All the headlines from our Universities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 12 2006 // A team of researchers from Alabama and other states will train an array of instruments skyward in Arizona this summer for an unprecedented study of the genesis of monsoon storms.About 20 scientists will spend July and...
May 31 2006 // The U.S. Atlantic basin is likely to experience another active hurricane season, but coastal regions may face fewer land-falling major hurricanes than last year, according to Prof. William Gray and the Colorado State...
May 16 2006 // Assurance Agency, Ltd., recently announced the recipients of its 2006 insurance college scholarship program. Illinois State University students Matt Britton and Christopher Switzer were each presented with a $1,000...
May 10 2006 // Ohio Department of Insurance Deputy Director Holly Saelens recently was recognized at the Ohio University (OU) State Government Alumni Luncheon at The Athletic Club of Columbus for her outstanding achievements in public...
May 8 2006 // Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri has named the president of Salve Regina University, Sister Therese Antone, Ed. D., to replace John Holmes on the board of directors for Beacon Mutual Insurance Company.Holmes...
May 5 2006 // The first public model to project hurricane losses for the State of Florida has been completed by the International Hurricane Research Center in Miami, Fla. The new model already has produced excellent figures on Hurricane...
Apr 25 2006 // Trying to slow the growing health care costs of diabetes, the University of Michigan said this week that it will provide most diabetes medicines free to insured employees and their families who need the drugs.The program,...
Apr 11 2006 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. announced today that Vincent J. Trosino Sr., its president, vice chairman and chief operating officer, will retire at the end of 2006, ending a 44-year career with the...
Apr 11 2006 // The father of Clark University freshman who died of a heroin overdose two years ago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming lax supervision contributed to his daughter’s death.Michele C. Bash’s death could...
Mar 6 2006 // Workshops focusing on energy crops, manure and irrigation management, and risk management and insurance products will be offered this month to producers in Pine Bluffs, Casper, Riverton and Powell, Wyo. The programs,...
Mar 6 2006 // Jack Rushing Brunson, 77, former CEO of the National Security Group in Elba, Ala. died on March 1 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala. Rev. Mart Gray officiated at March 6 memorial services for Brunson at the First Baptist...
Feb 24 2006 // The University of San Diego’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate will hold a free seminar in risk management Monday, Feb. 27 in USD’s Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice. The event begins with a...
Feb 19 2006 // Aon Risk Services of Oklahoma welcomed Don Horner to its staff as vice president, Health & Welfare Practice leader. He will be responsible for new business production, management of the Tulsa office’s Health...
Feb 6 2006 // A new online national clearinghouse and research center to help fight fraud and other economic crimes has been announced jointly by Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist, former Attorney General Bob Butterworth,...
Feb 6 2006 // Bill Bailey, founder of Bailey Insurance & Financial Services in Waco, Texas, was honored recently with the establishment of the Bill Bailey Endowed Professorship of Insurance & Risk Management in Baylor...
Feb 5 2006 // Mandates, Regulations TopicsGa. LEGISLATIVE DAY Emphasis On Legislators SupportFla. GOVERNOR’S DEBATE: Candidates Pledge to Solve Citizens Property Insurance ProblemsFla. WINDSTORM CONFERENCE: Bailey Doesn’t...
Feb 5 2006 // Presentation of scholarship endowment to Baylor University. Pictured from left to right: Dr. Terry Maness, Dean of the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University; Bill Bailey, Founder of Bailey Insurance &...
Jan 30 2006 // The University of Iowa announced that it is now offering a Certificate in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) through the Emmett J. Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance, in the Henry B. Tippie College of...
Jan 2 2006 // More universities that offer insurance degreesIn this second installment in a series, Insurance Journal profiled five universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in insurance. More universities will be...
Jan 1 2006 // In this second installment in a series, Insurance Journal profiled five universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in insurance. More universities will be featured in future editions.Baylor University...