Handling school shooting claims. The rise in school shootings raises a number of issues for insurers as administrators grapple with ways to keep their students safe. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018, left 17 students or teachers dead, and an expelled 19-year-old, Nikolas Cruz, in police custody. The shooting triggered a nationwide "Enough is Enough!" march in Washington and across the nation against guns and the National Rifle Association, and Florida's governor, Rick Scott, signed into law new restrictive gun rules.

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