“I don’t think insurance companies are notorious anti-gun liberals,” said Mark Tallman, associate executive director for the Kansas Association of School Boards, “so we think they’ve got good reasons for not doing it.”As proposals to arm teachers sweep across the nation, insurance companies are being forced to weigh the risks of these controversial plans. Texas appears to have taken the lead on arming teachers, with more than 170 districts opting for policies that allow trained teachers or staff to carry firearms. That immediately led EMC Insurance to announce it would rather exit the school insurance market than cover armed teachers and staff. Tallman, with the school board association in Kansas, said that’s partly because most school boards are not interested in arming teachers. Ken Trump, a school safety expert, said insurance companies can sometimes be too conservative in assessing risks, but he agreed with the industry’s reluctance to support the move toward armed teachers.

Source: Washington Post May 26, 2018 22:36 UTC