News for December 2016
- Wisconsin’s AIS Technology, Maryland-Based Kite Tech Merging
- Kansas County Agrees to $48K Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit
- Wisconsin DNR Backtracks on Climate Change Cause
- California Labor Commissioner Nails Taxi Company for Failure to Carry Comp
- Mississippi Officials Worry About Future Opioid-Related Problems
- Texas Feed Manufacturer Fined Nearly $92K for Health, Safety Violations
- Homes Evacuated in Detroit Suburb after Sewer Collapse Causes Sinkhole
- Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate for Q1 2017
- Texas Mutual: Judge Upholds State Regulation of Air Ambulances
- Washington Lawsuit Says Special Needs Student Sexually Abused by 3 Students
- Canada’s Fairfax Gets Approval to Buy 51% of India’s Catholic Syrian Bank
- Expert: Remote Nevada Earthquakes Big Enough to Cause $1B in Damage
- How Flood Risk in U.S. Is Changing: Increasing in North, Decreasing in South
- Top 10 ‘Most Ridiculous’ Lawsuits of 2016: Chamber of Commerce
- General Motors Sued over Fire Causing $450K in Damage to Pennsylvania Homes
- Why Free Market Believers Should Naturally Accept Climate Change Science
- Chinese M&A to Continue Despite Regulatory, Policy Hurdles: A.M. Best
- New York Announces Health Insurance Reforms to Combat Opioid Crisis
- Maine Town to Consider Pot Moratorium After Vote to Legalize
- Markel to be Honored as 2016 Insurance Leader Of The Year in New York
- Bangladesh Police Detail How Insiders May Have Aided Cyber Bank Heist
- China Unveils Plans to Allow More Foreign Financial Services Investments
- Investigators Conclude Crushed Kentucky Miner Not Wearing Safety Device
- Republicans Ready to Repeal Obamacare, Work Out Replacement Later
- How Agents Feel About Their Compensation from Carriers… and Other Matters
- Hospital That Treated Florida Toddler Who Swallowed Battery Sued by Family
- Injury Crashes Involving Texting, Driving Decrease in Oklahoma
- Indiana Slow to Address Expired Rules Drafted after Stage Collapse
- Report: Operator Error Caused 2015 Wisconsin Train Derailment
- Trump vs. California Climate Battle Brewing
- Robberies Surge in 2016, Ending Downward Trend in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 2 Hurt in Explosion at Northern Oklahoma Manufacturing Plant
- Historic Flooding Prompts Uptick in Flood Policies in South Louisiana
- California DIR Releases Overview of Upcoming New Laws
- New Year’s Day Is Deadliest For Alcohol-Related Crashes: IIHS
- Why Young Insurance Agents Are So Optimistic
- Fidelity National Unit Reported Close to Settlement Over Robo-Signing
- Crystal & Co. Names Weiss Managing Director in Southern California
- Markel International Names Brown & Larson to Equine & Livestock Team
- Obamacare Individual Market Profitability Outlook Improving, Says S&P
- Families Remember Deadly North Texas Tornado
- USI Taps Lang as Practice Leader in Southern California
- Report: Vast Majority of Surplus Lines Filings in Texas Come in on Time
- Wisconsin Company Cited in Teen’s Machine Shop Death
- R&Q Completes Novation with Captive Owned by Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Assoc.
