News for August 2016
- ICW in California Names Guthrie Vice President of Customer Experience
- Woodruff-Sawyer Names Meister Assistant Vice President in Southern California
- Brightway, Preston Trail Adds Estrada And Wyatt-Crawford in Texas
- Tropical Weather System Approaches Southeast States
- How Florida Insurers Can Prepare for Claims from a Major Hurricane
- Amtrak Wins Partial Appeal to Recoup Insurance for Sandy Repairs
- Iowa in Middle of Debate Over ‘Shadow Insurance’ Deals
- Elderly Healthcare in APAC to Cost $20 Trillion-Plus over Next 15 Years: Marsh
- XL Catlin Updates Active Assailant Cover to Include Use of Road Vehicles in Attack
- Sompo Canopius Launches U.S. Ocean Marine Unit; Hires XL Catlin’s Ellis to Head
- Consortium and Kansas County Announce Drone Emergency Response Deal
- Dubai International Financial Centre Grows 16%, Despite Economic Slowdown
- Pot Club Petition to Enable Denver Tourists to Partake Insufficient for Ballots
- University of Colorado Business School Settles Discrimination Suit for $40k
- Farmers Insurance in California Names Elliott Head of Human Resources
- Pennsylvania’s Henderson Brothers Hires Grealish as a Consultant
- New Jersey High Court Rules in Favor of CGL Coverage for Subcontractor Faulty Workmanship
- Private Firms Added 177K Jobs in August; Economy Nears Full Employment
- New Hampshire Encourages Proper Coverage for College Students This Fall
- Fire Destroys 19th Century Massachusetts Farmhouse
- Hiscox Sells Hong Kong Division of DirectAsia to Well Link Group Holdings
- Fosun Plans IPO of Healthcare Assets
- Typhoon Lionrock Makes Landfall in Japan, Bringing Landslides, Floods & Deaths
- Judge Denies Another Trump Bid to Block Fraud Lawsuit Against University
- Monsanto Whistleblower Gets $22 Million
- Homes Evacuated, 7 Workers Treated After Chemical Interaction at North Carolina Plant
- ARH Hospitals in Kentucky, West Virginia, Hit by Computer Virus
- More Than 1K Bee Hives Stolen From Florida Bee Farmers
- Bus Driver in Fatal Louisiana Wreck Previously Cited for Lack of License
- Group Asks Arkansas Court Asked to Block Measure on Medical Lawsuit Caps
- Iowa Agency Proposes Fine for Theme Park over Safety Issue
- Nearly 60K New Orleans Homes Moving Out of High-Risk Flood Zone: CoreLogic
- Dill Joins Higginbotham as Commercial Broker in Houston
- 10 Insurance News Reports from 10 Years Ago
- Allianz Launches Inland Marine Cargo Insurance Product
- Lubbock, Texas Settles Federal Police Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit
- Opposing Sides File Briefs in Challenge to Oklahoma’s Work Comp Opt-Out
- Milwaukee Brewers Sued by Woman Hit by Baseball
- 2 Dead, 36 Hurt in Louisiana After Bus Hits Fire Truck, Other Vehicles
- O’Donnell Promoted to Senior VP, Risk Practices at Hylant
- Dakota Access Pipeline Worker Killed in Accident, Official Says
- Woman High on Drugs and Driving on Wheel Rim Sparked California Wildfires
- Brexit Vote Prompts Inquiries from Insurers Weighing Opening Offices in Dublin
- Restaurant Programs of America Taps Enos as VP of Sales in California
- Low Interest Rates Pose Unknown Risks for European Insurers: CEO of Gjensidige
- Hospital Surgery Rates for Workers’ Compensation Vary Widely
- How Public Universities Are Transferring Risks to Private Sector
- Governor Cuomo Reviewing Bill to Establish Fines for New York Airbnb Users
- UK’s Aviva to Hire JPMorgan’s Singh to Head Global M&A, Source Says
- Tokio Marine in Talks to Acquire RHB’s Non-Life Insurance Unit: Sources
