News for April 2017
- Appeals Court Blocks Anthem-Cigna Merger Bid
- Ohio Jury Says American Family Agents Are Employees; Insurer Disagrees
- Chubb’s Schellinkhout Joins Woodruff-Sawyer in Pacific Northwest
- Judge: Exxon Must Pay $20M for Emissions from Texas Plant
- Dodge City Community College Wins Kansas Don’t Text #Just Drive Contest
- Ex-Fire Academy Manager Pleads Guilty in Iowa Test Scandal
- Storm Damage Assessors Rely on Waffle House’s 24-Hour Service Policy
- Oklahoma House OKs Bill Allowing Insurance Sales Across State Lines
- Texas Workers’ Comp Nonsubscriber Reports Due April 30
- Michigan’s Meiers Lombardini Lemanski Agency Joins Keystone Insurers Group
- Texas Mutual Names Bentley VP – Marketing, Customer Engagement
- Unions Remind U.S.: 150 Workers Die Every Day from Job Injuries, Illnesses
- Munich Re’s Primary Carrier, ERGO, Explores China Digital Business
- Oregon Judge Dismisses $4M Suit in Family Drowning
- Asbestos Removal At Nevada Site to Cost $53K
- Colorado Petroleum Wells Shut Down After Home Explosion
- Workers Injured at Facebook Construction Site in California
- The Hartford Reports Improved Q1 Results
- London Market Group Re-Appoints Aubert as Chairman
- MetLife CEO Says Businesses Must Give Up Tax Breaks for Lower Tax Rate
- Disruptive Tech Dominates 2nd Annual Efma-Accenture Innovation Awards
- Republicans Not Ready to Vote on Obamacare Replacement Bill
- Canada’s Desjardins Aims to Buy P/C Insurers: CEO Cormier
- Kenya’s CIC Expects Uganda, Malawi Units to Break Even in 2 Years
- Zurich Makes a Difference in the Lives of Philadelphia Families
- New York’s Brady Risk Management Names Harris to Brady Risk Program Managers
- Chubb’s Oldest Active Subsidiary Receives Pennsylvania Historical Marker
- UK Uber Drivers Can Now Buy Injury & Illness Insurance
- Munich Re’s New CEO Wenning to Take ‘Hard-Nosed’ Approach
- ICC Forms Risk Purchasing Group Offering Admitted Umbrella Coverage to Restaurants
- Mine Owned by West Virginia Gov Faces Fines for Safety Violations
- Senate Bill Would Extend National Flood Insurance Program for 10 Years
- How Drivers Dress-Up Old Cars with New Safety Tech
- Floods Prompt State of Emergency in North Carolina
- North Carolina Issues Warning Against Taking Pictures on Railroad Tracks
- Florida Peninsula Insurance Launches Online Quoting for Homeowners Coverage
- tKg Hires Walker to P&C Eastern Division in Charlotte
- Report: Climate Change Could Cause Mass U.S. Migration
- United Airlines Settles with Passenger Dragged from Plane
- Marsh Reports 5% Revenue Growth in Q1
- 7 Texas Auto Dealer Employees Charged with Insurance Scams, Theft
- Pipeline Company Investigating 19,000-Gallon Oil Spill in Oklahoma
- Former Willis CEO Casserley Joins Warburg Pincus as Investment Advisor
- California Lawmakers Pondering Move to Dump Health Insurers
- Regulators in California Hit PG&E with $8.3M Fine for Deadly Wildfire
- $11.4M Settlement from California Oxygen Equipment Supplier
- Massachusetts Court Sides with Norfolk & Dedham in Personal Injury Suit
- House Committee Expected to Advance Overhaul of Dodd-Frank
- Fire Guts New York Mill Owned by Cooperstown Baseball Bat Maker
- Appeals Court Upholds $250K in Damages Against Pan Am for Injured Maine Employee
- New York Teen Gets Probation, Psychiatric Care in Friend’s Fire Death
- Octo Telematics Offers Insurers Distracted Driving Scoring Feature
- JPMorgan Not Liable to Madoff Customers, Court Rules
- MGA Pen Underwriting & Markel Partner to Offer UK Equine Cover
- Willis Updates ‘Unify’ Platform in Response to New Solvency II Challenges
- Eastern Newfoundland Windstorm Costs Insurers US$32.5M
- Hamilton Re Announces Management Team Appointments
- Hackers’ Ransom Demands Rise as Victims Keep Paying: Symantec
- Political Risk Tops List of Worries for Insurers Across Globe: GS Survey
- Biohazard Cleanups Not Pretty-and Neither Are the Costs to Insurers
- 2 Tornadoes Confirmed in Mississippi From Weekend Weather
- North Carolina Storms Cause Flood Worries
- Ready-to-Eat Ham Products Made in Tennessee Recalled
- Florida House Advances Bill Targeting Claims Abuse, But Senate Battle Looms
- Daniels Takes on Marketing Role at Texas-Based ITS
- Michigan Hospital to Pay $791K in Settlement over Needless Tests
- Railway Sued by Family of South Dakota Man Run over by Train
- Brightway Insurance Adds Texas Locations
- Indiana High Court Says Wounded Officer Can’t Sue Gun Seller
- ‘Bachelor’ Star Soules Arrested, Charged After Deadly Iowa Crash
- House Republicans Report Progress on Another Health Plan to Replace Obamacare
- Alabama Community Unveils Memorial For 14 Residents Lost in 2011 Twisters
- 31 Students Awarded Scholarships from Insurance Council of Texas
- Kansas Tightens Amusement Park Regulations after Boy’s Waterslide Death