- XL Catlin Adds Clinical Trials Solution for Life Science Clients in Germany
- Security Weaknesses Found at Smartphone-Only, Fintech-Startup N26
- 33% of Canadians Admit to ‘Dangerous Habit’ of Texting at Red Lights
- New York Town Scrambling to Replace Vehicles Destroyed by Fire
- Family of New Jersey Train Crash Victim Files Notice of Intent to Sue
- United Settles Lawsuit Over Safety Hazards at New Jersey Airport
- Northern Indiana City Expanding Efforts to Deal with Underground Vault Threat
- Greenberg Traurig Adds Gausewitz to Insurance Regulatory Practice in California
- Kansas Mom’s Medical Pot Suit Dismissed by Federal Judge
- 83 Vehicles Broken Into on Christmas at Southwest Florida Hotels
- West Virginia Settles Opioid Lawsuits Against 2 More Drug Distributors
- Unlicensed Miami Public Adjuster Arrested for $100K Water Claims Scam
- Alabama Establishes New Mitigation Discounts for IBHS Fortified Structures
- CEA Reports No Claims So Far from Nevada Quake
- Widow of Pilot Killed in Washington Crash Files Suit against Aircraft Companies
- New Mexico Regulators Approve Reopening of Troubled Nuclear Dump
- Chubb Expands Cyber Risk Mitigation Offerings
- Western Kansas Saw 3 Brief Tornadoes Seen On Christmas Day
- Despite Disastrous Flooding, Future of Louisiana Project Remains Murky
- Groups Suing Seattle over Voter-approved Hotel Workplace Safety Measure
- New York State DFS Issues Updated Proposed Cybersecurity Regulation
- A.M. Best Downgrades Golden Insurance, RPG in Nevada
- Celebrity Chefs Flunk Food Safety Test
- Study Shows Growth in Virginia’s Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim
- U.S. Launches Safety Probe of Brakes on 2007-09 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan
- Hannover Re Receives License to Launch Branch in India
- Philippines Hunts for Crew of Ship Sunk by Typhoon Nock-Ten; AIR Comments
- Ex-Players Drop Case to Force NFL to Pay Workers’ Compensation for Concussions
- Christmas Day Fire in Connecticut Blamed on Toy Hoverboard
- Fairfax Plans to Raise $1 Billion in IPO for Fund to Make Africa Investments
- NN Group Agrees to Acquire Dutch Insurer Delta Lloyd for $2.6B
- Judge Upholds Ban on Guns in Delaware State Parks, Forests
- Chubb Names Lambourne as Head of Multinational Claims, Overseas General Insurance
- New Jersey Town Says It’s Not to Blame in Beach Collapse Death
- SCOR Authorized to Open India Branch Office to Write Life, P/C Reinsurance
- Major Travel Booking Systems Vulnerable to Hackers: Researchers
- Update on the Opioid Epidemic in U.S.
- 500-Plus Oceanfront Homes in Florida Still at Risk Months after Matthew
- Brentwood Services Administrators Adds Vinson in North Carolina
- Truck Rolls Away From North Carolina Construction Site, Kills 5-Year-Old Boy
- Bump in Issue of Concealed Carry Permits in Ohio
- Louisiana Meeting to Discuss Flood Spending Plans Set for January
- Indiana Governor-Elect Reappoints Robertson as Insurance Commissioner
- Deadly California Fire Has Artists, Officials Clashing over Safety of Venues
- Oregon Bystander Lawsuit Allowed to Proceed
- New Mexico Farming Firm Expected to Lose $4M over Breach
- Top 12 Insurance Trends and News Stories of 2016: Countdown
- Workers’ Comp Rates in Missouri Expected to Drop Again
- Illinois Governor Names New Insurance Director, Budget Chief
- USGS: Several Quakes, 1 of 3.5M, Struck North Oklahoma
- Florida Church Struggles to Fix Steeple Toppled by Hurricane Matthew
- Blizzards, Ice Storms Wreak Havoc In Midwest Plains
- Central California City Wins $22M from Shell Oil in Toxic Drinking Water Case
- California Mudslide Bursts Through Complex, Displaces 4 Families
- Fleet of Self-Driving Uber Cars Gets Warm Welcome from Arizona Governor
- Young Victim’s Family Brings First Suit in Deadly California Fire
- Uber, Lyft Drivers in Maryland Won’t Have to Submit Fingerprints
- Pollution from New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College Lab Dump Worries Neighbors
- School Transit Company, Owner Charged with Insurance Fraud in Pennsylvania
- Authorities Say Ex-Insurance Agent in New Jersey Stole Clients’ Identities
- Russia Focuses on Pilot or Technical Fault, Not Terrorism, as Plane Crash Cause
- Earthquake in Southern Chile Causes Minor Damage; 4,000 Evacuated
- Israel’s ‘Facebook Law’ Targets Content ‘Liable to Incite’ Terrorism
- Halliburton Settles Securities Fraud Class Action for $100 Million
- Top 10 Personal Auto Insurers and Today’s Market: A.M. Best
- China Vows Cybersecurity Hard Line, Including Use of Military
- Exiting U.S. Mine Safety Chief Hopeful Safety Progress Will Continue
- Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Settle Subprime Mortgage Probes with U.S.
