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3 Universities Receive Grants from Griffith Insurance Education Foundation
Jun 15 2012 // The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation, based in Columbus, Ohio, has awarded $15,000 in grant money to three universities to support their Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) programs. The grant monies came from the...
Climate Change Will Alter Risks of Wildfire Worldwide: Study
Jun 12 2012 // Climate change is widely expected to disrupt future fire patterns around the world, with some regions, such as the western United States, seeing more frequent fires within the next 30 years, according to climate scientists...
New York Court Rejects College Pitcher’s Injury Claim
Jun 7 2012 // New York’s top court says a college pitcher hit in the face with a line drive at indoor practice accepted the sport’s risk and has rejected his damages claim against Clarkson University and the coach. The Court...
Georgia Court Ruling Upholds School’s ‘Fair Use’ Use of Publication Excerpts
Jun 4 2012 // A federal judge sided with Georgia State University on a range of copyright infringement claims filed by three publishing houses in a ruling that administrators said could set an important precedent for how educational...
Mom of Massachusetts Man Shot in Harvard Dorm Sues University
May 25 2012 // The mother of a Massachusetts man fatally shot inside a Harvard University dormitory during a drug-related robbery has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Ivy League school. Denise Cosby says in her suit filed in...
University of Pennsylvania Launches New Risk and Insurance Program
May 23 2012 // The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania said this week it has established a new Wharton/Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP). The program’s goal is to promote and disseminate cutting-edge research on...
Court Tosses Workplace Retaliation Damages Suit Against Mississippi College
May 18 2012 // A federal appeals court has ruled for Hinds Community College in a workplace retaliation case. In 2010, a Mississippi federal judge ordered the school to pay a former professor $345,020 after a federal jury found she had...
Court Ruling in Georgia Upholds School’s Use of Publication Excerpts
May 16 2012 // A federal judge sided with Georgia State University on a range of copyright infringement claims filed by three publishing houses in a ruling that administrators said could set an important precedent for how educational...
N.J. Stresses Importance of Financial Literacy to High School Students
Apr 24 2012 // Ken Kobylowski, acting commissioner for New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, is teaching teenagers about the importance of financial literacy. Ken Kobylowski, acting commissioner for New Jersey Department of...
Education Board Stays With Insurance Requirement
Apr 24 2012 // The Idaho State Board of Education has decided to keep its requirement that full-time public college and university students have health insurance. The Lewiston Tribune reported that the board on Wednesday decided to...
N.J. School District Pays $4.2M to Student Paralyzed by Bully Attack
Apr 20 2012 // A New Jersey board of education says it wasn’t its decision to enter a $4.2 million legal settlement with a former student who said he wasn’t adequately protected from a bully. The Ramsey Board of Education...
Texas Insurance Council Scholarship Funding Tops $500K
Apr 19 2012 // With its latest round of scholarships, the Insurance Council of Texas’ (ICT) annual funding for students enrolled in insurance and risk management classes in Texas universities has topped the half million dollar...
Vicarious Liability Ruling May Impact Education Insureds in California
Apr 16 2012 // The California Supreme Court ruled that a public school district may be vicariously liable for the negligent hiring, retention and supervision of a guidance counselor who allegedly sexually abused a student. And that...
Michigan’s Davenport University Introducing Insurance Education Specialty
Apr 11 2012 // Davenport University in Michigan announced it is introducing a new risk management and insurance specialty within its Bachelor of Business Administration in Management program beginning in the fall of 2012. Farmers...
Dartmouth College in N.H. to Help With China Health Reform Effort
Apr 10 2012 // Dartmouth College is spending the next five years helping China improve its health care system through a partnership that officials say could pay off at home as well. China announced in 2009 it would pour $124 billion into...
Insurance to Cost $10K per Bus Annually for Private Detroit Bus Line
Apr 9 2012 // A young entrepreneur from the suburbs is planning to start a private bus line in downtown Detroit, Mich. The Detroit News reports Andy Didorosi is set to open the Detroit Bus Co., a private company with three full-size...
Minnesota Legislature Taps Insurance Agent for University Board
Apr 6 2012 // The Minnesota Legislature has selected an insurance agency owner to serve on the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents. Thomas Devine was elected a regent during a recent joint House-Senate convention. He...
Endurance’s Chief Actuary Leaving to Take University Post in Philly
Apr 5 2012 // Endurance Specialty Holdings said Michael Angelina, its chief risk officer and chief actuary, will be leaving the company to take a university post in Philadelphia. Michael Angelina Angelina will assume the position of...
Football Turns to Helmet Technology to Tackle Head Injuries
Apr 3 2012 // As Americans grow more aware of the risk of brain injury tied to football – the country’s most popular sport – players and coaches are experimenting with the latest technology in a bid to make the game...
N.Y. Court to Unemployed Law School Grads: Buyer Beware
Mar 27 2012 // A New York court sided with a law school in a case that alleged that the school misled its students about post-graduate employment prospects. The Supreme Court of the State of New York dismissed last week a lawsuit brought...
