News for February 2017
- 3 Firms Reported in Bidding for USI Insurance; Offers Top $4 Billion
- Worker’s Comp Lien Filing Rules Filed with California Secretary of State
- Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Missouri-Based American Insurance
- Texas Bill Would End ‘Wrongful Birth’ Suits Against Doctors
- Oklahoma Senate OKs Bill Changing Oversight of Online Insurance Verification
- Ratings of Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance, Subsidiary Upgraded
- Willis Towers Watson Taps Qureshi to Lead Midwest Region
- Report: 100s of Deficient Bridges in NE Kansas, NW Missouri
- Q&A: MEMIC Safety Expert on Growth of Ergonomics, Workers’ Comp
- Drone Operator Causes 1,500 Elk to Stampede Through Wyoming Snow
- Washington Attorney General Will Fight if Necessary to Keep State’s Legal Pot
- Utah Senate, House Pass Bill to Let Workers’ Comp Fund Become A Mutual
- Nigeria Insurers Receptive to M&A as Economy Contracts
- Skuld Names Krøger Kjær as Head of Skuld Copenhagen, Succeeding Lehmann
- Takata’s $1 Billion Guilty Plea, Settlement with U.S. Includes Victims’ Fund
- Insurers Caught In Municipal Bond Slump While Awaiting Trump Tax Plan
- The National Weather Service Confirms Tornado in Western Massachusetts
- Six Charged in Death of University of Connecticut Student After Party
- New York-Headquartered Walsh Duffield Companies Relocates Rochester Operations
- Glazer Joins AIG as Deputy Counsel, Corporate Secretary
- Businesses Appeal U.S. Judge’s Ruling Upholding Broker Fiduciary Rule
- Trump Seeks Help from Insurers, Governors in Overhauling Health Insurance
- Verisk Analytics Buys UK-Based Emergent Network Intelligence
- Testing of EU Banks’ Cyber Defenses Needs Common EU Approach: Official
- Laser Attacks Pose ‘Real Threat’ to Aviation Safety: British Pilots’ Association
- Arch Re Launches Gulf Underwriting Entity to Supplement Gulf Re’s Role
- More Than 3K Records Breached at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Florida Man Steals $150K Maserati During Test Drive
- First Florida Bill Addressing AOB Introduced for 2017 Session
- AIG Directors Mull CEO Hancock’s Fate After Disappointing Results
- Cavignac & Associates in California Names Watson Junior Account Executive
- Marsh Launches New Excess Medical Professional Liability Policy Form
- Self-Driving Nissan Car Begins Tests on Streets of London
- Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Oklahoma Pipeline Company to Reimburse Iowa Entities for Spill
- Alliant Adds Gulf Coast Marine Expert, Hood, in New Orleans
- 28 Injured in New Orleans Parade Crash; DWI Suspected
- Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Keeps Growing and Hiring Despite Auto, Reinsurance Blips
- Company Founded by Google Accuses Uber of Autonomous VehicleTheft
- Arizona Senate Votes to Raise Minimum Auto Liability Insurance
- California Governor Calls for $437M in Spending for Flood Control
- Washington Utility Commits to Maintain Low Levels at Lake over Quake Fears
- Police Say Worker Dies After Falling from Roof of Massachusetts Home
- Pennsylvania Doctor Admits to Selling $5M Worth of Prescriptions to Addicts
- New York’s Crystal & Company Hires Giué
- Maine-Headquartered Clark Insurance Promotes Two and Hires One
- Asta Invests in London & Dubai Reinsurance MGA, Arma Underwriting
- Chubb Names Krishnan to Lead Global Accounts; Lakickas Is Division EVP
- Singapore Tightens Rules for Sharing Economy that Could Disrupt Asia Ambitions
- UK, Canada Regulators Sign Agreement to Help Expansion of Fintech Firms
- Intesa Abandons Plans to Buy Generali, Citing Lack of Shareholder Value
- Republicans’ Replacement for Obamacare Taking Shape
- Trump Administration Reviewing Obama’s Autonomous Vehicle Guidance
- Staying Alive: Cutting U.S. Highway Death Rate to Zero
- 12 Children Hospitalized in Kentucky Church Bus Crash
- Paid Claims from Mississippi Tornado Damage Top $31M, And Growing
- Arson Fire Set to Second Florida Mosque in Past 6 Months
- Jury Awards $5M to Man Injured in 2013 Michigan Food Truck Blast
- 18 Kansas Counties Hit by Ice Storm in January to Get Federal Aid
- Officials: Drone Interrupted Texas Wildfire Control Efforts
- Houston Company to Pay $9.5M in Penalties for Oil Platform Blast, Safety Violations
- Texas Bill Seeks Limits on Hailstorm Lawsuits
- Californian Sentenced for Felony Insurance Fraud in Sacramento
- Brinson Takes Over as President of Texas Surplus Lines Assoc.
