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Nov 15 2009 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) recently honored John Latham, regional president with Markel, for his contributions as an excess and surplus lines professional. He received the...
With Katrina Insurance Finally Settled, Mississippi College Starts Rebuilding
Oct 30 2009 // Pearl River Community College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is moving forward on rebuilding facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina after four years of “moving in quicksand.” Officials settled with Zurich...
Mississippi School District Sued Again Over Alleged Paddling of Student
Oct 28 2009 // A school district in Mississippi’s Leflore County has been hit with a lawsuit from a student alleging injuries from a paddling. An 11-year-old is seeking $500,000 from the Greenwood Public School District in a suit...
Indiana State to Name Business School for Insurance Executive
Oct 21 2009 // Indiana State University officials plan to name its business college for a Terre Haute insurance executive who has made a large donation helping pay for the college’s building renovation. The ISU Foundation has...
Judge Denies Dartmouth College Request in Ski Death Case
Oct 5 2009 // A federal judge has denied a request by Dartmouth College to rule in its favor on a lawsuit over the death of a student in a 2004 skiing accident. Christina Porter was in an introductory skiing class to fulfill her...
How the Great Recession is Changing the American Workplace
Oct 5 2009 // Going to work may never be the same again: the Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last years, if not longer. The work force is graying as college graduates can’t find...
Tell Parents to ‘Mind The Gaps’ When Kids Head to College
Oct 5 2009 // As Students Arrive on Campus, New Exposures Can Arise As legions of students head back to college this fall, parents should be mindful of gaps in insurance that can exist while their children are living away from...
Mississippi Coaches Work to Lower Injury Rate in School Sports
Sep 29 2009 // Willie Collins hasn’t forgotten his days as a football player in the 1970s, well before many of the advances in modern sports medicine. Frequent backaches and his recent hip replacement surgery provide all the...
Antioch University in Ohio Sued over Alleged Rape on Overseas Program
Sep 23 2009 // A former university student says in a lawsuit she was raped by a bus driver hired as part of Antioch University’s overseas study program. The student alleges in a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court that she...
Tell Parents to ‘Mind The Gaps’ When Kids Head to College
Sep 21 2009 // Students attending college away from the residence premises (home) may begin the semester as fully protected “insureds,” but can end the semester in a protection gap without property or liability protection...
Federal Judge Rules Michigan College Coach Immune to Player Suit
Sep 8 2009 // A federal judge has dismissed parts of a lawsuit against Central Michigan University and its women’s basketball coach, who is accused of dropping a scholarship partly because a player isn’t a lesbian. U.S....
New Jersey College Offers Insurance Degree
Sep 2 2009 // A new associate’s degree program is being offered at a community college in New Jersey to prepare students for work in the insurance industry. The program at Mercer County Community College in Trenton was developed...
Discrimination Suit Filed Against Univ. of Iowa Law School
Aug 25 2009 // A Michigan man has filed a lawsuit against the University of Iowa and its College of Law claiming he was the victim of age discrimination. Donald Dobkin, 56, of West Bloomfield, Mich., filed his lawsuit in U.S. District...
Paralyzed South Carolina College Athlete Agrees to $8 Million Settlement
Aug 4 2009 // A paving company has agreed to pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit over an accident that destroyed the career of a promising South Carolina college football player and left him an invalid. But Brian Moore, 21, said his...
Argo Appoints 3 Executives
Jul 13 2009 // The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. Has announced three executive appointments: — Kevin D. Silva as senior vice president of human resources, — Bernhard H. Scheifele as chief risk officer,...
Florida Independent Insurance Agents Establish Charitable Fund
Jun 23 2009 // At its recent 105th annual conference in Orlando, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA) announced a donation of $500,000 to launch a new charitable project, the Good Works Fund. In addition to helping...
Ohio’s State Auto Announces New Management Positions
Jun 11 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company have announced new managers in various divisions. Robert (Bob) A. Bachtell is claim manager for State...
Beware Twitter Users: Tweets Can Raise Publicity Legal Issues
Jun 10 2009 // “As exhilarating as social networking tools like Twitter can be, they also raise a variety of legal issues concerning the right of publicity,” says intellectual property attorney Jonathan Faber. An Indiana...
New Non-Profit Supports Insurance Education in Texas
Jun 8 2009 // A group of Texas-based insurance industry professionals in late May announced the launch of a new non-profit group, the sole mission of which is to support insurance education in the state of Texas. The Texas Risk and...
MBA in Insurance Approved at Olivet College in Michigan
Jun 5 2009 // The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has approved a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Insurance degree program at Olivet College in Olivet, Mich. The HLC...
