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California University Students Ride to Class in Driverless Shuttle
Mar 16 2016 // Students at Sacramento State in California are being offered a ride to class in a driverless shuttle whose inventors hope will become the favored method of transportation on campuses and other small communities. The...
California School District And Administrators Ignored Sex Abuse, Lawsuit Charges
Mar 14 2016 // Twenty Los Angeles, Calif.-area boys who say a Torrance High School wrestling coach sexually abused them are suing the school district and administrators, claiming they failed to protect the teens and ignored past...
North Texas Slammed by Storms: Homes Damaged, School Bus Stranded
Mar 9 2016 // A severe thunderstorm, possibly a tornado, damaged at least seven homes scattered over a rural area of North Texas. The storm roared through the area between Weatherford and Mineral Wells about 6:15 p.m. Monday at a time...
Hoverboards Banned on San Francisco State University Campus
Mar 7 2016 // Students at San Francisco State University will have to come back from the future now that hoverboards have been banned from campus due to fire concerns. Administrators informed students by email in late February that the...
Missouri Insurance Director: State Sees Growth in Industry Jobs
Mar 7 2016 // The number of insurance industry jobs is increasing in Missouri, according to state insurance regulators. The number insurance producers in the state has grown nearly 25 percent since 2009, from 119,064 to 147,688 today,...
Florida State Appoints MarketScout’s Kerr to College of Business Insurance Council
Mar 1 2016 // Richard Kerr, founder and chief executive officer of MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA, has been elected to the Risk Management and Insurance Executive Council of the Florida State...
South Carolina Announces Initiative to Prevent, Fight Cybercrime
Feb 26 2016 // The South Carolina Revenue Department’s massive 2012 data breach gave Gov. Nikki Haley a firsthand lesson on the need for efforts to counter cybercrime, she said Wednesday. “Today, there is never a day I...
Missouri Insurance Director: State Sees Strong Growth in Industry Jobs
Feb 25 2016 // The total number of insurance producers operating in Missouri has grown nearly 25 percent since 2009, from 119,064 to 147,688 today, according to Missouri Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff. The state insurance...
Hoverboards Banned on San Francisco State University Campus
Feb 23 2016 // Students at San Francisco State University will have to come back from the future now that hoverboards have been banned from campus due to fire concerns. Administrators informed students by email Monday that the...
Construction on Public Safe Rooms Around Joplin Nearly Complete
Feb 22 2016 // Thousands of students and residents in the Joplin area will have shelter during the upcoming severe weather season thanks to the construction of safe rooms that began after the deadly May 2011 tornado. The Joplin Globe...
6 Appointed to Texas FAIR Plan Governing Committee
Feb 17 2016 // Texas Commissioner of Insurance David Mattax made six appointments to the state’s Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan governing committee. The FAIR plan provides residential property insurance in...
Women Sue University of Tennessee Claiming Hostile Sexual Climate
Feb 11 2016 // A lawsuit filed by a group of women alleges that the University of Tennessee has violated Title IX regulations and created a “hostile sexual environment” through a policy of indifference toward assaults by...
Attracting, Developing Talent a Focus for Westfield Group
Feb 9 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv It’s anticipated that by 2020 there will be hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions in the insurance industry and that some 25 percent of those currently working in the sector will...
Attracting, Developing Talent Has Long Been a Focus for Westfield Group
Feb 8 2016 // It’s anticipated that by 2020 there will be hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions in the insurance industry and that some 25 percent of those currently working in the sector will retire within the next three...
Hartwig to Leave I.I.I. for University of South Carolina Faculty Post
Feb 4 2016 // Dr. Robert Hartwig, an economist and the president of the industry’s Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) since 2007, is leaving this summer to join the faculty of the University of South Carolina’s Darla...
University in Utah, Ex-Basketball Players Settle Lawsuit
Feb 4 2016 // Two former Dixie State University women’s basketball players who alleged they were the victims of discrimination have settled a federal lawsuit against the Utah school for $100,000. The Spectrum of St. George...
Oregon University Seeks Dismissal of Former Basketball Player’s Lawsuit
Feb 1 2016 // The University of Oregon has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former basketball player who claims the school damaged his prospects of playing in the NBA. Brandon Austin was one of three UO basketball...
California University Acknowledges Liability in Football Player Death
Feb 1 2016 // The University of California has acknowledged its negligence was a substantial factor in the death of former California football player Ted Agu. The 21-year-old defensive lineman from Bakersfield died nearly two years ago...
Florida State University to Use Boosters to Settle Player’s Rape Case
Jan 29 2016 // Florida State University has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a federal Title IX lawsuit brought by a former student who accused quarterback Jameis Winston of sexually assaulting her in 2012. The school is on the hook for...
Deadline Announced for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation Scholarships
Jan 29 2016 // Missouri insurance regulators say the application deadline for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships is March 31. High school seniors and college students, who are Missouri residents may apply for the...