- Jury: Former Oklahoma Legislator Must Pay Insurer $4.3M in Defamation Case
- Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Trident Marine Managers
- GMI Insurance Taps Falls Lake as Primary Carrier for Auto Programs
- BKS Partners in Florida Partners With D&M Insurance Solutions
- Florida-Based SUNZ Taps Bryant as EVP, Chief Legal Officer
- Proposed Florida Bill Gives Women 10 Years to Sue Doctors Over Abortions
- South Carolina Lawmakers File 10 Bills Aimed at Curbing Opioid Abuse
- AIG Among ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Insurers Trying to Assess Path Forward Under Trump
- UK P&I Clubs Consider Opening EU Outposts in Preparation for Brexit
- EU Lawmakers Call for Law Regulating Rise of Robots, Including Self-Driving Cars
- 6 Years After Fukushima Disaster, Robots Continue Search for Radioactive Fuel
- Security Breach at New York’s Kennedy Airport Unnerves Some Travelers
- Reported Drone Flying Violations Up 46%
- Wrongfully Imprisoned Man Could Get $1.55M from Virginia
- What is Lidar and Why Are Autonomous Car Makers Fighting Over It?
- Massachusetts-Headquartered Eastern Insurance Group Hires Goyer
- Lucky to Be Alive, Calling for a Revolution in Road Safety
- XL Catlin Launches $500,000 Fund for Scientists Researching Ocean Risks
- Helping Small Insurers Sell Cyber Coverage to Small Businesses
- Third Point Re’s Berger to Step Down as CEO, Succeeded by Bredahl
- UK Suspect Arrested in Deutsche Telekom Cyber Attack
- Chubb’s Draper Jumps to Navigators to Head International Casualty
- Now’s the Time to Invest in ’80s-Era Classic Cars
- WestCongress Insurance Services Opens in Detroit
- Oregon Workers’ Comp Provider Sees Big Hike in Slip, Fall Injuries in January
- Watson Joins Cavignac & Associates in San Diego
- Minot, North Dakota, Planning for Launch of Disaster Resilience Program
- Avant Acquires Kansas-Based Supermarket Insurance Group
- Woman Arrested in Connection with 28 California Fires
- Hanover Insurance Restructures Agency Business; Eyes Specialty Expansion
- Michigan Medical Services Firm to Pay $21.5K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
- Judge Won’t Toss Bias Claims Over Louisiana Salon Inspections
- 5 Years of Lawsuit Settlements Cost State of Missouri $52M
- Former Staffer Files Whistleblower Suit Against Louisiana Sheriff
- Tulsa Man Who Assaulted Insurance Adjuster Gets Life Sentence
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wisconsin’s Kelly Financial
- Officials Team Up to Fight Opioid Crisis in Vermont Community
- Con Ed to Pay $153M to Settle New York City Explosion Charges
- How Supreme Court Just Made Things Easier for Patent Infringers
- Maine Lawmaker Wants to Block Car Insurance Hikes Based on Age
- Canadian Broker Network Names Robinson as Chairman, Succeeding Miller
- With Growth of the Gig Economy, States Rethink How Workers Get Benefits
- AXA Chief Rules Out Major Acquisitions Such as Generali
- Investments in Insurtech Expected to ‘Keep Booming’ in 2017: KPMG Report
- Delaware DOI Begins National Search for New Captive Insurance Bureau Director
- Vice Chair of State-Owned People’s Insurance Group of China in Corruption Probe
- Europe’s Windstorm Egon to Cost Insurers an Estimated US$223.3M: PERILS
- Beecher Carlson Names Newell as Managing Director in California
- California Surplus Lines Association Elects Ciardello Chairman of the Board
- China Regulator Puts Brakes on Insurers’ 3-Year, $100-Billion Buying Spree
- EU Solvency II Rules Need ‘Tweaks,’ Not Overhaul: Bank of England
- Miss Kentucky USA Runner-Up Pleads Not Guilty to Arson Charge
- Study Warns on Cumulative Effect of ‘Drip, Drip, Drip’ of Nuisance Flooding
- Federal Appeals Court Rules Florida Doctors Can Ask Patients About Guns
- Orchid Underwriters Rolls Out Admitted Homeowners Products in Alabama
- Reality Star Sues Alaska-Based Reality Show over Safety Claims
- The Path to Let Rideshare Companies into Alaska Not So Smooth
- Chicago Bears Seeking to Limit Players’ Workers’ Comp Benefits
- Louisiana Offers Tax Filing, Payment Extensions for Some Tornado Victims
