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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Oxendine life insurance settlement good news for some
Special to the Journal
Insurance Commissioner
John W. Oxendine announced
this past week that a settle
ment with a life insurance
group offers additional ben
efits to African-American
consumers who bought life
insurance policies at higher
rates than policies sold to
whites.
The settlement applies to
policies issued between 1928
and 1960 that were still in
force after Dec. 31, 1959.
Though race-based pricing
was discontinued in policies
sold after 1960, death and
surrender benefits for many
older policies were never
adjusted.
The settlement is with
Americo Life, Inc., which
now owns the 55 insurance
companies that originally
sold the policies. For each
person who is identified as
a holder of an eligible policy,
the company will add 25 per
WR native/IIGA
student receives
apprenticeship
ByJOELLE WALLS
Contributed
University of Georgia
undergraduate Joseph
Rimando of Warner Robins
is part of a group of 24
freshmen and sophomores
selected to participate in a
research apprentice program
sponsored by the Center for
Undergraduate Research
Opportunities during the
2007-2008 academic year.
Through the CURO
Apprentice Program, UGA’s
Honors Program has been
promoting these research
partnerships at the onset of
college so that the students
can delve right into their
fields of interest and explore
various options of their cho
sen career paths.
Rimando, a biochem
istry major, is working in
the laboratory of Georgia
Research Alliance Eminent
Scholar Ralph Tripp in
UGA’s College of Veterinary
Medicine. He is investigat
ing why a respiratory viral
pathogen human metapneu
movirus in a mouse lung tis
sue persists after the initial
recovery. He is also trying
to identify the cell'receptors
that the virus attaches to
when it infects cells. After
graduating from UGA in
2011, Rimando would like to
attend medical school so that
he can become a cardiologist
one day. He is a graduate of
Warner Robins High School.
“We have Honors students
who choose UGA rather
than other top schools in
the country because of the
opportunities to do research
early in their career,” said
David S. Williams, direc
tor of the Honors Program.
“As the CURO Apprentice
Program continues to grow
in stature and reputation,
we are examining how we
can further maximize the
two-year apprenticeship.
For example, this year the
Honors Program supported
14 CURO Apprentices’ trav
el to present posters and oral
presentations at a national
conference.”
As part of the program, the
apprentices attend a weekly
interdisciplinary seminar
with a strong writing compo
nent that focuses on issues
and methods related to con
ducting research. Invited
speakers such as Jay Hakes,
director of the Jimmy Carter
Library in Atlanta, provide
an expert perspective on
timely national topics and
encourage further debate
and discussion among the
apprentices.
Students in the program
receive additional support
from teaching assistants, for
mer apprentices who exem
plified outstanding leader
ship during their time in
the program. These teaching
assistants lead small groups
each week in which the cur
rent apprentices can receive
more in-depth student
viewpoints about the topics
addressed in the seminars.
cent to the face amount of
the policy. All valid claims
under this settlement will be
honored for a period of four
years.
“If you have one of these
policies or are the beneficiary
of such a policy, you may
be entitled to additional free
insurance or a cash payment,
even if the policy has already
been terminated,” Oxendine
said. “I’m glad we will be
able to offer this settlement
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'll you have one of these policies or are
the beneficiary of such a policy, you may
be entitled to additional free insurance
or a cash payment, even if the policy has
already been terminated.”
- Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine
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a website in order to assist
individuals who believe that
they may be eligible for addi
tional benefits as part of the
settlement. The settlement
and a list of the companies
are available at the Insurance
Commissioner’s website,
www.gainsurance.org.
Oxendine said Georgia was
part of a group of five states
that negotiated the agree
ment on behalf of members
of the National Association
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of Insurance Commissioners.
The other states included
Texas, Florida, California,
and Ohio.
The affected policies were
mostly small face amount life
insurance, commonly known
as industrial life or burial
policies. In many cases this
coverage was sold to African-
Americans at a higher cost,
or with lesser benefits,
than similar policies sold to
whites.
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