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N.Y. Gov. Announces Nearly $4M Awarded to Combat Auto Theft, Insurance Fraud
Jan 12 2015 // New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced more than $3.7 million in grant funding to fight against motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud. The grant awards will go to district attorneys’ offices and police departments...
After Jet Crashes, Aviation Industry ‘Struggling’ to Re-Train Pilots
Jan 12 2015 // As investigators hunt for what caused an AirAsia jet to crash in an equatorial storm on Dec. 28, the aviation industry is still struggling to apply the lessons of accidents in similar weather over the past decade. It is...
2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Texas Insurance Trade Group’s Video Aimed at Student Recruitment
Jan 6 2015 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has produced a six-minute video highlighting the variety of job opportunities available in the insurance industry for recent college graduates and current undergrads. The video...
Education Dept.: Harvard Law School’s Response to Sex Assaults Violated Title IX
Dec 31 2014 // Harvard Law School was found in violation of Title IX, the law that prohibits gender discrimination in education, for its failure to respond adequately to sexual assault reports, the Education Department said. The law...
Chicago Board of Education Faces Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 23 2014 // The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education, alleging that the board discriminated against pregnant teachers at Scammon Elementary School by subjecting them to adverse personnel...
Education a Priority for Outgoing IIAT Executive Director
Dec 16 2014 // Texas’ and the nation’s largest state level independent insurance agents’ association is about to lose its long-time executive director, but David VanDelinder plans to continue working with agents and...
Getting Local with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation
Dec 15 2014 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), established in 1994, helps communities by uniting the collective strengths of the industry to provide grants, volunteer service and leadership. Since its inception, IICF...
Hometown Agency Heroes
Dec 15 2014 // Good Samaritan Saves a Life Geoff SternerInsurance agents are known for protecting the lives of their clients by making sure they have the right insurance coverage when disaster strikes. But not many insurance agents can...
Education a Priority for Outgoing IIAT Executive Director
Dec 15 2014 // Texas’ and the nation’s largest state level independent insurance agents’ association is about to lose its long-time executive director, but David VanDelinder plans to continue working with agents and...
Cyber Attacks, Drones Pose Threat to Plane Safety: Allianz
Dec 9 2014 // Cyber attacks and commercial drones pose a growing risk of commercial airplane crashes, a major insurer said, running counter to a long-term decline in fatal accidents and insurance premiums. Technical advances in aircraft...
College Sexual Assault Charges Hard to Prove
Dec 8 2014 // An anonymous college student said in a media report that she had been gang-raped at a fraternity house. She told the reporter that she was drugged and beaten around the face, legs and vagina, yet a university dean ignored...
16 Higher Ed Students Land Scholarships from Insurance Council of Texas
Dec 5 2014 // Sixteen students at four Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $32,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation. The ICT announced that the students attend St....
Agency Groups Give Independent Insurance Agents ‘Big Agency’ Edge
Dec 1 2014 // Some believe the independent insurance agent may soon be on the endangered species list. Tighter margins and pressure from insurance carriers to meet increasingly higher production demands are putting the squeeze on every...
E&O Insights: Where Is Your Agency in the ‘E&O Marathon?’
Dec 1 2014 // There are similarities between deciding to run a marathon and managing your agency’s errors and omissions (E&O) exposure. Very few people, if any, can wake up one day, decide to run a marathon and then, without...
Texas Agent Group Acquires LevelFirst, Forms IIAT Services MGA
Dec 1 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced it is continuing its tradition of providing insurance markets for small independent agencies with the acquisition of Dallas-based managing general agency...
Japan Assesses Damage from Earthquake in Olympics Site Region
Nov 26 2014 // The damage from an overnight earthquake in a mountainous area of central Japan that hosted the 1998 winter Olympics proved more extensive than initially thought. A daylight assessment Sunday found at least 50 homes...
XL Group Adds Fleet Safety Service to Construction Insurance
Nov 21 2014 // As nearly half of all construction fatalities involve a vehicle, XL Group North America Construction has added fleet safety training services to its construction insurance business in collaboration with Issaquah,...
Hospitals Improvise on Safety to Treat Ebola Patients
Nov 21 2014 // What does it take to Ebola-proof a hospital? Over the past few months, U.S. medical centers have spent millions of dollars putting together a plan to treat patients with the scary, but extremely rare disease. To a large...
Wisconsin Man Gets Jail for Bungee Jump at Insurance Company Site
Nov 19 2014 // A 26-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for bungee-jumping off a 138-foot crane in Sheboygan on the Fourth of July. The Sheboygan County district attorney’s office says Nick Propson of...
