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What to Know About Super Bowl’s Effects on Investments and Influenza
Jan 30 2019 // Perhaps you’ve heard. On Feb. 3, the New England Patriots will face off against the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. There has been a little bit about it on television and...
Duke University Suspends 2 Fraternities, Limits 3rd Amid Hazing Probe
Jan 30 2019 // Duke University has suspended two fraternities and is limiting activities at a third pending a hazing investigation. Duke spokesman Keith Lawrence confirmed to The Herald-Sun on Saturday that Delta Tau Delta and Pi Kappa...
Michigan’s AF Group Promotes 5 in Leadership Positions
Jan 15 2019 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group has promoted five in key leadership positions across the organization. Abel Travis has been promoted to vice president, Underwriting & Product Innovation. Prior to joining AF Group in...
New Jersey Sex Assault Victim Wants College Held Liable
Jan 11 2019 // A lawyer for a college student who was sexually assaulted at a fraternity “Date Night” party and then driven across campus and assaulted again asked a U.S. appeals court Tuesday to hold the public college...
Chicago State U. to Pay $650K in Faculty Free Speech Lawsuit
Jan 9 2019 // Chicago State University has agreed to pay two professors $650,000 to end a lawsuit over their blog that criticized school leadership. The Chicago Tribune reports that professors Robert Bionaz and Phillip Beverly sued the...
2018 Agents of the Year
Jan 7 2019 // Jacob Barzivand Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, California Jacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable...
6 Ex-Florida State Fire College Employees Sue Over Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals
Jan 3 2019 // Six former employees of the Florida State Fire College have sued manufacturers of firefighting suppressants used at the training facility, saying they caused cancer or other diseases. The Ocala Star-Banner reports the...
Larger Houses Replace Smaller When Rebuilding After Hurricanes
Dec 19 2018 // A study of hurricane-hit areas of the United States has revealed a trend of larger homes being built to replace smaller ones in the years following a storm. The research, led by the University of Southampton (UK) and...
Sexual Assault Reports Prompt Investigation of University of Tennessee Fraternity
Dec 13 2018 // Police at the University of Tennessee are investigating a fraternity after two women reported being drugged and sexually assaulted. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the university sent a safety notice Friday around the...
University of Central Florida Team Wins National Cybersecurity Competition
Dec 7 2018 // A team from the University of Central Florida has won a national cybersecurity competition. UCF’s Collegiate Cyber Defense Team won the U.S. Department of Energy’s CyberForce National Competition last...
Suit Over Student Death at West Virginia University Frat House Settles for $250K
Dec 6 2018 // The West Virginia University Board of Governors has settled a lawsuit over a student’s 2014 death at a fraternity house for $250,000. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the state Board of Risk and Insurance...
Family of Slain University of Virginia Student Refiles $30M Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Dec 5 2018 // The family of a slain University of Virginia student has refiled a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend, who was convicted of killing her. The Daily Progress reports Yeardley Love’s family...
University of Maryland Says 22 Confirmed Cases of Adenovirus
Dec 3 2018 // More cases of a respiratory virus have been confirmed at the University of Maryland, College Park, where a freshman died of complications from the virus last month. The director of the university’s health center said...
Researchers: Houston’s Urbanization Partly to Blame for More Frequent and Intense Rain Events
Dec 3 2018 // Studies published earlier this year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Hurricane Center showing a dramatic increase in the frequency of intense rain events in the Houston area in recent...
Missouri University Settles Former Baseball Player’s Lawsuit for $200K
Nov 28 2018 // State records show that former Southeast Missouri State University baseball player Broc Kreitler settled a lawsuit over an injury he suffered during a practice for $200,000. The Southeast Missourian reports that the...
Former Students Sue Massachusetts College that Abruptly Closed
Nov 28 2018 // Students who attended a Massachusetts college that abruptly shut its doors filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against the school and former administrators and trustees, alleging they were victims of fraud,...
People
Nov 5 2018 // The Main Street America Group, a Jacksonville, Fla.-headquartered super-regional property and casualty insurance carrier, has promoted Jerry Waters to vice president and chief accounting officer, effective...
Texas Insurer Group Provides $31K in University Student Scholarships
Nov 2 2018 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation recently honored 20 students studying insurance and risk management at universities in Texas with $31,000 in scholarships. Funds for ICT’s scholarship program...
Utah University Settles Suit Alleging Retaliation
Nov 2 2018 // The former head of Utah Valley University’s anti-discrimination office has reached a settlement with the college after the woman filed a lawsuit accusing the school of unfairly firing her after she raised concerns...
Electric Scooters Banned at University of Arizona over Safety
Oct 29 2018 // The University of Arizona has banned dockless electric scooters from its campus effective immediately. University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services Interim Executive Director Gail Nazarenko says the decision...
