Latest Education Headlines
All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IEF Approves Pair of Sites for Teachers Institutes
Nov 7 2003 // Two additional universities will host insurance education institute programs next summer, following a decision by the Board of Directors for the Insurance Education Foundation (IEF). The University of Central Arkansas will...
Keenan & Associates Brings New WC Program to Calif. Schools
Oct 21 2003 // Keenan & Associates has created and implemented a new generation workers’ compensation program – a hybrid self-insurance and re-insurance model that now covers 381 school districts and community colleges...
Construction Industry Gains Online Safety Training Through ABD’s Cybersure University and ClickSafety
Oct 17 2003 // ClickSafety, a Web-based health and safety risk management provider, announced a strategic partnership with ABD Insurance & Financial Services, a provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, to...
Keenan & Assoc. Teams With Enwisen to Launch Keenan Personal Choice
Oct 10 2003 // Torrance, Calif.-based Keenan & Associates has signed an agreement with Enwisen Inc., to provide a rich suite of online employee benefits information and decision support tools to 350,000 of its employee benefits...
Communications, People and Technology Ride High on Canter’s ‘To Do’ List
Oct 6 2003 // Louise “BeBe” Canter, senior vice president of Patterson/Smith Associates, Falls Church, Va., was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America Inc. (IIABA) during the...
Schinnerer Unveils Educational Coverage for Colleges and Universities
Sep 9 2003 // Victor O. Schinnerer and Company has launched EdChoice, an insurance program for small to mid-size colleges and universities. The EdChoice policy, Trustees, Officers, Management and Employment Liability, offers employment...
NAPSLO Awards Existing Scholarships, Adds a New One
Sep 8 2003 // Nine college students from around the U.S. recently received scholarships from the Derek Hughes/National Association of Surplus Lines Offices Educational Foundation for the 2003-2004 school year. In addition to the $2,000...
NAPSLO Awards Existing Scholarships, Adds a New One
Sep 8 2003 // Nine college students from around the U.S. recently received scholarships from the Derek Hughes/National Association of Surplus Lines Offices Educational Foundation for the 2003-2004 school year. In addition to the $2,000...
The PGA of America, Helping To Make Golf A Powerful Business Tool
Aug 4 2003 // It has long been known that the game of golf is a powerful business and social tool. Presidents and prime ministers all over the world play the game. CEOs and other senior business folk use the game to court clients and...
ALDOI Adds Five New Producer Test Sites
Jul 29 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance reported that Alabamians who want to take the state insurance licensure examination will now have a choice among five new sites at which to take the test. The new sites will be in...
InVEST Awards $40,000 in Scholarships
Jun 3 2003 // InVEST has awarded $40,000 in scholarships to a select group of InVEST students, doubling the scholarship awards from last year. Four high school seniors will each receive $5,000 scholarships, while eight other seniors...
Aon to Sponsor NY Howard University Summer Intern Event
May 15 2003 // Aon announced that it is joining a number of New York area insurance and consulting firms that have teamed up with Howard University to sponsor a special summer intern program designed to encourage highly qualified...
Agri-Insurance to Sell Land Near Fla. Gulf Coast University
Mar 26 2003 // Ben Hill Griffin III, CEO and chairman of the Board of Alico Inc. announced that Agri-Insurance Company Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Alico Inc., has entered into a contract to sell 313 acres in Lee County, Florida to...
Fla. Coalition Praises Med Mal Task Force Report
Feb 5 2003 // The Coalition to Heal Healthcare in Florida, which includes Florida’s hospitals, doctors and major business groups, applauded the final report of a task force studying the state’s medical liability crisis,...
Liability Crisis Looming for University of Louisville School of Medicine
Dec 25 2002 // The Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) and the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) notified state leaders that the University of Louisville School of Medicine’s OB/GYN Department may lose its liability insurance...
Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Seeking Project XL Participants
Oct 28 2002 // Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance has issued a bulletin reminding the state’s high school students to begin planning for their participation in the company’s annual “Project XL (Excel)” creative arts...
InVEST Students Participate in IIABA’s InfoXchange; Silent Auction Raises $30,000
Oct 18 2002 // InVEST, a business-education partnership training high school and community college students in insurance agency and company operations and encouraging them to pursue careers in the industry, hosted 26 high school students...
NAPSLO Interns At Work in Summer
Aug 19 2002 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) announced that eight college student are participating in its 2002 Summer Internship Program. The interns spend five weeks during the summer working...
College Student Faces 10 Years for Fraud
Aug 19 2002 // A San Bernardino Valley Community College student was arrested by California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Investigators and campus police officers as he was on his way to one of his classes. Terry Mcgee, 38, of San...
The Hartford Awards Scholarships to Straight ‘A’ Students
Jun 7 2002 // The Hartford announced the recipients of its “Alliance for Academic Achievement” program which provides scholarships to top students from the city, who’ve been accepted at Trinity College, the University...
