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Counselor: Students ‘Excited’ About Insurance After Zurich’s Apprenticeship Summit
Jan 10 2020 // Despite having established its earn-and-learn apprenticeship program in the U.S. several year ago, insurer Zurich North America for the first time hosted an Apprenticeship Week Summit for high school students last...
Oregon School District Pays $120K to Settle Food Allergy Suit
Jan 3 2020 // The Beaverton School District in Oregon has agreed to pay $119,500 to settle a federal suit filed by parents arguing that the district failed to take proper precautions to protect their 5-year-old in light of the...
3 Frats at South Carolina’s Clemson University on Probation for Hazing, Misconduct
Jan 3 2020 // Three fraternities at Clemson University in South Carolina were placed on disciplinary probation for violating the university’s code of conduct, according to a university report. Delta Chi, Phi Delta Theta and Chi...
Document: Iowa School District Settled Discrimination Suit for More Than $170K
Dec 30 2019 // Newly released documents show that Mason City Schools in Iowa settled a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a former official for more $170,000. The district issued its former human resources director Jodie Anderson...
$584B at Risk From Cat Events in 2020: University of Cambridge Study
Dec 27 2019 // Providing an annual update of its study of the impact of catastrophic events on global GDP, researchers from the University of Cambridge find that roughly $584 billion could be wiped from the global economy from such...
Family of California University Student Sues Fraternity, Saying Hazing Led to Death
Dec 24 2019 // The family of a university student who died in 2018 after what they say was a hazing incident has sued a fraternity they claim is responsible for his death. KABC TV reported. The family of Tyler Hilliard said that the...
Reuters Report: Why Big Business Can Count on Courts to Keep Deadly Secrets
Dec 20 2019 // In the dreary archives of a Newark, New Jersey, courthouse, Ronald Motley found a treasure map. It was an evidence log, a detailed inventory of documents and other exhibits that had been used in an injured worker’s...
Dartmouth Student Lawsuit Settled Over Baseball Injury
Dec 17 2019 // A lawsuit filed by a Dartmouth College student against the school who was seriously injured during baseball practice has been settled, the college said Monday. Last year, Colton French said in federal court documents that...
University of Oklahoma Asks to Be Dismissed From Lawsuit
Dec 10 2019 // The University of Oklahoma is asking to be dismissed from a sexual assault lawsuit against a former OU vice president. The motion filed Tuesday says the university is immune from the claims by Levi Hilliard that allege...
Woman Sues North Carolina Nursing School for Harassment in ‘Time’s Up’ Case
Dec 6 2019 // A woman who says she was kicked out of a North Carolina nursing school a month before graduation in retaliation for accusing a supervisor of sexual harassment is suing in a case supported by the Time’s Up movement...
Kentucky School District to Sue Electronic Cigarette Makers
Dec 2 2019 // A Kentucky school district plans to sue electronic cigarette companies for creating what it says is an epidemic of nicotine addiction affecting student health and school learning environments. News outlets report the...
How to Bring in Young People to Insurance
Nov 18 2019 // The workforce is faced with a generation gap. Baby boomers are retiring at the rate of 10,000 per day. Generation X and millennials each have a smaller pool of people than baby boomers. Generation Z is now the largest...
California School District Paying $28M After Boy Hit by Car
Nov 18 2019 // A Southern California school district will pay $28.5 million in damages after a boy with special needs was hit by a car and severely injured while under the supervision of school personnel, attorneys said. A judge...
Introducing School of Risk Management and Insurance at Cal State University Fullerton
Nov 13 2019 // What’s in a name? In one case, a new name – one with all the sex appeal that “insurance” can add to a title – has people like Framroze Virjee, president of California State University Fullerton,...
Elementary School Bus Crash in Florida Injures 6 Students
Nov 13 2019 // Fire rescue officials say a half dozen elementary school students in Florida suffered minor injuries when the school bus they were in was involved in a crash with a car. Orange County Fire Rescue tweeted Monday morning...
More Than 100 Dams in Ohio Rank as ‘High-Hazard’
Nov 12 2019 // Picturesque, and at times, worrisome. The Muskingum University dam in OHio holds back what locals call “College Lake” on the campus of the private liberal arts college. Perched directly over the inlet to the...
California School District Paying $28M After Boy Hit By Car
Nov 8 2019 // A Southern California school district will pay $28.5 million in damages after a boy with special needs was hit by a car and severely injured while under the supervision of school personnel, attorneys said. A judge...
UT/TT Poll: It’s a Highly Partisan Issue but Texans Say Climate Change Is Happening
Nov 7 2019 // Two-thirds of Texas registered voters believe climate change is happening, but their urgency about it varies considerably, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Less than a quarter of voters —...
New Oklahoma Law Allows Use of School Bus Cameras to Ticket Drivers
Nov 6 2019 // New legislation in Oklahoma that allows law enforcement to use cameras on school buses to track down drivers who illegally pass stopped buses went into effect on Nov. 1. House Bill 1926, by Rep. Dell Kerbs (R-Shawnee) and...
Vaping Firm Juul Disregarded Early Signs It Was Hooking Young Users: Reuters
Nov 5 2019 // The San Francisco startup that invented the groundbreaking Juul e-cigarette had a central goal during its development: captivating users with the first hit. The company had concluded that consumers had largely rejected...
