The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania established a new Wharton/Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP) to promote and disseminate research on risk and insurance at the university in Philadelphia.

The Delaware Association of Insurance Agents & Brokers will hold its 2010 annual convention June 8-10 at the Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del.

The Principal Financial Group has launched a new health program integrating both health and wellness benefits and giving financial incentives to employees who choose to engage in preventative medical care and health behaviors.

In the hopes of getting Americans to secure disability insurance the same way they obtain coverage for their car or home, the nonprofit LIFE Foundation is turning its attention to an asset that most people leave unprotected: their paychecks.

PAHU President Shelly Bloom: “We are still reviewing a 2,700-page bill and conflicting timelines of changes and regulations. I think there have been more questions recently [from members] and we need to wait for the answers from the federal government.”

After more than a year of debate, Washington, D.C., has put its punctuation mark on federal health reform, but for many agents’ groups, it appears to be less of a period and more of a question mark.

As the economy continues to correct itself, the ripple effect has helped drive a record number of insurance fraud notifications to the Virginia State Police Insurance Fraud Program (IFP).

An insurance education group and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are teaming up to create a new Associate in National Flood Insurance (ANFI) designation.

Designed as a one-stop online source to support agents’ full training and development needs, Ohio Casualty has introduced its new Agent Learning Center for appointed agencies.

Sircon Corp. announced the release of its newest web-based compliance service, ProducerEDGE, giving agents, adjusters, customer service representatives and other insurance licensees the ability to manage their own licensure and compliance online.