- Report: West Virginia Flooded with Painkillers by Drug Wholesalers
- Risk Strategies Acquires Advanced Insurance Underwriters in Florida
- Beecher Carlson Promotes Lynch to President, Global Energy Practice in Atlanta
- Texas Surplus Office Projects 2016 Increase in Premium, Filings
- Texas Grocery Chain Recalls Raw Shelled Pistachios
- University in Ohio Agrees to Settle Student’s Sex Discrimination Suit
- Chicago Man Sues McDonald’s Arguing ‘Value Meal’ Is No Deal
- State Regulation Report Card: R Street Grades Them from Best to Worst
- South Central Regulation Report Card: Texas’ Grade Rises, Arkansas’ Drops
- Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
- Southeast Regulation Report Card: North Carolina Flunks; Florida, South Carolina Dispute Grades
- West Regulation Report Card: California Most Politicized State
- Ohio Jury Hits DuPont with $2M Ruling over Teflon-making Chemical
- East Regulation Report Card: Vermont Ranks Best for 3rd Straight Year
- Activist Kids in Washington Allowed to Go Forward with Climate Case
- Uber Capitulates, Takes Self-driving Cars off Streets of San Francisco
- Brexit Threatens 10% of London’s Financial Jobs: City of London Corp. Official
- Hong Kong Agents, China Insurers Face Tech-Related Disruptions: 2017 Predictions, Part 4
- Startup Insurer Lemonade Is Going National; Files for Licenses Countrywide
- Ex-Nanny for Penguins Player in Pennsylvania Gets 5-Year Federal Sentence
- Vermont Governor-Elect Reappoints Commissioner Pieciak
- New York Financial Regulator to Delay Cyber Security Rules
- 6.4 Million Have Signed Up for Obamacare Since Nov. 1, Says HHS
- All Risks to Provide E&O Coverage to PIA of Florida Members
- Trump Taps Billionaire Icahn, Activist Investor and Dodd-Frank Critic, as Regulation Advisor
- Hiscox UK Taps AIG’s White as London Regional Mgr, Professional & Specialty Lines
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Louisiana’s Group Insurance Associates
- Google Confidentiality Agreement Is Unlawful, Claims Employee in Lawsuit
- Data Breaches of Internet Giants & Online Services Pose Major 2017 Cyber Threats
- China’s Regulator Toughens Insurer Licensing Requirements: Sources
- Wal-Mart to Pay $75K to Settle Illinois Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
- Oklahoma Near the Bottom in U.S. Health Rankings, High in Uninsured
- Jewelers Mutual Insurance Adds Sieman as CFO, Treasurer
- Kentucky Business Owner Gets Jail Time for Environmental Violations
- New Alabama Storm Shelters to Open for Tornado Season
- U.S. Regulators Order Action to be Taken for North Dakota Oil Spill
- New York Regulates Crime Insurance Underwriting of Firms Hiring Ex-Convicts
- USI Names Lang Commercial Insurance Leader in Southern California
- New Mexico’s Mountain States Mutual to Merge with Donegal Mutual
- California Attorney General Sues Feds in Offshore Fracking Challenge
- Oklahoma Creates Fracking Guidelines with Goal of Reducing Quake Risk
- Lawmakers OK Uber, Lyft to Operate in New Jersey
- New Hampshire Town Seeks Municipal Water from City after Coakley Rejection
- Prosecutors Won’t Use Suspect’s Statement in New York, New Jersey Bombing Case
- Alliant Hires Bothwell in Massachusetts to Expand Its Energy and Marine Group
- Record Number of Miners Being Diagnosed with Black Lung Disease
- Emerging Risks/Markets Offer New Opportunities: 2017 Predictions, Part 3
- VW Claims Costs in U.S. for Emissions Scam Top $17 Billion with More to Come
- Twitter, Google, Facebook Sued by Orlando Shooting Victims’ Families
- Hamilton Underwriting Appoints Novae’s Holland as Claims Director
- Zhongan Online P&C Insurance Pulls H.K. IPO Plans; China Listing Eyed: Sources
- Canada to Ban All Products Containing Asbestos by 2018
- Europe’s Insurers, Pensions Seek Higher Yields via Infrastructure Investments
- German Police Resume Hunt for Killer in Christmas Market Terrorist Attack
- XL Catlin Launches Active Assailant, Terrorism Threat Coverage
- CNA Appoints Riza VP, Corporate Development
- Report: Eastern Kentucky Sees Spike in Severe Black-Lung Cases
- Police Testify Driver in Deadly Tennessee School Bus Crash was Speeding
- How Santa Shapes Up as Role Model for Health and Safety
- Tennessee Joins International Information Exchange Agreement
- Liabilities Mount in Wake of Sioux Falls Building Collapse