- Asian Regulatory Changes Could Hike Demand for Local Reinsurance: Fitch
- Brazil Mine Disaster Caused by Poor Drainage & Design of Tailings Dam: Report
- 4 Cyber Risk Misconceptions Popular with Midsized Firms
- Lawsuit Filed After Railing Collapse Injures 17 at New Jersey Snoop Dogg Concert
- P/C Insurers Must Improve Underwriting Amid Competitive Pressures: Fitch
- A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Florida-Based American Capital Assurance
- Tennessee OSHA Head Says Spike in State Worker Deaths ‘Alarming’
- North Carolina’s Fort Bragg Launches Program to Tackle Aggressive Driving
- Obama Signs Kentucky Disaster Declaration for July Storm Damage
- California Insurance Agent Nabbed for Fraud Scheme Involving 100-plus Policies
- State Insurance Commissioners Name New Jersey’s Hartt to Financial Oversight Panel
- Lockton Opens New Oregon Operation, Names McClave Producer
- ADM Settles Ponzi Scheme Suit by Missouri Farmers; Terms not Disclosed
- Arkansas Judge: Hospital Can’t Be Blamed in Suit Over Woman’s Medical Records
- Analysis: Louisiana Will Need Congress to Help After Flooding
- Court: Michigan Car Insurance Fund Public but Records Can Be Withheld
- New Illinois Law Makes Insurance Companies Find, Pay Beneficiaries
- Louisiana Flood Victims Eligible for State Sales Tax Refunds
- Truck Hauling Takata Air Bag Inflators to Texas Site Explodes; 1 Killed
- Lawyers for Washington Landslide Victims Accuse State of Fraud
- Family of Arizona Instructor Killed by Girl with Uzi Sues Gun Range
- Court Sides with California-based Grocer Trader Joe’s in Knockoff Suit
- Navigators Appoints New Leadership for Claims Operations
- Earth Gains Coastal Land Areas as Man-Made Expansion Outpaces Sea Level Rise
- AIG, Chubb, XL Lead in $1 Billion U.S. Cyber Insurance Market: Fitch
- Integro Expands Reinsurance Presence in Latin America with HRL Alliance
- Judge Grants Uber’s Request to Put New York Price Fixing, Arbitration Lawsuit on Hold
- CNA Hardy Builds Financial Institutions Team with Goodair & Bazell Appointments
- Woman Dies After Falling 35 Feet From Zip Line Ride at a Delaware State Park
- Would-Be Drone Pilots Flock to Take First U.S. Licensing Test
- Typhoon Lionrock Expected to Hit Japan’s Tohoku Region, Site of 2011 Tsunami
- U.S. Proposes Requiring Speed Limit Devices on Trucks, Buses
- GM Is Winning Ignition-Switch Defect Trials
- USAIG Launches Safety Program for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- How One Big Bank Is Targeting Millennials by Mobilizing Car Buying, Financing
- Sinkhole 2 Lanes Wide Opens on Miami Turnpike
- Country Fresh Vegetables Recalled from Southeast Stores
- Bystanders Hold up Collapsing Roller Coaster in Georgia, Save 6 Kids
- Starr Companies Opens Nashville Office, Hires Ponder as Branch Manager
- Metal Theft Remains an Expensive Problem for Insurance Industry
- Outlooks for Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Revised to Positive: A.M. Best
- Caltrans Settles Lawsuit over Construction Site Death
- Mobile Homes, not Travel Trailers, Headed to Louisiana after Deadly Flooding
- Sex Toys in Hand, Univ. of Texas Students Rally Against Campus Carry Gun Law
- At Least 12 Tornadoes in Indiana, Ohio Damage Homes, Businesses
- Illinois, Missouri Handle Problem of Uninsured Drivers Differently
- IIAD’s Land Named InVEST Volunteer of the Year
- Washington Fines Regence BlueShield, Asuris Northwest Health $750K
- How to Catch a Lie? Try Group Questioning
