Latest Education Headlines
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AAMGA Endows $1M Chair at Georgia State University
Mar 7 2010 // The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents, has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State...
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Mar 7 2010 // Lockton Dunning Benefits appointed Sheri Pixley to the newly created position of executive vice president and practice leader of the Dallas-based health and welfare practice. Pixley has been involved in consulting with...
Mississippi Weighs Stripped-Down School Bus Safety Bill
Mar 4 2010 // What began as a comprehensive school bus safety bill is still alive at the Capitol, but in a weakened form. The House Judiciary A Committee approved the bill on Monday, a day before a legislative deadline for committees to...
CNA Enhances its College and Universities Program
Feb 26 2010 // CNA has expanded education appetite with several product enhancements to its program for colleges and universities. The insurer’s appetite now includes for-profit private schools, universities and community colleges...
Ex-Football Player Settles Insurance Dispute with University of Georgia
Feb 26 2010 // A former University of Georgia cornerback has reached a $400,000 settlement with the school’s athletic association over an insurance policy dispute. Decory Bryant’s settlement comes weeks after an Athens-Clarke...
AAMGA Funds $1 Million Insurance Chair at Georgia State University
Feb 26 2010 // The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at...
Texas Students Awarded Insurance Council Scholarships
Feb 22 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has awarded academic scholarships to students at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the University of Houston – Downtown (UHD). The students represent each school’s...
Insurance Agency Owner Honored by Indiana State University
Feb 9 2010 // Daniel Pigg, co-owner of the Howard Clare Insurance Agency in Terre Haute, Ind., has been honored with a Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award from Indiana State University. The ISU GOLD Awards recognize graduates who...
Insurance Company Says Oklahoma State Breached Contract
Feb 8 2010 // The insurance company sued by billionaire booster T. Boone Pickens and Oklahoma State University’s athletic fundraising foundation claims the university breached its contract and has no right to recover $33 million...
Oklahoma State Sues Insurance Company Over Fundraising Program
Feb 5 2010 // Billionaire booster T. Boone Pickens and the fundraising arm of Oklahoma State’s athletic department are suing a life insurance company over a program aimed at bringing in millions of dollars, the university...
West Virginians Producing Film on Dangers of Texting While Driving
Jan 22 2010 // Several young adults from West Virginia are starring in a new educational film on the dangers of distracted driving that is to be released this spring. Charleston, West Virginia-based MotionMasters is producing the film,...
College Station, Texas, Expands Auto Theft Prevention Program
Jan 20 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) and the College Station Police Department are expanding a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries. The program involves the funding and...
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Jan 10 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Craig Sparks chairman of its board of directors. Sparks has been president of the Union Standard Insurance Company in Irving since 2000. Sparks’ insurance career began the...
Special Reuters Report: America’s Route to Recovery
Dec 29 2009 // When Bob Hagan was a boy in Youngstown, Ohio, people equated the coke dust they swept off their doorsteps each day with opportunity, for it came from the steel mills that built this city. After graduating from high school...
Virginia Tech Faces $43 Million Lawsuit By Family Over Student’s Suicide
Dec 9 2009 // The family of a Virginia Tech student has filed a $43 million lawsuit, accusing the university of negligence in its response to a warning that their son was suicidal. Daniel Kim committed suicide on Dec. 9, 2007, about a...
University Dorm Fires on the Rise
Dec 6 2009 // Heat From Powered Equipment a Big Contributor An estimated average of 3,800 fires occur each year in university dwellings, amounting to $26 million in property loss, according to a special report by the Federal Emergency...
La Salle to Pay $7.5M over Brain Injury to Football Player
Dec 2 2009 // A private university will pay $7.5 million to provide care to a football player who suffered a severe brain injury in a 2005 game, settling a case that questioned how the school handled a concussion the player allegedly...
Six Former Employees at Maine College Claim Age Discrimination
Dec 1 2009 // Six former employees of the University of Southern Maine who lost their jobs in a consolidation move are claiming they were discriminated against because of their ages. The former employees, between the ages of 55 and 65,...
Wisconsin Technical College Creates Insurance Education Program
Nov 23 2009 // Madison, Wis., Area Technical College has launched an Insurance Certificate Program to respond the needs of the growing insurance industry in that state. Wisconsin has the 6th largest concentration of insurers in the...
University of Michigan Pays $1 Million to Settle Student’s Dismissal Lawsuit
Nov 16 2009 // The University of Michigan is paying $1 million to settle a lawsuit with a former dental student who claimed she was illegally kicked out of school, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. The AP reported...