- Ohio Court: No Permanent Partial and Total Disability Benefits for Same Claim
- Higginbotham Expands with Insurance Associates of the Southwest Merger
- Austin Insurance Professionals Collect Money, Groceries for Food Bank
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires National Ethics Bureau in California
- Acrisure Acquires Alaska USA Insurance Brokers’ Commercial, Benefits Business
- Enstar Launches Bermuda Specialty Reinsurer KaylaRe; Packer Appointed CEO
- New Orleans Settles Katrina Police Action Civil Rights Cases for $13M
- Work-Related Fatalities in Minnesota Rose 12% in 2015
- USI Acquires Austin-Based Employee Benefits Firm, Ball Peoples
- Court Order Can’t Stop Stray Golf Balls from Hitting Pennsylvania Home
- 2017 Predictions for Insurtech, Australia D&O & India Cyber Insurance, Part 2
- Florida Uber Driver Shoots, Kills Would-Be Robber
- Wyoming Refiner Pays $655K for Asbestos Cleanup
- Los Angeles County Email Hack Exposes Data of 750K people
- Art University to Settle for $60M with San Francisco
- Credit Suisse Facing $5-$7 Billion Penalty by U.S. for Toxic Mortgage Securities
- QBE North America Appoints Hill as CFO in New York City
- Maine’s BroGue Insurance Under New Ownership
- 10th Annual IICF Northeast Charitable Gala in New York Raises Record $1.4M
- Kaplansky Insurance of Massachusetts Acquires R.P. Ahearn Insurance
- Republicans Prepare Assault on Obama’s Final Regulations
- Greenlight Capital Re CEO Hedges to Step Down in March 2017
- XL Catlin Extends Partnership with Kidnap Response Specialist S-RM
- Terrorism May Be Motive in Berlin Christmas Market Killings; RMS Comments
- Climate Scientists Coming to Terms with Skeptical Trump Administration
- Vertus Insurance Launches Supplemental Catastrophe Insurance in Florida
- Alabama Governor Forms Task Force to Tackle Opioid Abuse
- Dolly Parton Telethon Raises $9M for Tennessee Wildfire Victims
- Percentage of Non-Subscribers in Texas Workers’ Comp System Falls
- Guidewire to Acquire Insurance Cloud Software Firm ISCS for $160 Million
- Illinois Large Workers’ Comp Deductible Rules Approved
- Chicago-Area Insurance Agency Owner Fatally Shot While Driving Home
- Study: Cumulative Trauma Claims in California Comp Affected by Attorneys
- Texas Issues Mandatory Data Call to Property/Casualty Insurers
- Parents Blame Hospital in Death of Kansas Girl with Viral Meningitis
- Corpus Christi Chemical Leak Reported Week Before Public Warned
- Ohio Insurer Disclosure Bill Passed by Legislature
- Needing More Work, Minot’s Flooded Home Buyout Policy on Hold
- Court Rules Florida Workers’ Comp Rate Hike to Remain, For Now
- Weekend Freeze Causes Hundreds of Wrecks in North Carolina
- Confie Acquires Oasis Insurance in Arizona
- California Attorney General Warns Uber over Self-Driving Cars
- QBE Insurance Group Names Regan CEO, Australia & New Zealand Operations
- QBE North America Names Liberty Mutual’s Hill as Chief Financial Officer
- JLT Re Acquires StoneHill Reinsurance Partners
- How Much Do Health Insurance Subsidies Cost Taxpayers?
- Newline Group Establishes Branch Office (and EU Platform) in Germany
- Vermont to Study Environmental Risks of Proposed Rail Tunnel
- Snow Affects Travel in Southern New England
- New York Man Sentenced to 60 Years for Killing Fiancee for Insurance
- Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Advises Preparation for Winter Weather
- U.S. Investigators Blame Autopilot in Facebook’s Big Drone Crash
- XL Catlin Invests $4M in Insurtech Microinsurance Startup, Stonestep
- Anthem-Cigna Merger Trial Pits Efficiency Claims vs. Loss of Competition Claims
- AXIS Capital’s London Office to Move to ‘The Scalpel,’ New Tower Near Lloyd’s
- Aspen Appoints Thornton as Group Chief Operating Officer
- Battle Over Property Claims and Litigation in Texas Set to Continue in 2017
- Canada’s Fairfax to Buy Switzerland’s Allied World for $4.9B in Cash, Stock
- Brexit Opportunities, More M&A: Clyde & Co.’s 2017 Predictions, Part 1
- Brentwood Services Administrators Promotes Saldana in Tennessee
- West Virginia AG Sues Pharmacy for Role in Fueling State’s Opioid Crisis
- Restoration Company Suing West Virginia’s New Gov Over Unpaid Flood Cleanup Bills
- Delaware Court Delays Patriot National Dividend, Stock Repurchase Plans
- California Worker Fatalities up in 2015, Report Shows
