All the headlines from our Universities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 8 2019 // Michigan State University continues to explore its insurance coverage options with regard to sexual assault or molestation claims brought against the school after rejecting renewal coverage offered by its long-term...
Mar 7 2019 // Luke Figora, senior associate vice president and chief risk and compliance officer at Illinois’ Northwestern University has been selected as the 2019 RIMS Risk Manager of the Year.The RIMS Risk Manager of the Year...
Mar 7 2019 // The estate of a William Paterson University student who took her own life after alleging she was raped at a fraternity has settled a lawsuit against the school for $800,000.Cherelle Locklear’s mother alleged in the...
Mar 4 2019 // Soon after Duke University star freshman Zion Williamson’s shoe ripped apart, Nike’s stock price took a hit.The freak injury during one of the college basketball season’s marquee games immediately sparked...
Feb 22 2019 // University of Washington Medicine says a website server inadvertently made internal files concerning nearly 1 million patients available on the internet.The organization said the files contained patients’ names and...
Feb 22 2019 // The high-profile failure of a Nike Inc. basketball shoe on Wednesday night was more than an epic embarrassment for the athletic brand. It could be a product-liability case.Duke University star freshman Zion Williamson...
Feb 21 2019 // The University of Illinois’ Gies College of Business has named Lynne McChristian and Corrie Proksa to lead its insurance and risk management programs.McChristian has been named director of the Office of Risk...
Feb 4 2019 // Montana parents are demanding more information about high levels of asbestos found in a University of Montana building that housed a preschool.The Missoulian reports that the university moved the preschool students to...
Jan 30 2019 // Insurance education scholarships are once again being made available to Missouri high school seniors and college students, the Missouri Department of Insurance announced.The deadline to apply for the Missouri Insurance...
Jan 30 2019 // Perhaps you’ve heard. On Feb. 3, the New England Patriots will face off against the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. There has been a little bit about it on television and...
Jan 30 2019 // Duke University has suspended two fraternities and is limiting activities at a third pending a hazing investigation. Duke spokesman Keith Lawrence confirmed to The Herald-Sun on Saturday that Delta Tau Delta and Pi Kappa...
Jan 15 2019 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group has promoted five in key leadership positions across the organization.Abel Travis has been promoted to vice president, Underwriting & Product Innovation. Prior to joining AF Group in...
Jan 11 2019 // A lawyer for a college student who was sexually assaulted at a fraternity “Date Night” party and then driven across campus and assaulted again asked a U.S. appeals court Tuesday to hold the public college...
Jan 9 2019 // Chicago State University has agreed to pay two professors $650,000 to end a lawsuit over their blog that criticized school leadership.The Chicago Tribune reports that professors Robert Bionaz and Phillip Beverly sued the...
Jan 7 2019 // Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, CaliforniaJacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable book of business in...
Jan 3 2019 // Six former employees of the Florida State Fire College have sued manufacturers of firefighting suppressants used at the training facility, saying they caused cancer or other diseases.The Ocala Star-Banner reports the...
Dec 19 2018 // A study of hurricane-hit areas of the United States has revealed a trend of larger homes being built to replace smaller ones in the years following a storm.The research, led by the University of Southampton (UK) and...
Dec 13 2018 // Police at the University of Tennessee are investigating a fraternity after two women reported being drugged and sexually assaulted. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the university sent a safety notice Friday around the...
Dec 7 2018 // A team from the University of Central Florida has won a national cybersecurity competition.UCF’s Collegiate Cyber Defense Team won the U.S. Department of Energy’s CyberForce National Competition last weekend....
Dec 6 2018 // The West Virginia University Board of Governors has settled a lawsuit over a student’s 2014 death at a fraternity house for $250,000.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the state Board of Risk and Insurance...