- Texas Neurosurgeon Gets Life Sentence for Maiming Patients
- Mayor Issues Disaster Declaration for San Antonio After Tornadoes
- Oklahoma Bill Proposes Rules for Medical Marijuana
- Voldico Insurance, Brendanwood Financial Brokerage Form Alliance
- 8K Louisianans Possibly Impacted by Reinsurance Broker’s Data Breach
- QBE Inland Marine Launches Combined Liability Coverage for Motor Carriers
- NCDOI Reports 2016 a Strong Year for North Carolina’s Captive Industry
- Arizona Bill to Axe Required Auto Glass Coverage Appears Dead
- Colorado Wind Storm Deadly, But Not So Costly
- Surprising Facts About Social Security and Medicare
- Hub International Acquires Assets of Employer Resource Group in California
- US-Reports and Canadian Reports Merger Creates Colorado Risk Solutions Firm
- U.S. Keeps on Motoring, Sets Record of 3.2 Trillion Miles in 2016
- Student Allowed Back at New Hampshire Prep School after Sex Case
- Starr’s Pittinger Joins ANV Global Services as Underwriting Director
- AIG to Sell Vermont’s Stowe Mountain Ski Operations After Seven Decades
- Willis Towers Watson Plans to Acquire French Aviation Broker, OAAGC
- All Risks Acquires American Management Advisors in Pennsylvania
- How Technology Is Changing Workers’ Compensation
- Allianz Officially Launches Its Moroccan Subsidiary
- Insured Losses from New South Wales’ Bushfires & Hailstorms Pass US$53.7M
- Ironshore International Hikes Capacity to $400M for Terrorism & Sabotage Cover
- AXIS Insurance Taps Beazley’s Brown to Lead London Market MGA Growth
- Missouri GOP Again Seeking to Limit Liability Lawsuits
- Klenke Named Chief Legal Counsel at Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner’s Office
- The Hidden Cost of Bundling Insurance Policies
- Florida Hospital Company Reaches $5.5M Settlement Over Stolen Patient Info
- Homeowners in South Carolina County Seek Buyout of Flooded Property
- CNA Taps Haas to Lead Florida Branch
- Infogain Names Patterson as Guidewire Head for Insurance Vertical in California
- Despite Increase in Lawsuits, Texas Homeowner Insurance Complaints Remain Low
- Houston’s Insgroup Acquires Benefits Firm, The Fawcett Group
- Bill Protecting Drivers Who Hit Protesters Dies in North Dakota
- Wisconsin-Based Sargento Expands Cheese Recall, Cuts Ties With Supplier
- South Dakota Bucks National Trend of Increased Crash Fatalities
- Dozens of Homes Around San Antonio Damaged by Severe Storms, Tornadoes
- Landmark Restaurant in Washington Suffers $1M in Fire Damages
- California Gas Prices Could Rise Following Local Refinery Blast
- Socius Insurance Services Names Grace as Assistant Vice President in Arizona
- 10 U.S.-Designated Autonomous Vehicle Testing Sites
- RSA Global Network Expands African Service by Extending Globus Partnership
- Markel Corporation Names Dillon Underwriting Assurance Director in Virginia
- Sirius XM Wins Dismissal of Turtles Copyright Lawsuit in New York
- Snoozing While Cruising Argues for Full Autonomy in Vehicles
- Virginia Assembly Passes Bill to Prevent Identity Theft
- Rhode Island Family Hospitalized with Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- The Hanover Appoints Fowle as CEO of Chaucer Syndicates, Succeeding Slabbert
- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Names Mazzoleni Neglén as Head of Sales EMEA
- Colombia’s Regulator Approves RMS Earthquake Model for Use by Insurers
- Cyber Attacks Remain at Top of List of Business Continuity Worries: Survey
- Carnegie-Brown Appointed as Next Lloyd’s Chairman
- Dworniczek Named VP in AXIS Insurance’s Chicago Office
- How Digital Distribution Tools from IVANS Marry Agents, Carriers and Appetites
- Overdose Calls Rise in Louisville, Kentucky, 151 Received in 4-Day Span
- Georgia House Reps Advance Bill Allowing Guns on Campus
- Florida Launches Online Workers’ Comp Insurer Database for Employers
- Florida’s American Integrity Insurance Promotes Waters to VP of Sales
- Appeals Court to Rehear Constitutionality of Consumer Protection Bureau Structure
- 17 Million U.S. Homes Worth $4.9 Trillion Are in Environmental Hazard Zones
