All the headlines from our Universities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 8 2009 // A federal judge has dismissed parts of a lawsuit against Central Michigan University and its women’s basketball coach, who is accused of dropping a scholarship partly because a player isn’t a lesbian.U.S....
Sep 2 2009 // A new associate’s degree program is being offered at a community college in New Jersey to prepare students for work in the insurance industry.The program at Mercer County Community College in Trenton was developed in...
Aug 25 2009 // A Michigan man has filed a lawsuit against the University of Iowa and its College of Law claiming he was the victim of age discrimination. Donald Dobkin, 56, of West Bloomfield, Mich., filed his lawsuit in U.S. District...
Aug 4 2009 // A paving company has agreed to pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit over an accident that destroyed the career of a promising South Carolina college football player and left him an invalid.But Brian Moore, 21, said his...
Jul 13 2009 // The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. Has announced three executive appointments: — Kevin D. Silva as senior vice president of human resources, — Bernhard H. Scheifele as chief risk officer,...
Jun 11 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company have announced new managers in various divisions.Robert (Bob) A. Bachtell is claim manager for State...
Jun 10 2009 // “As exhilarating as social networking tools like Twitter can be, they also raise a variety of legal issues concerning the right of publicity,” says intellectual property attorney Jonathan Faber.An Indiana...
Jun 8 2009 // A group of Texas-based insurance industry professionals in late May announced the launch of a new non-profit group, the sole mission of which is to support insurance education in the state of Texas.The Texas Risk and...
Jun 5 2009 // The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has approved a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Insurance degree program at Olivet College in Olivet, Mich.The HLC...
May 4 2009 // Joseph Tracy has been named president of Travelers Inland Marine business unit. Tracy, who joined Travelers in 2006, most recently served as chief underwriting officer for the Inland Marine business unit.Prior to joining...
Apr 27 2009 // When corporations want to borrow large sums of money they usually rely on selling bonds. Introductory college finance courses always include a chapter covering interest rates and bonds. So, much of the information I...
Apr 23 2009 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has awarded academic scholarships to 12 students at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Huston-Tillotson University and the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg.The...
Apr 20 2009 // The University of Hawaii will conduct a feasibility study to determine the viability of establishing and operating an owner controlled insurance program.The study was approved by the UH Board of Regents. Such a program...
Apr 17 2009 // The Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) is sponsoring scholarships to be awarded to graduating high school students and college/university students currently taking insurance...
Apr 6 2009 // An U.S. Army reservist is suing the University of Washington, accusing the institution of harassment and discrimination for serving in the Iraq war.A report on seattlepi.com says that Army Reserve Lt. Col. James Lukehart...
Apr 6 2009 // Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such issues as the use of credit scores in determining rates; purchasing policies over the Internet;...
Apr 2 2009 // Jim Harwood, former assistant vice president over Agency Training at Farmers Insurance has been promoted to the position of vice president, University of Farmers. He will be responsible for the strategic direction and...
Mar 13 2009 // University of Iowa researchers have found that school buses are among the safest forms of road transportation in Iowa.Jingzhen (Ginger) Yang, Ph.D., assistant professor of community and behavioral health in the University...
Mar 10 2009 // One of the largest ever interdisciplinary conferences on climate change will kick-off today in Copenhagen, Denmark.A bulletin from the University of Copenhagen notes that “more than 2,000 participants from around 80...
Feb 4 2009 // Take a guess — how long are the dashed lines that are painted down the middle of a road?If you’re like most people, you answered, “Two feet.” The real answer is 10 feet. That’s the federal...