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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...
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May 4 2009 // Joseph Tracy has been named president of Travelers Inland Marine business unit. Tracy, who joined Travelers in 2006, most recently served as chief underwriting officer for the Inland Marine business unit. Prior to joining...
AIG, Congress and Law of Unintended Consequences
Apr 27 2009 // When corporations want to borrow large sums of money they usually rely on selling bonds. Introductory college finance courses always include a chapter covering interest rates and bonds. So, much of the information I...
Students of Insurance at Texas Universities Receive Scholarships
Apr 23 2009 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has awarded academic scholarships to 12 students at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Huston-Tillotson University and the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg. The...
University of Hawaii Looking at New Insurance Program
Apr 20 2009 // The University of Hawaii will conduct a feasibility study to determine the viability of establishing and operating an owner controlled insurance program. The study was approved by the UH Board of Regents. Such a program...
Arizona Association Offering College Scholarships
Apr 17 2009 // The Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) is sponsoring scholarships to be awarded to graduating high school students and college/university students currently taking insurance...
Army Soldier Sues University of Washington for Discrimination
Apr 6 2009 // An U.S. Army reservist is suing the University of Washington, accusing the institution of harassment and discrimination for serving in the Iraq war. A report on seattlepi.com says that Army Reserve Lt. Col. James Lukehart...
Liaisons Highlight Consumer Insurance Concerns
Apr 6 2009 // Consumer Advocates Focus on How Insurers Treat Insureds in Difficult Economic, Credit Climate Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such...
Farmers Appoints Harwood Vice President
Apr 2 2009 // Jim Harwood, former assistant vice president over Agency Training at Farmers Insurance has been promoted to the position of vice president, University of Farmers. He will be responsible for the strategic direction and...
Association To Administer California Insurance Careers Program
Mar 30 2009 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has begun administration of a California-wide insurance careers program that unites community colleges, workforce investment boards, businesses, and the K-12...
School Buses Among Safest Ways to Travel in Iowa
Mar 13 2009 // University of Iowa researchers have found that school buses are among the safest forms of road transportation in Iowa. Jingzhen (Ginger) Yang, Ph.D., assistant professor of community and behavioral health in the University...
Copenhagen Climate Change Conference Commences
Mar 10 2009 // One of the largest ever interdisciplinary conferences on climate change will kick-off today in Copenhagen, Denmark. A bulletin from the University of Copenhagen notes that “more than 2,000 participants from around 80...
Those Dashed Lines on Roads Are Longer Than Drivers Think
Feb 4 2009 // Take a guess — how long are the dashed lines that are painted down the middle of a road? If you’re like most people, you answered, “Two feet.” The real answer is 10 feet. That’s the federal...
Ohio’s Kehres Named Division III Liberty Mutual Coach of Year
Jan 26 2009 // Ohio’s Mount Union College head football coach Larry Kehres has been selected as the 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year for Division III. Kehres and Liberty Mutual will present four local charities and the Mount...
Hale Awarded Scholarship from Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer
Jan 23 2009 // The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced that Kevin Paul Hale of Baton Rouge, La., has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the Stephen W. Cavanaugh Scholarship. LWCC established the Stephen...
Regents Consider Bonds to Aid University of Iowa Flood Recovery
Jan 13 2009 // The Iowa Board of Regents plans to meet Friday to consider issuing $30 million in bonds to help with flood-recovery at the University of Iowa. The school suffered more than $230 million in damage during widespread June...