- California DIR Suspends 7 Workers’ Comp Medical Providers for Fraud
- California Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Allow Later Last Call Times
- Texas Mutual Insurance, VFIS of Texas, Distribute $228K in Grants to First Responders
- Phillips Appointed Chair of Texas House Insurance Committee
- USI Insurance Services Adds 3 in Independence, Ohio, Office
- New York State Finalizes First-in-Nation Cyber Security Regulation
- Louisiana Woman Pleads Guilty to $116K Insurance Fraud
- Wisconsin Farmer Sentenced for Federal Crop Insurance Fraud
- XS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc. Opens Second Massachusetts Office
- Pennsylvania’s HB Retirement Hires Ryan
- CNA Appoints Ex-Endurance, AIG Executive Worman as Chief Underwriting Officer
- How Tattoo Artists Are Like Dentists
- Driver Deaths Rose 6% in 2016, Topping 40,000
- Global Insurance Rate Decreases in Q4 Slowed for 4th Consecutive Quarter: Marsh
- The Concord Group Insurance Companies in New Hampshire Hires McCabe
- Beazley Taps Markel’s Tewfik as Underwriter for UK Tech & Data Breach Team
- Ratings Agencies Uphold Their Ratings on AIG
- Verisk Buys Healix Risk Rating, UK-Based Medical Risk Assessment Firm
- Zurich Insurance in APAC Creates New Commercial Insurance Structure
- Carnegie-Brown to Become Chairman of Lloyd’s, Succeeding Nelson: Sources
- Woodruff-Sawyer in California Names Cartwright Practice Leader
- Allianz Posts Higher than Expected Q4 Profit; Plans $3.2B Share Buyback
- Argo Pro, BlueChip Underwriting Services Launch Transactional Risk Program
- Lockton Promotes Ruback to Sr. VP in Chicago
- New West Virginia Town Files Suit Against Drug Wholesalers Over Opioid Abuse
- Patient Complaints Can Identify Surgeons Who Are Higher Claims Risks
- NEBCO Insurance Services Expands into Florida, Opens First Office in Naples
- Florida-Based Main Street America Appoints Bastian as National Account Executive
- Former Alabama Scrap Metal Executive Accused of Embezzling $11.2M
- LA County Supervisors Order Inspection of Dams in Wake of Oroville Emergency
- Hub International Acquires Assets Denali Alaskan Insurance
- What Happens if Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Paris Agreement?
- Dangers Posed by Thousands of Crumbling Dams in Michigan
- Workers Hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide Exposure at Kansas Plant
- Traffic, Crashes Increase on Aging Ohio River Bridge
- Arkansas Bill Would Limit Attorneys’ Fees, Punitive Damages
- Polluted Waste Pits Along Texas’ San Jacinto River Bring Lawsuits
- At Least 6 Twisters Slam Areas Southwest of Houston
- Lindley-Myers Appointed as Head of Missouri Insurance Department
- Orndorff Tapped to Lead IMA’s Operations in Wichita
- UK Plans to Trigger Brexit Negotiations in Early March: Government Sources
- Audit Shows Risk Management Fund for New Mexico City Being Drained by Suits
- Hacker Convicted in California of Breaking into More Than 100K Amex Accounts
- Man Admits Role in Scheme to Stage Dozens of Crashes in Connecticut
- EPIC Appoints O’Neil as Northeast Region President in New York
- Renaissance Alliance Acquires the Peter M. Bakker Agency of Connecticut
- Pennsylvania’s Capital BlueCross Names Hubley as a Vice President
- Citing Trump’s Order, IRS Stops Enforcing Individual Mandate for Health Insurance
- Solvency II Drives Demand for Reinsurance During 1/1 Renewals: Fitch
- Hiscox UK & Ireland Launches Media & Creative Industries Product Suite
- Ukraine Blames Russian Hackers for Attacks on Power Grid, Financial System
- Marsh Announces Executive Lineup for Combined Jelf & Bluefin Business
- Markel International to Enter Surety Market in March 2017
- Wholesale Trading Insurance Names Kiley Managing Director in California
- Brazil Uber Drivers Are Employees & Entitled to Benefits, Rules Judge
- Judge Rejects Bid to Dismiss Alabama Water Contamination Lawsuit
- Insurers Mull Obamacare Exits as Uncertainty, Losses Mount
- Repair Work to Begin on Prized Corvette Damaged by Kentucky Sinkhole
- Florida’s CFO Atwater to Step Down After 2017 Legislative Session
