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Cleveland Boy: Took Wheel to Steer Runaway School Bus from Danger
Apr 11 2008 // The 11-year-old Cleveland boy who steered a runaway school bus to safety said Wednesday he took the wheel because the bus was rolling toward a semi. David Murphy told on ABC’s “Good Morning America” other...
Insurers Keen on NCAA’s Basket-Full of Opportunities
Apr 8 2008 // The University of Kansas men’s basketball team may have been the big winner at last night’s NCAA championship — but when it comes to the NCAA’s bonanza of sponsorship benefits from basketball and...
Insurers Keen on NCAA’s Basket-full of Opportunities
Apr 7 2008 // The Hartford and XL Insurance pursue insurance industry’s love affair with sports-related, 360-degree marketing Quite a few insurers’ names have been bounced and bandied about like basketballs on TV lately, and...
Game Plan For College and University Safety on the Road
Apr 7 2008 // Transporting student athletes to sporting events can pose great liability risk for schools When the NCAA Men’s Final Four made their way to San Antonio at the beginning of April, no doubt the players and coaches were...
Bridge Compensation Bill Would Shield University of Minnesota
Apr 3 2008 // Buried deep inside one version of a bill to compensate the victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse is language that would shield the University of Minnesota from any liability. University researchers authored a 2001...
Four Charged in 1999 Arson Fire at Michigan State University
Mar 24 2008 // More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said was an act of domestic terrorism. The government...
Four Charged in 1999 Arson Fire at Michigan State University
Mar 13 2008 // More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said Tuesday was an act of domestic terrorism. The...
Storm-Damaged Tenn. University Insured but Page Asks for Donations
Feb 29 2008 // Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page is asking churches to give money to Jackson, Tennessee’s Union University to help rebuild its campus after a powerful tornado caused more than $40 million in damages...
Officials Suspect Arson Caused University of Tennessee Dorm Evacuation
Feb 27 2008 // Tennessee officials arrested a man on suspicion of setting a fire in the elevator of a dormitory at Knoxville’s University of Tennessee. Authorities have not identified the man or said if he was a student. Greve Hall...
University of West Georgia Investigating Suspected Arsons in Dorm
Feb 25 2008 // University of West Georgia authorities are investigating a string of suspected arsons in a campus dorm. Director of Public Safety Tom Mackel says all three fires were set within weeks of each other in the middle of the...
Damage Could Reach $40 Million for Tennessee’s Union University
Feb 8 2008 // In Jackson, Tenn., Union University President David Dockery has estimated damages from Tuesday night’s tornado could reach $40 million. A severe storm that hit the school in 2002 caused $2.6 million in...
Insurer sues Miss. Coast School District in Wind Versus Water Case
Feb 8 2008 // An insurance company is suing the Bay St. Louis-Waveland, Miss., School District over wind versus water damage related to Hurricane Katrina. Cathedral Capital Limited has asked a federal judge to determine what is its...
Structural Concerns Partially Close S.C.’s Ninety Six High School
Feb 8 2008 // Two wings of Ninety Six, S.C., High School have been closed after architects said they were worried about the safety of the roof. School district superintendent Dan Powell says the school was to close Thursday so officials...
2 Dorm Fires in 2 Days Prompts 24-Hour Fire Alert at University of Tenn.
Jan 31 2008 // The state Fire Marshal’s Office has ordered the University of Tennessee to begin a 24-hour fire alert and watch at a dormitory hit by two fires on consecutive days. University spokeswoman Karen Collins says four law...
Report: NYC School Bus Safety Violations Soar
Jan 7 2008 // New York City school buses have been cited with more safety violations in the first four months of this school year than in all the previous year – before officials took steps to make sure surprise inspections are...
Liberty Mutual Gives Top Coach Award to Zook at Illinois, 3 Midwest Coaches
Dec 31 2007 // Their teams amassed 43 wins this year against a mere eight setbacks; their student-athletes displayed exceptional discipline on the field, integrity off the field, and excellence in the classroom; and they exercised their...
Security Experts Tackle Safety at College Stadiums
Dec 28 2007 // After more than a decade in counterterrorism, Jim McGee can no longer relax and enjoy watching a sports event. The fans look like potential victims of terrorism to the former FBI agent turned college instructor. The...
Midwest Insurance Education Groups Announce Merger
Dec 19 2007 // Two insurance education organizations, the Insurance Education Institute (IEI) of Indianapolis, Ind., and The Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education of Columbus, Ohio, recently signed an agreement to merge effective...
Miss.: Gautier Elementary set to reopen 2 years after Hurricane Katrina
Nov 27 2007 // Monday marked the first day of classes at Gautier, Miss., Elementary School since Hurricane Katrina flooded and damaged the building in 2005. The city’s oldest school, built in 1940, was repaired with money from...
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Nov 18 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) elected new officers during its annual meeting in Boston recently. Robert Joyce, chairman and chief executive officer of Westfield Group, was elected as the...
