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Wisconsin College Aims to Make Insurance Students ‘Real World Smart’
Apr 5 2010 // Insurance? That’s all straight commission sales,” responded a student at Madison Area Technical College when his instructor suggested he consider an insurance class. Madison College, in Madison, Wis., is...
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Apr 5 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
BrickStreet Mutual Boosts Marshall University Insurance Program
Apr 1 2010 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $50,000 gift to Marshall University to benefit the Lewis College of Business. The contribution will further the development of an Insurance and Risk Management program at the...
Massachusetts Jury Awards $1.6M in Suit over College Student’s Death
Mar 29 2010 // A jury has awarded a Massachusetts couple $1.6 million in a malpractice lawsuit over the death of their son on a college basketball court. Antwoine Key, a 22-year-old senior at Eastern Connecticut State University,...
South Carolina University Fire Estimated to Cost $4.5 Million
Mar 22 2010 // Officials at a South Carolina university say a fire in a building that featured high-tech classrooms will cost at least $4.5 million to repair. The Herald of Rock Hill reported that Winthrop University officials said it...
State Insurance Commissioners Name 28 Consumer Liaisons
Mar 9 2010 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently named 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer liaison representatives for 2010. Seven of the funded consumer representatives participated in the program in...
Philadelphia’s St. Joseph’s University Adds Insurance, Double Major Program
Mar 9 2010 // Brian Durkin’s academic resume is longer than most. Durkin, who has an associate’s degree in accounting, will graduate from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia this spring with a bachelor of science...
AAMGA Endows $1M Chair at Georgia State University
Mar 7 2010 // The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents, has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State...
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Mar 7 2010 // Lockton Dunning Benefits appointed Sheri Pixley to the newly created position of executive vice president and practice leader of the Dallas-based health and welfare practice. Pixley has been involved in consulting with...
CNA Enhances its College and Universities Program
Feb 26 2010 // CNA has expanded education appetite with several product enhancements to its program for colleges and universities. The insurer’s appetite now includes for-profit private schools, universities and community colleges...
Ex-Football Player Settles Insurance Dispute with University of Georgia
Feb 26 2010 // A former University of Georgia cornerback has reached a $400,000 settlement with the school’s athletic association over an insurance policy dispute. Decory Bryant’s settlement comes weeks after an Athens-Clarke...
AAMGA Funds $1 Million Insurance Chair at Georgia State University
Feb 26 2010 // The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at...
Texas Students Awarded Insurance Council Scholarships
Feb 22 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has awarded academic scholarships to students at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the University of Houston – Downtown (UHD). The students represent each school’s...
Insurance Agency Owner Honored by Indiana State University
Feb 9 2010 // Daniel Pigg, co-owner of the Howard Clare Insurance Agency in Terre Haute, Ind., has been honored with a Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award from Indiana State University. The ISU GOLD Awards recognize graduates who...
Insurance Company Says Oklahoma State Breached Contract
Feb 8 2010 // The insurance company sued by billionaire booster T. Boone Pickens and Oklahoma State University’s athletic fundraising foundation claims the university breached its contract and has no right to recover $33 million...
Oklahoma State Sues Insurance Company Over Fundraising Program
Feb 5 2010 // Billionaire booster T. Boone Pickens and the fundraising arm of Oklahoma State’s athletic department are suing a life insurance company over a program aimed at bringing in millions of dollars, the university...
College Station, Texas, Expands Auto Theft Prevention Program
Jan 20 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) and the College Station Police Department are expanding a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries. The program involves the funding and...
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Jan 10 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Craig Sparks chairman of its board of directors. Sparks has been president of the Union Standard Insurance Company in Irving since 2000. Sparks’ insurance career began the...
Special Reuters Report: America’s Route to Recovery
Dec 29 2009 // When Bob Hagan was a boy in Youngstown, Ohio, people equated the coke dust they swept off their doorsteps each day with opportunity, for it came from the steel mills that built this city. After graduating from high school...
Virginia Tech Faces $43 Million Lawsuit By Family Over Student’s Suicide
Dec 9 2009 // The family of a Virginia Tech student has filed a $43 million lawsuit, accusing the university of negligence in its response to a warning that their son was suicidal. Daniel Kim committed suicide on Dec. 9, 2007, about a...
