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Who’s Who Across Texas, Local Associations at Work

Jun 4 2001 // Local associations across the state continue to contribute to their communities and their profession in a variety of ways. Following is a report on activities for the past year from those that responded to our queries...

Who’s Who Across Texas, Local Associations at Work

Jun 4 2001 // Local associations across the state continue to contribute to their communities and their profession in a variety of ways. Following is a report on activities for the past year from those that responded to our queries...

Harvard Law School Receives Grant from Swiss Re for Study

May 25 2001 // Harvard Law School’s Program on International Financial Systems has received a grant to study worldwide capital adequacy regulation of financial institutions. The project, supported by Swiss Reinsurance Company, will...

IIAA’s Virtual University Introduces New Online Newsletter

Dec 20 2000 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America has introduced a free bi-weekly email newsletter designed for agents, underwriters, claims, sales, and service personnel. More than just a digest of industry press releases, the...

Sebelius Elected NAIC President for 2001; Vaughan, Pickens Selected as Officers

Dec 5 2000 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have elected regulators from Kansas, Iowa and Arkansas as the organization’s officers for 2001 during its Winter National Meeting in Boston. “We...

St. John’s University to Merge With The College of Insurance

Nov 15 2000 // St. John’s University and The College of Insurance have signed a definitive merger agreement, making TCI a school of St. John’s Peter J. Tobin College of Business. The combination creates a more powerful...

Fresno School District Awarded $13 Million In Bad Faith Suit

Oct 11 2000 // A 12-member jury awarded the Fresno Unified School District $13 million in punitive damages Oct. 6, in its bad faith suit against Coregis Insurance Company, a GE Capital Company, and subsidiary of General Electric Co....

AMERICAN COLLEGE, LUTC COMBINE

Sep 25 2000 // The American College and LUTC Inc. have approved a plan that will combine both organizations into a educational organization serving the financial services industry. The plan will combine the LUTC’s life insurance...

The American College, LUTC to Combine

Sep 8 2000 // The American College and LUTC, Inc. have approved a plan that will combine both organizations into a educational organization serving the financial services industry, the institutions announced at a press conference in New...

School Rules For the New Millennium

Jun 26 2000 // Today, there are roughly 51.5 million public and private school students and 3 million teachers in the United States, according to the NationalSchool Boards Association. And although these schools are scattered across the...

AAMGA Members focus on Education, Honoring Industry Leaders

May 29 2000 // Attendees at this year’s Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) Annual Meeting in Orlando were treated to four days full of networking and educational opportunities-not to mention illuminating speakers and...

SCHOOL RULES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM: School Districts Face New Risks from the Playground to the Clas

May 29 2000 // With the new millennium comes a complex array of challenges to America’s public schools. Among them are the need to improve academic performance, reduce overcrowded classrooms, meet the needs of a growing number of...