How can our college students live happy and prosperous lives despite the pressures being placed on them? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle might have the answer.
This Kansas workers’ comp manager changed one school’s safety culture by focusing on proper training, work-life balance and the world of special education.
Broker Kelly Ethier knows what it takes to keep collegiate-level athletes safe and protected. Using integrity, attentiveness, passion and industry expertise, she’s getting universities the coverage they need.
USC’s gynecologist was accused of sexual misconduct while “attending to” patients. In court, USC’s insurer argued it did not have to defend the university.
Malcolm Gladwell points out the human tendency to lock down on first and subsequent impressions of strangers. It’s a key risk management failure that can have dire consequences.
As challenging as it is for universities to investigate and respond to sexual assault complaints, figuring out how to prevent sexual violence on campus is far more difficult.
Active shootings have sparked terror across the United States and schools are especially vulnerable. Northwestern University is hoping to make them safer.
Donald Noel took his basic knowledge of risk management and applied it to one of the nation’s largest school districts. The result? He saved them millions of dollars.
Voice detectors aiming to pick up on aggression or distress prove less than reliable in identifying danger, but gun violence is not a conversation we can close.
Ken Banks, Area Senior Vice President, Gallagher Ken Banks has acted as Melissa Diaz’s colleague, competitor and broker over the last 12 years. When she signed on as risk services manager for the University of San Francisco, she said the transition was easy: Banks was already the university’s insurance broker. “He does more than act… View Article
Critics say a higher education degree is useless; parents despair at increasing tuition costs. In the middle, universities fail to change, focusing on faculty research instead of the students’ education.
Parents and school personnel work to protect children while at school, yet the effectiveness of this billion-dollar safety industry is coming into question.
The University of Pennsylvania, a 2018 Teddy Award winner, turned the University’s workers’ comp program around, giving it a unified identity and the structure it needed to succeed.