- Homeowners in South Carolina Awarded $7M in Faulty Construction Lawsuit
- RRS to Address Auto Coverage Gap Through Xpress Autoguard Program
- Anthem Not Giving Up on Merger with Cigna Even If Cigna Is
- Trump Labor Chief Nominee Puzder Loses Republican Support, Withdraws
- CoreLogic: $13.3B in Reconstruction at Risk in Northern California Dam Failure
- Wraight, New Director of Academy of Insurance, Focuses on Learning Customers’ Needs
- Report: California’s Central Coast Accounting for More of State’s Comp Claims
- North Carolina Appoints Taylor Assistant Fire Marshal
- Lance Armstrong Loses Bid to Stop $100M Federal lawsuit
- Chubb Expands Global Cyber Facility with Multiline Peril Endorsements
- Western Michigan Public Safety Chief Resigns Over Insurance Fraud Charge
- Corporation of Lloyd’s Bans Booze During Work Hours
- Texas a Leader in Fatal Crashes, Alcohol-Impaired Driving
- AIG’s Losing Streak Continued in Q4
- Florida School District Hit by Data Breach Affecting 7K Employees Has Cyber Insurance
- Efforts to Limit Medical Pot Ads Approved by Arkansas House
- Ed Announces Series of Appointments and One Departure
- 11 Children Injured When School Bus Overturns
- Tough Budget-Rebalancing Awaits Returning Louisiana Lawmakers
- Wisconsin, Minnesota AGs Combine Efforts in Painkiller Abuse Battle
- Michigan Beverage Plant Ammonia Leak Hospitalizes Worker
- Driver Course in Illinois Offers Help for Teens With Attention Disorder
- Oregon’s Largest City Requests $3.2M in Federal Disaster Aid For Storms
- 8 Cars Burn, 7 People Treated after Parking Fire at California’s Disneyland
- Flood Concerns Dismissed by Dam Managers California 12 Years Ago
- UK Opens National Cyber Security Centre; MGA Sciemus Comments
- Sapiens to Acquire Insurance Tech Firm StoneRiver for $102 Million
- Agency Organic Growth Slowed in 2016: Reagan
- Drones Used to Improve Safety on Eni’s Oil Rigs
- Lloyd’s Sees Political Risk Insurance Opportunity in Trump, Brexit
- Colombia’s Insurance Regulator Approves Use of AIR’s Earthquake Model
- Federal Reserve Chair Yellen Defends Role in International Regulation
- Fire Destroys Virginia Tech Research Building, Estimated Damage up to $1.3M
- State Officials Urge Residents to Avoid Driving as Winter Storm Hits Northeast
- Philadelphia Insurance Companies in Pennsylvania Promotes 5 Employees
- Insurer & Investor Group Urges G20 to Scrap Fossil Fuel Subsidies by 2020
- Ex-CFO of Bankrupt Enron Offers D&O Lessons from Accounting’s ‘Gray’ Areas
- Heat Is on Florida Lawmakers to Fix Assignment of Benefits Crisis
- Wisconsin Police Officers Targeting Aggressive Drivers
- Drones Being Tested in Minnesota to Conduct Safety Inspections on Bridges
- EPIC Names Frugoli Vice President in Health Care Group in California
- Aetna, Humana Officially End Merger Deal; Won’t Appeal Court Ruling
- Nichols Resigns as AXIS Re’s CEO; Ekberg Named Interim Head of Reinsurance
- Families Beg to Close New Jersey Beach Where 3 Died as Sand Gave Way
- Miller Hires Richards (from Guy Carpenter) for Its Facultative Property Team
- Greenberg Fights New York AG’s Spin on Reinsurance Saga
- NSW Bushfires to Cost Insurers at Least US$15.3M: Insurance Council
- Insurance CEOs More Concerned Than Others About Disrupters: PwC
- Rolling Stone Defamation Case Over Rape Story Back in Virginia Court
- New York Museum Ends Shia LaBeouf Project, Citing Safety Concerns
- Intesa Consults Investors Ahead of Possible Generali Deal: Sources
- U.K. Tech Startups Weigh Moving HQs to Continent on Brexit Worries
- Automakers Want Regulatory Road Cleared for Self-Driving Vehicles
- Insurers Find Fault With Report Over How Auto Insurers Treat No-Fault Accidents
- At Least 7 Injured by Confirmed Tornado in Southeast Georgia
- Coal Truck Driver Dies on Delivery in West Virginia
- Florida-based American Integrity Launches Golf Cart Insurance
- Ironshore Forms Oil & Gas Facility for Middle Market Energy Sector
- Palomar Specialty Launches Residential Flood Program in California
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