- London Financial Groups Losing Faith in Quick Fix to Get EU Access After Brexit
- Everest Re Completes Crop Insurer Sale to CGB Diversified Services
- New York’s Crystal & Co. Hires Ackley as Client Consultant
- Jain Tells General Re to Get Leaner and Lower Costs
- Massachusetts Hospitals Saw a 60% Increase in Medical Errors Last Year
- Connecticut Working to Improve Farm Safety After E. Coli Outbreak at Local Farm
- More Jobs in Economy Means More Bad Drivers on Roads
- Questions, Research on Possible Synthetic Turf Link to Athletes’ Cancer Continue
- Most Italians Uninsured for Earthquake as Economic Cost of Tremblor Mounts
- ‘Xuber for MGAs’ Platform Delivered for Castel Underwriting
- Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) Leads Motorists to Check Social Media While Driving
- Anbang’s Hong Kong IPO Should Lift Veil on Chinese Group’s Low Profile Backers
- Allied World Bermuda Appoints Chow as Senior VP, Professional Lines
- Italy Quakes Could Lead to Limited Insured Losses: RMS & AIR Worldwide
- Florida Woman Caught Faking Injury in Attempt to Collect Workers’ Comp Payments
- New IronPro Enhancement Covers Costs of Reissuing Compromised Credit Cards
- 8 West Virginia Counties Remain Under State of Emergency From June Floods
- CNA Unveils New D&O Liability Side A-DIC Insurance Policy
- 2 Mississippi Communities Declared Ineligible for Federal Flood Aid
- Students in Georgia Residence Hall Displaced by Flood
- AIR Worldwide: 20 Parishes, More than 60K Homes Impacted by Louisiana Flooding
- Hub International West Region Adds Salazar as Chief Compliance Officer
- Allstate Offers Home-Sharing Insurance Endorsement in Michigan
- California Lawmakers Vote for Extension of Climate Change Law
- 28 Buses Damaged in School District Garage Fire in Washington
- Missouri Group Wants Tougher Penalties for Vehicle/Pedestrian Accidents
- A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Texas-Based State National Group
- Honolulu Paid $9.7M to Settle Police Lawsuits, Report Shows
- Former Oklahoma Insurance Agents Charged with Exploiting Elderly Man
- Court: Out-of-State License Plates Alone Don’t Justify Kansas Search
- Missouri Insurance Department Expects Lower Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
- M.J. Kelly Co.-Texas Adds Fonseca as Marketing Representative
- Jamsa Joins Generali Global Assistance Digital Protection Services
- As Economy Improves, More Employees Look Elsewhere
- Marsh & McLennan Launches Asia Pacific Risk Center in Singapore
- New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Paralyzed Waterpark Visitor Can Proceed with Gross Negligence Suit
- Starr Companies Expands with Nashville, Pittsburgh Offices, Leaders
- AAA Cautions: Not All Automatic Braking Systems Are Alike
- Norwegian Insurer Eyes First Sale of Industry’s Riskiest Bonds
- New Day Underwriting Managers of New Jersey Hires Giquinto to Real Estate Group
- New Jersey Catholic School Settles Sexual Abuse Allegations for $1.9M
- World’s Longest Aircraft, Airlander 10, Crash-Lands After Test Flight in England
- Rhode Island Fire Marshal Offers $5K Reward for Information on July Arson Fires
- New Arizona Pot Dispensary Licenses Draw Hundreds of Applicants
- Las Vegas Scaffolding Collapse Kills Construction Worker
- First Driverless ‘Robo-Taxi’ Hits Singapore’s Streets in Limited Public Trial
- How Monsanto’s Climate Unit Is Changing Risk Profile of Farmers
- New Zealand Claims World’s First Pizza Delivery by Drone
- XL Catlin Names Chow as Senior U/W, Political Risk & Trade Credit, Asia Pacific
