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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tangram rolls out coverage for education and social service institutions
Tangram Insurance Services, in collaboration with Costero Brokers, has introduced a new crisis care insurance offering for education and social service risks. This product is designed to provide coverage for a variety of crisis situations that educational and social service institutions may encounter. It offers coverage for incidents such as on-campus assault, emergency security evacuation, natural disaster evacuation, stalking threats and business interruption. It also extends to child abduction, disappearance, express kidnap, extortion, hostage crises, kidnap, threats and wrongful detention. This product also includes a crisis response extension, which offers coverage for several additional events. The new insurance offering is now available to all brokers appointed by Tangram, with standard coverage limits ranging from $1m to $5m. Tangram programme strategy SVP Tracy Bernard said: "With the passage of California Senate Bill 553 (CA SB 553) last year, requiring all employers in the state to maintain a comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, this new product provides critical coverage to aid in compliance with that bill but also give our clients access to a suite of best-in-class crisis response coverages in a single policy. 'Additionally, since monitoring for compliance with similar regulations typically falls under the scope of Cal/OSHA, an employer's Workplace Violence Prevention Plan will become an important piece of overall workplace safety. We are so excited that our long-term partnerships in the crisis care specialty segment have allowed us to give our brokers access to this product." In December 2024, Tangram launched a multi-line insurance programme tailored for the security guard sector and accessed via the Accelerant Risk Exchange and Service Insurance Companies. "Tangram rolls out coverage for education and social service institutions " was originally created and published by Life Insurance International, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
‘We're worth more': Lawmakers, breast cancer survivors push for more testing, treatment
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A group of Democratic lawmakers joined together on Tuesday not only as Senators and representatives, but as breast cancer survivors. 'Those four words, 'you have breast cancer', changed my life, but they didn't end it,' Representative Mary Belk said of her own diagnosis. They want to help other women. 'Together we're here to bring forward the Save More Tatas Act, a piece of legislation not just built on policy but on lived experience,' Senator Sydney Batch said. Senate Bill 553 does a few things. 'It makes sure that we actually have diagnostic and supplemental imaging for breast cancer that is covered on par with other routine cancer screenings,' Senator Batch, another breast cancer survivor, said. 'This bill also asks to invest $1.5 million to help recruit and retain mammography technologists in rural and underserved areas,' Senator Val Applewhite, another breast cancer survivor, said. In simple terms, the bill expands access to advanced diagnostic screenings and treatments for women across the state, all in an effort to save lives. '14,700 women approximately from North Carolina will have breast cancer this year,' Representative Belk said. 'This bill is about fairness, it's about access and it's about early detection. because catching cancer early can mean the difference between life or death,' Senator Batch said. Similar Senate bills have been introduced in previous sessions and never made it to the floor for a vote. Similar bills have been passed in the House, but then stalled in the Senate. 'Sadly, the insurance companies, not all of them, but some of them, have been extremely resistant and they are the reason this bill has not moved in the Senate,' Senator Batch said. But the women are banding together and say the fight is far from over. 'We are asking to draw attention to the outrageousness of putting a price tag on the life of women in North Carolina, somewhere between $700 and $1,200,' Senator Batch said. 'We're worth more than that.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
