrying about the safety of a child. But many parents were thrown into that situation on April 16. As the nation well knows by now, on that day, student Seung-Hui Cho unleashed...
Apr 27 2007 // School bus drivers from across Indiana will compete Saturday, April 28th for top safety honors in the 2007 Indiana School Bus Safety Rodeo. The Rodeo is sponsored for the 13th year by Indiana Insurance, a property/casualty...
Apr 18 2007 // Professional Underwriters, a national program administrator focused on public entity insurance, has launched a new program, “SafetyFirst”, which targets independent school bus contractors. According to Tom...
Apr 12 2007 // Years after it was filed, a sexual harassment lawsuit against the University of North Carolina women’s soccer coach has regained momentum as a former player challenges how harassment and the culture of college...
Apr 11 2007 // Capital Insurance Group (CIG) has partnered with the Insurance Skills Center to provide West coast agencies with accredited courses through its CIG University (CIGU). A homeowners, condo and tenant coverage will be offered...
Apr 10 2007 // What becomes of student-athletes when their collegiate sports careers come to a close?With less than one percent making it to the professional level, the vast majority move on to work in the “real world”...
Mar 27 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. reportted that it has awarded more than $7 million in community support to nonprofit organizations across the country in 2006. In Connecticut, where The Hartford’s...