May
Leston Welsh Named President Of Shelterpoint
Mr. Leston Welsh has been named President of Shelterpoint, an important resource for agents and brokers.
Socialization – anew
It was back at NYU, late 60’s, in a required class called Introduction to Sociology that I first heard the word “socialization”. The field occupied itself in terminology that re captured common sense concepts and tried to make a science of it. Did not really work. As a major in Latin and Ancient Greek – […]
Jewelers Mutual® Group Launches Safety and Security Academy
The free online training program empowers jewelers and pawnbrokers to advance their security education and safeguard their businesses from crime. Jewelers Mutual® Group, the insurance and business solutions provider dedicated to the jewelry industry since 1913, recently announced its collaboration with Jewelers’ Security Alliance (JSA) and UL Solutions to develop the Safety and Security Academy, a free […]
Risk Strategies Acquires CT Agency
May, Bonee & Clark Insurance to “ add strength in Employee Benefits, Financial Services to New England Region” Risk Strategies, a leading national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, tannounced it has acquired May, Bonee & Clark Insurance, a Connecticut-based firm providing insurance placement, financial services and risk management advice. Terms of the deal were not […]
Golf Cart Safety
The use of golf carts continues to grow. Worldwide, in 2022, the golf cart market surpassed $1.5 billion and is expected to grow 6% per year, reaching $2.55 billion by 2028. Golf carts are found in more and more places – from airports to hotels, resorts, theme parks, and residential communities – not just golf […]
Applied Underwriters Sets 2023 – 24 Plans for Nation’s Largest Amateur Golf Tournament
The Applied Underwriters Invitational, with Anticipated 11,000 Golfers Set to Compete to Benefit 65 National and Local Charities Top names in sports join Applied in drive to raise $10 million through the longest-running, most successful charity golf event. Applied Underwriters, a global risk services leader, has set the dates for the world’s most successful charity […]
Georgia State University Renames its Department of Risk Management & Insurance as the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Science
Renaming Acknowledges Extraordinary $15 Million Gift from Top US Entrepreneur The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has approved renaming Georgia State University’s Department of Risk Management & Insurance as the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Science. The name change recognizes a $15 million gift from The Starr Foundation that will dramatically expand […]
Fraudster Must Stay in Jail
Obesity, Diabetes, and Covid Not Basis for Compassionate Release The US Congress, feeling sorry for federal prisoners amended the law to create The First Step Act to allow a District Court to shorten a sentence when there exists extraordinary and compelling reasons to release the Prisoner. In United States Of America v. Earl Lee Planck, […]
Sue Promptly or Lose
Failure to Report, Acknowledge and Make Claim to Your Client’s Insurer is Legal Malpractice David Quaknine and several of his companies sued their former attorney and his law firm for alleged malpractice connected to a 2014 suit. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss. It ruled that the two-year limitations period, which at […]
