All the headlines from our NonProfits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2009 // The Board of Directors of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) has voted unanimously to accept Allstate Insurance Co. as the newest member of PIFC. Allstate is the first new company to join PIFC in 15...
Feb 27 2009 // Kentucky and federal officials say damage estimates from the January ice storm will likely top $185 million. Kentucky’s Emergency Management director, Brig. Gen. John W. Heltzel, says the damages were primarily...
Feb 24 2009 // In 2004, a football-sized piece of concrete fell from a bridge and crashed through Yvonna Osborn’s windshield while she was driving home on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma.The 52-year-old Irving, Texas, mother of two died...
Feb 18 2009 // More than a third of Arkansas’ 75 counties have been declared eligible for federal public assistance after last month’s ice storm.The Public Assistance Program reimburses local governments, state agencies and...
Feb 13 2009 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division, now offers binding functionality in addition to online quoting for nonprofit organizations on its ExecProQuote.com Web...
Feb 8 2009 // While today’s economic environment presents some challenges for many companies large and small, independent agents who understand and embrace those challenges can help solve problems for their clients and even create...
Jan 25 2009 // The Insurance Marketing and Communications Association named Richard Look president. He is a marketing communications veteran with agency and insurance company experience, and currently serves as vice president of...
Jan 12 2009 // Seal Beach, CA and San Rafael, CA, January 12, 2009 — American Pinnacle Partners, Inc. (“APP”), a holding company of specialty insurance companies, and Consolidated Specialty Risk Managers...
Jan 9 2009 // Nicholas Schroeder is the first executive director of the new Surplus Lines Association of Minnesota (SLAM), a non-profit organization of brokers of insurance that is placed with companies that are not licensed in...
Dec 29 2008 // Safeco Insurance Foundation has awarded $15,000 to Connections to Success Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps men and women transition to the workforce. Connections to Success is a nonprofit that was founded in 1998...
Dec 12 2008 // Zurich Financial Services Group announced that its Z Zurich Foundation has established 5-year partnerships with “three globally active Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) to address global, social and environmental...
Dec 12 2008 // The Scholarship Committee of the Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) has announced the recipients of the chapter’s 2008-2009 scholarships:Jenelle Burns, Arizona State...
Dec 11 2008 // Progress made to better protect the country from disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and bioterrorism is now at risk, due to budget cuts and the economic crisis, according to a new report.The report concludes that major...
Dec 9 2008 // Hurricane Katrina’s devastation sparked a sweeping planning survey in Louisiana that called for improved transit operations, stronger land-use policies and coordinated state work to make it all happen.The 2007...
Dec 5 2008 // The Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT) says it has added 20 new cities to its roster of clients and experienced a 96 percent renewal rate among existing customers. The nonprofit organization provides workers’...
Dec 4 2008 // the spirit of the holiday season, the employees of Cavignac & Associates, a San Diego-based risk management and commercial insurance brokerage firm, are donating close to $11,000 to a number of San Diego nonprofit...
Dec 3 2008 // NationAir Aviation Insurance announced this week that it has made a charitable micro-loan to a needy entrepreneur through the non-profit organization Kiva. NationAir made the contribution as a gesture of thanks to the...
Nov 25 2008 // The University of Kansas Center for Research has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that two of its researchers should be listed on patents for a cancer drug.The research center sued the National Institutes of Health because...
Nov 20 2008 // Peter Lauve, of Abilene, Texas, has been picked as president of Texas-based Insurors Group, effective Oct. 8.As president, Lauve, also a partner with CBS Insurance located in Abilene, will lead a leading network of agents...
Nov 16 2008 // Operating a non-profit social service business has always been a challenging balance between meeting constituent needs, funding the organization, and managing operations. At no time has this been more challenging than now,...