- Hylant Names Timmel as VP for Cyber, Technology Risk Practice
- Fitbit Did Not Steal Jawbone’s Trade Secrets, Trade Judge Rules
- Uber Opposes Employee Status But Offers Its Freelance Drivers Retirement App
- Opioid Overdoses in Florida County Jump 75% in 2016
- North Carolina Town to Expand Traffic Cameras After Collecting $1.3M in Fines
- Brown & Brown Florida Office Denies EEOC Allegations of Pregnancy Discrimination
- Missouri Non-Renews Insurance License of Northern Illinois Agency Owner, Again
- West Virginia Begins Demolition of Flood-Ravaged Homes, Plans Town Recoveries
- $352.8M in Damage from July Hailstorm in Colorado
- Washington Governor Declares Emergency in 20 Counties in Wake of Wildfires
- 3 California Entitles Get FEMA Preparedness Awards
- Allied World’s U.S. Cyber Team Adds Glasgow from Travelers
- Endurance Global Risk Solutions Adds Workers’ Comp Product
- Southern Kansas Flood Damage Estimated at $1M
- 3 Charged with Workers’ Comp, Insurance Fraud in Oklahoma
- Thieves Steal Wheels from 48 New Vehicles at East Texas Car Dealer
- 20-Foot Drone Being Tested in North Dakota for Post-Disaster Use
- Many New Orleans Residents to See Lower Flood Insurance Rates
- Wrong Key Fails to Derail Texas GM Ignition Suit
- Weather Service: Flash Floods Pushed Cars off California Desert Highway
- California School District Police Chief Sues over Alleged Retaliation
- California Commissioner Approves Rate Reductions on State Farm Commercial Policies
- Massachusetts-Based Landy Insurance Lands Certified Bookkeepers Group Account
- MetLife U.S. Retail Spinoff Likely Over IPO: RBC Analysts
- Italy Earthquake Unlikely to Trigger 200M Euro Cat Bond Cover: Investors
- Low Prices Ultimately Could Bite London Market Insurers: A.M. Best, PwC Reports
- Lockton Hires Mercer’s Bailey for Washington D.C. Office
- Besnia, Formerly with Chubb, Joins Great American Insurance
- Traffic Fatalities Continue to Rise; Up 9% in First Half of Year
- Vermont Law Tightens Regulation for Consumer Litigation Funding Companies
- Safety Inspections of Thrill Rides Vary by State
- U.K. Lawmakers Call for Ban on Plastic Microbeads, Citing Dangers to Food Chain
- Update: Deadly Quake Hits Central Italy; Death Toll Continues to Rise
- Report: Thousands of South Carolina Flood Victims Still Need Help
- Cause of 27-Car Pileup in Georgia Under Investigation
- Lesbian Sues New Jersey Catholic School Claiming Discrimination Over Firing
- Venture Capital, Traditional Insurer Interest in Insurtech Remains High
- EPIC adds Williford to National Energy Construction Practice in Alabama
- WSJ: AIG May Sell Shares in Lloyd’s Unit Ascot to Canadian Pension Board
- Stoneburner to Retire; Spray to Lead Commercial Lines at Cincinnati Insurance
- Expert Gives Agents C- on Understanding of Cyber Insurance
- McKenna Named CFO at The Plexus Groupe
- Zika Case Found in Florida County Hundreds of Miles From Miami
- NIF Group Launches Program for Luxury Homebuilders in 3 Western States
- Beazley Doubles Environmental Risk Capacity to $50M with Lloyd’s Consortium
- Officials: No Long-Term Impact on Florida Tourism Expected Despite Zika Spread
- Number of Iowa Drivers Penalized for Passing Stopped School Buses Declines
- 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Expects Losses from Louisiana Storms
- Health Official: Zika Virus Could Spread Across U.S. Gulf States
- Flood Claims Mount; FEMA Extends Insurance Renewal Period for Some in Louisiana
- Conyers Appointed Assistant VP, Distribution at CNA
