All the headlines from our NonProfits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 31 2007 // Tough new food safety precautions and produce-tracking systems implemented last year after a fatal E. coli outbreak were put to the test when spinach from a Salinas Valley produce company came up positive for salmonella...
Aug 27 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has rescinded an insurance policy that could have left nonprofits and public entities responsible for millions of dollars if another major storm hit the New Orleans area.Gil...
Aug 23 2007 // The Alaska Supreme Court has decided a case that could open the door to disability claims from millions of wireless industry or maintenance workers who experience occupational exposures to operating antenna arrays,...
Aug 22 2007 // A new Kansas state law that recently went into effect, making it harder for illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses after July 1, has raised concerns that it will increase the number of unlicensed and uninsured...
Aug 21 2007 // Dallas, Texas – August is the peak month for hurricane season – which ends November 30 – and forecasters this month predicted at least three tropical storms are likely to strengthen into...
Aug 20 2007 // In June, the Federal Emergency Management Agency changed the insurance requirements local governments and nonprofits must meet to be eligible for public aid, potentially leaving nonprofts and governments responsible for...
Aug 17 2007 // ACE Westchester, the U.S.-based wholesale-focused property and casualty operation of the ACE Group of Companies, has launched Retired Directors Assurance, a stand-alone policy designed to protect the personal assets of...
Aug 6 2007 // You’ve just been laid off from your job. Or your daughter has a major medical problem that your health insurance (if you have any) doesn’t fully cover. Or you’ve just gotten a divorce. These three life...
Aug 6 2007 // You’ve just been laid off from your job. Or your daughter has a major medical problem that your health insurance (if you have any) doesn’t fully cover. Or you’ve just gotten a divorce. These three life...
Jul 24 2007 // As Milwaukee, Wis.-based Northwestern Mutual rings in its 150th year of business, the company’s Sesquicentennial is highlighted by its national Community Service Award program, which donates $265,000 to 25 non-profit...
Jul 9 2007 // The new director of the National Hurricane Center, under fire from staff members who want him ousted, said that he does not plan to resign but will if that would benefit the public.About half the center’s employees...
Jun 28 2007 // New research may yield more detailed information on how consumers use insurance to build and protect their wealth, and show insurers how to tap this new information for better marketing and underwriting, according to the...
Jun 20 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $360,349 dividend for the Social Services Agencies of Texas (SSA) purchasing group. The dividend is based largely on the group’s growth and favorable loss ratio.“Our...
Jun 20 2007 // Beaverton, Ore.-based Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency, a professional lines and specialty lines wholesale brokerage firm, is using i-bind technology system to procure management liability insurance for private...
Jun 18 2007 // The Bank of Albuquerque will be the custodian of more than $380 million in deposits from about 1,400 insurance companies doing business in New Mexico.The bank has been awarded a one-year contract, beginning July 1, to...
Jun 15 2007 // The federal government has extended aid to private property owners to help repair damage caused by a powerful nor’easter in April.The decision, announced by Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s office, is a reversal of the...
Jun 4 2007 // Spooked by devastating wildfire seasons, the nation’s top insurers are inspecting homes in high-risk areas throughout the West and threatening to cancel coverage if owners don’t clear brush or take other...
Jun 4 2007 // Spooked by devastating wildfire seasons, the nation’s top insurers are inspecting homes in high-risk areas throughout the West and threatening to cancel coverage if owners don’t clear brush or take other...
Jun 1 2007 // Attorneys general from 44 states have signed an agreement with a Georgia-based company that distributes consumers’ personal information to settle allegations that the company failed to adequately maintain the privacy...
May 30 2007 // The board of directors of the Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) has declared a $3.7 million dividend to be paid to 2,707 nonprofit insureds in California. The dividend reflects better than...