The Insurance Council of Texas's education foundation awarded five scholarships totaling $7,500 to insurance and risk management students at the University of Texas at Dallas earlier this month.

The Austin, Texas-based property and casualty insurance trade association also provided funding to help establish a chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma, an international fraternity for students of insurance, risk management and actuarial science, at the Dallas university.

Tony Gonzalez, president of the ICT Education Foundation, said UT Dallas is quickly becoming one of the state's top universities in producing sought-after insurance and risk management graduates. 

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Trudy Knockless

Trudy Knockless is a reporter on ALM Media's Business of Law desk.  She has a background serving legal and insurance publications. Contact her at [email protected] or on LinkedIn at Trudy Knockless.