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Wisconsin College Aims to Make Insurance Students ‘Real World Smart’
Apr 5 2010 // Insurance? That’s all straight commission sales,” responded a student at Madison Area Technical College when his instructor suggested he consider an insurance class. Madison College, in Madison, Wis., is...
Court-Side Lessons: Insurance Agency Management Tips Before Tip Off
Apr 5 2010 // Insurance agents might want to take notes during tonight’s NCAA championship game between Butler and Duke. While NCAA men’s basketball tournament referee and insurance agent Gary Maxwell won’t tell you...
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Apr 5 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
BrickStreet Mutual Boosts Marshall University Insurance Program
Apr 1 2010 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $50,000 gift to Marshall University to benefit the Lewis College of Business. The contribution will further the development of an Insurance and Risk Management program at the...
Massachusetts Jury Awards $1.6M in Suit over College Student’s Death
Mar 29 2010 // A jury has awarded a Massachusetts couple $1.6 million in a malpractice lawsuit over the death of their son on a college basketball court. Antwoine Key, a 22-year-old senior at Eastern Connecticut State University,...
South Carolina University Fire Estimated to Cost $4.5 Million
Mar 22 2010 // Officials at a South Carolina university say a fire in a building that featured high-tech classrooms will cost at least $4.5 million to repair. The Herald of Rock Hill reported that Winthrop University officials said it...
State Insurance Commissioners Name 28 Consumer Liaisons
Mar 9 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
Philadelphia’s St. Joseph’s University Adds Insurance, Double Major Program
Mar 9 2010 // Brian Durkin’s academic resume is longer than most. Durkin, who has an associate’s degree in accounting, will graduate from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia this spring with a bachelor of science...
Michigan School District Held Liable for Bullying
Mar 8 2010 // A Michigan school district accused of not doing enough to prevent the harassment of a student has been ordered to pay $800,000. Hudson Area Schools, in Lenawee County near the Ohio border, was sued by the parents of a...
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,...