- Midlife Back Pain Traced to Heavy Physical Work Habits in Youth
- Willis Re Taps Aon’s McDowell to Lead Bermuda Unit; Harden as APAC President
- Family of Idaho Beating Death Victim Sues Woman’s Treatment Center
- Oregon Officials Believe Arson Behind 14 Or More Wildfires
- Bill Adding Ridesharing Restrictions in Honolulu Becomes Law
- Hawaii Resort And Crocs Sued over Child’s Escalator Injuries
- AIG Names Leggett-Flynn as Chief Communications Officer
- China’s Anbang Insurance Readies for 2017 IPO: Sources
- Caribbean Cat Facility, CCRIF, Pays Belize for Excess Rain From Hurricane Earl
- Connecticut Man Awarded $10K in Police Brutality Suit
- Girl Bitten by Camel at Virginia Safari Park Gets $155K Settlement
- Wells Fargo Insurance Hires Marsh’s Hahn in New Jersey
- Citigroup, AT&T Agree: No Thanks to Further Litigation
- Court Denies U.S. Bid to Rehear Bank of America ‘Hustle’ Mortgage Program
- Soft Prices May Bring Reinsurer Losses when Typical Cat Levels Return: Execs
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- $6M Settlement Reached for West Virginia Coal Mine Cleanup
- FEMA Claims Mississippi Misused $30M in Funds to Retrofit Homes After Katrina
- Many Railroads Slow to Adopt Safety Technology Even After Deadline Extension
- Tennessee Deputy Commissioner West Elected to National Association of State Fire Marshals
- Texas Doctors Concerned About High Rate of Child Gun Accident Victims
- North Carolina Agent Accused of Submitting Fraudulent Auto Policies to Allstate
- Protecting Vehicles from Cyberattacks Focus of U. of Arkansas Project
- OneBeacon Healthcare Names Craig as President; Promotes Wardell, Toomey
- AAIS Releases New Drone Coverage Forms, Rules Filings Ahead of FAA Regulations
- Analysis: Flooding Intensifies Louisiana’s Financial Woes
- Ohio-Based Hylant Names Miller Executive Risk Practice Leader
- County in Nebraska Seeks Insurance Coverage in Wrong Conviction Case
- Tornado Causes Property Damage in Michigan but No Injuries or Deaths
- Networked in California Names Mallette Personal Lines Director
- Former Delaware Administrative Officer’s Defamation Suit To Move Forward
- Deceased Patient’s Family Sues U of Vermont Medical Center for Malpractice
- Washington RV Salesman Charged on $81K Workers’ Comp Scam
- Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.4M from Pennsylvania Employer
- Lockton Hires Russell for Philadelphia Team
- California Saw $600M in Workers’ Comp Liens Filed by Convicted Providers
- RMS Releases Suite of Europe Inland Flood Risk Data to Open U/W Opportunities
- Massachusetts Tax on Ridesharing to Go to Taxis, Infrastructure
- 66% of Insurers Plan Increased Hiring Over Next Year: Study
- Typhoon Mindulle Batters Tokyo, Bringing Risk of Floods and Landslides
- Lloyd’s Insurer ArgoGlobal Grabs O’Gorman from CNA to Lead Marine Team
- Reinsurers’ Strong Enterprise Risk Management Key to Success – and Survival: S&P
- Study: Bike Helmets Lower Risk of Brain Injuries, Death
- Tennessee’s Hudgens Tapped to Head Southern Workers’ Comp Group
- Nearly $200k Granted to Flood-Damaged Businesses in West Virginia
- Former Students Sue Kentucky Catholic School Over Sexual, Racial Harassment
- Battle Against Forced Arbitration in Financial Contracts Could Take Years
- Failure of Uber Settlement Opens Door for Wage Claims
- Former Travelers CEO Fishman Dies
- RMS: Flood Insurance Uptake Low in Areas Hit Hardest by Louisiana Flooding
- Hanover Launches Pay-As-You-Go Workers’ Comp Coverage