- California Workers’ Comp Division Files Medical Fee Schedule Amendment
- National Association of Insurance Commissioners Elects 2017 Officers
- North Carolina Lawmakers Approve $200M for Matthew, Fire Relief
- Judge Tosses Louisiana Governor’s Anti-Discrimination Executive Order
- OSHA Investigating Kansas Oil-Drilling Blast That Injured 5
- Louisiana Insurance Department Chief Actuary Honored by NAIC
- Tennessee Insurance Commissioner McPeak Elected NAIC President-Elect
- Texas Mutual Offers Guidance on New OSHA Rules
- California Commissioner Issues Anti-Steering Regulations
- Wisconsin Commissioner Elected President of NAIC for 2017
- Possible Petroleum Contamination Prompts Tap Water Warning in Corpus Christi
- HUB International Promotes 4 Midwest Executives
- California Vs. Uber in Legal Bout over Self-driving Cars
- Yahoo’s Cyber Breach Adds to Age of Hacker Anxiety
- Former Gunpowder Plant Owner to Surrender $65K in Maine Case
- Recreational Marijuana Law Takes Effect in Massachusetts
- 2017 Changes to Used Car Dealer Bonds in New York
- Company Cited After Worker’s Arm Inflated in Massachusetts
- Here’s Some Litigation to Go with That Christmas Cheer
- Novae Taps Mitsui Sumitomo’s Steadman as Head of Cargo
- Re/Insurers’ Fundamentals Begin to Erode in Challenge-Filled Market: A.M. Best
- Hartford’s Execs Make Plea to End ‘Real Issue, Real Pain’ of Distracted Driving
- Turkey’s Akbank Faces Possible $4M Liability After Cyber Attack – But It’s Insured
- Investigators Find Traces of Explosives on Victims of EgyptAir Crash
- Germany’s Cyber Security Watchdog Urges Yahoo Users to Switch Email Providers
- Allianz Eyes Purchasing Generali’s French Operations: Sources
- Mississippi Supreme Court Weighing Injured Contract Workers’ Right to Sue
- Top Florida Stories of 2016: Florida’s Evolving Flood Market
- Is Climate Change Causing Colder Weather and More Snow in Eastern U.S.?
- Origami Acquires Utah-based Workers’ Comp Form Provider Claimwire
- California’s Workers’ Comp Division Posts Adjustments to Medical Fee Schedule
- Oklahoma, Texas Insurance Commissioners Elected to NAIC Leadership Posts
- Appeals Court in Ohio Revives Claims in Notre Dame Concussion Suit
- 10 Hospitalized After Gas Leak at Ohio Nursing Home
- Failed $1M Insurance Plot Leads to 5-Year Sentence for Texas Pair
- Democrats Question Performance of Iowa’s Privatized Medicaid System
- INSURICA, DFB Insurance Group Forge Partnership
- Missouri’s Grundy County Farmers Mutual, CFM Insurance to Merge
- Amerisure Promotes Buddie, Maciejewski to Director Positions
- Data Provider Location Inc. Gets California Department of Insurance OK
- False Claims Settlements in 2016 Top $4.7 Billion: Justice Department
- Moderate Quake Shakes California’s Central Coast
- California Orders Uber to Halt Self-Driving Operations
- Metromile: New App Resolves Some Claims in an Hour
- SCOR Launches Contingent Capital Facility as Solvency Cover After Major Cat Event
- Maine-Based MEMIC’s Founding President and CEO to Retire in 2017
- Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Patent Litigants’ ‘Friendly Court’ Shopping
- U.S. Issues New Safety Rules for Underground Gas Storage Facilities
- Allstate Continues Its Technology Drive, Invests in Autonomous Vehicle Research at Stanford
- XL Catlin Enhances Wording for Fine Art & Specie Offering in Europe
- RenRe Chief Investment Officer & Treasurer to Leave, Succeeded by Brosnan & Dutt
- Vermont Ski Resort Owner Suing Insurer to Fund Defense in Fraud Case
- 13 New York City Workers Arrested in $500K Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Maine-Based Cross Insurance Acquires Colt Insurance of Massachusetts
- More UK Insurers Consider Move to Ireland for Europe HQs: Central Bank
- Insured Cat Losses in 2016 Totaled $49B, with $158B of Economic Costs: Swiss Re
- Yahoo Warns 2nd Hack Exposed 1 Billion Users in Largest Data Breach in History
- Top Florida Stories of 2016: McCarty Resigns as Commissioner, Altmaier Takes the Reins
- Tennessee Wildfire Damage Estimated at $500M
- 52 Million Americans Under Age 65 Have Pre-Existing Health Conditions: Kaiser
- Another Worker Dies From October Pipeline Explosion in Alabama
- Insurer Community Investments in California Earn $10M in Tax Credits
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