- Texas Lawyer Accused of Fraud in BP Oil Spill Case Acquitted in Mississippi
- Wal-Mart to Pay $90K to Settle Disability Lawsuit
- Stringer Joins All Risks’ South Central Region in New Orleans
- Amtrak to Pay $112K to Settle Seattle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
- Source: Locally Transmitted Zika Virus Found in Miami Beach
- Texas Man in Tesla Autopilot Crash Won’t Sue, But Car Insurer May
- U.S. Court Approves Clean-Up Deals, Executive Bonuses for Peabody
- 86,500 People Affected by Louisiana Floods Seek Federal Aid
- Louisiana Issues Post-Flooding Emergency Insurance Rule
- Nebraska Doctor Opens Membership-Based, Insurance-Free Practice
- Crop Insurance Fraud Leads to 2 Years in Prison for Missouri Farmer
- Hawaii Officials Warn of Raw Food Risk After Hepatitis A Outbreak
- American Family Insurance Signs Singer-Songwriter Legend as Brand Ambassador
- CNA to Merge Central Zone Field Operation Into Others as Vezzosi Retires
- Zurich Insurance (Hong Kong) Appoints Chiu as Head of Global Corporate Division
- Brown, Holmes & Milliken of Maine Hires Freeman
- Massachusetts Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Four Years for Insurance Fraud
- Formal Brexit Talks Likely to Be Triggered in April 2017: UK Officials
- Pennsylvania Councilman to Resign Amid Insurance Fraud Charges Following 2014 Crash
- Judge Nixes $100M Driver Settlement But Uber May Win in End
- Suit Alleges Valeant Ran Secret Prescription Refill Scam
- ‘Kissing Up’ to the Boss Has Unintended Consequences
- Uber Moves Into Self-Driving Truck Lane with Otto Acquisition
- Some Sage Customers Open to Data Breaches Because of Their Own Lax Security
- Towergate Forms £30M, 5-Year Partnership with Yacht Specialist N&G (Zurich Unit)
- American Integrity Insurance Launches Umbrella Coverage for Florida Homeowners
- Alabama Volunteer Firefighter Charged With Arson
- New Jersey Manufacturer Faces $56K in Fines for 10 Workplace Safety Violations
- Massachusetts-Based PMC Insurance Hires Keenan
- South Carolina ‘Irish Traveler’ Community Indicted on Insurance Fraud Charges
- Illinois Contractor, in Default of $268K in Fines, Cited Again for Safety Hazards
- Louisiana Reminds Insurers of Flooded Vehicle Requirements
- Monstrous Southern California Wildfire Displaces More than 80,000
- Tyson Foods Fined $236K for Serious Safety Violations at Texas Plant
- Aspen U.S. Insurance Opens Office in Dallas
- Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced to Federal Prison
- Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction Proposed in Iowa
- Safety Officials: Higher Speeds Causing More Traffic Fatalities in Illinois
- Americans Put Too Much Faith in Homeowners Insurance
- July Continued Earth’s Record-Setting Hot Streak
- Could This New Drug Ease America’s Opioid Crisis?
- Boston Insurance Brokerage’s Lynch Heads Opening of D.C. Office
- Guidewire to Acquire Massachusetts Software Firm FirstBest
- Natural Catastrophes Drive Global Insured Losses to $31B in H1: Swiss Re’s Sigma
- New Jersey’s Holman Insurance Services Acquires Risk Partners
- New York’s Columbia University Faces $100M Lawsuit for Mismanaging Retirement Plan
- Sompo Canopius Names Catlin’s Newman as CEO of APAC & MENA
- China’s Ping An Eyes Overseas Acquisitions, Including in Post-Brexit UK
- Tropical Storm Fiona, 6th Storm of 2016, Forms in Central Tropical Atlantic
- Allianz, AXA Bid for Rights to Sell Products via StanChart Outlets in Asia: Sources
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