- Contract for Louisiana Flood Aid Program Administrator to Cost $227M
- Crashes at North Carolina Rail Crossings Down 42% in 2016
- Bad: Train Clips Mirror; Worse: Louisiana Driver Opens Door, Loses It
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Oklahoma’s Commercial Insurance Brokers
- Uninsured Driver Bill Signed by Oklahoma Governor
- Sealy of Minnesota to Pay $175K in Racial Harassment Case
- Wagenschutz Tapped to Lead Michigan Auto Insurance Placement Facility
- Feds Grant Nearly $11M to Indiana to Fight Heroin, Opioid Abuse
- SEC Awards $4 Million to Whistleblower
- Chubb’s Greenberg Clarifies Criticism of Wholesale Brokers
- Poor Fire Safety at Two-Thirds of Schools in Oregon’s Largest City
- Idaho City Assessing Flood Risks Prior to Federal Maps Release
- Hippo Launches with Promise of 60-Second Homeowners Insurance Quote
- Despite ‘Difficult’ Environment, Chubb Q1 Profit Tops $1 Billion
- St. Joseph’s University Team Wins Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge
- Massive Maryland Fire Leads to Estimated $39M Loss
- Sheriffs: Raise Massachusetts Pot Tax, Use Money for Addiction Treatment
- Many Large Investors Tackle Climate Risks with Greener Investments
- Ed Names Howden’s Plummer as Chairman of Property & Casualty
- Canada’s Economical Strengthens Executive Team, Realigns Operations
- ILS Market Continues Growth Trend in Q1 2017: Willis Towers Watson
- Global Protectionism Risks Economic Growth: Zurich, Atlantic Council
- XL Catlin Launches A&H Cover, ‘Protect & Assist,’ for UK Firms
- FM Global Chooses Luxembourg as Post-Brexit EU HQ
- Supreme Court Weighs Limiting Where Corporations Can Be Sued
- Realities of Today’s Commercial Insurance Market: Willis Towers Watson
- Generali Expands in U.S. with Chicago, San Francisco Offices and 3 Hires
- Official Says Georgia Wildfire Could Go On For 6 Months
- Allianz Sponsorship of Florida Golf Event Ends Amid Holocaust Survivor Protests
- AP Specialty’s Epstein Named by RIC as Vice President in California
- Vertafore Acquires Analytics Firm RiskMatch
- Louisiana’s Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Disappearing Coastline
- XL Catlin Enhances International Liability Policies for U.S.-based Businesses
- Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Names 3 New Board Members
- Chubb’s Combined Insurance Moves to Chicago’s Triangle Plaza
- American Dental Association to Pay $1.95M in EEOC Discrimination Case
- Heavy Rains in South Carolina Cause Street Flooding, Power Outages
- EPA Says 3 Injection Wells Source of Contamination in Oklahoma Creek
- 10-Year Old Boy Set Fire at Ohio Store with People Inside, Police Say
- Michigan Lawmaker’s Proposal Would Allow Auto Insurance Options
- MetLife Asks Court to Delay ‘Too Big to Fail’ Challenge as Trump Vows Review
- New Jersey’s York Names Walsh Executive Vice President and Chief Claims Officer
- Colorado City Agrees to Pay $212K in Racial Profiling Suit
- Inspectors Find Continuing Safety Issues at Washington Mental Hospital
- Small Quake Hits California Coast Near Santa Barbara
- Willis Towers Watson Names 6 to Global FINEX Senior Leadership Team
- New York City House Fire Kills 5, Including Children
- Swiss Re Economists Win Award for Research on Nat Cat Protection Gap
- Schumer Calls for Better Communication After New York Penn Station Stampede
- Massachusetts’ Eastern Insurance Hires Gross from Hanover Insurance
- RIMS 2017: Firms Value Cyber Assets Highly Until Time for Insurance
- Large Claims Becoming More Expensive, Complex & Global: Allianz
- French Prosecutors Probe Peugeot Parent over Alleged Emissions Fraud
- Liberty Taps XL Catlin’s McKay for New Distribution & Client Mgmt Role
- XL Catlin Participates in Consortium Bringing Driverless Cars to UK
- Demand Rises for Political Risk Cover as Buyers Think the Unthinkable
- Authorities Investigating Cause of 16-Car Pileup on Georgia’s I-75
- Bird Flu Restrictions Ended for Georgia Poultry Producers
- Disney Says Man Died From Pre-Existing Condition After Orlando Ride
- Bush Beats Trump! And Other Insurance Political Giving News
- RIMS 2017: Risk Managers in Denial Over Disruptive Technologies
- Motorists Mutual, BrickStreet Mutual Finalize Joint Venture
- Cavignac & Associates in California Names Delmundo Account Administrator
- Feds Grant $5.9M to West Virginia for Drug Addiction Fight
- Residents in Southwest Florida Evacuated as Brush Fires Spread
- 1st Farmer Lawsuit Against Syngenta over China Trade Begins in Minnesota
- Tens of Thousands of Turkeys Killed in Iowa, South Dakota Fires
- Texas Father, Son Charged in Alleged $16M Insurance Scam
- Sherman Named President of Michigan’s Acrisure
- MJ Insurance Adds Parker, Slusser to Risk Management Team in Indianapolis
- Smith Joins Sales, Marketing Team at Crystal & Co. in Houston
- Despite Opposition, Controversial Insurance Bill Moving in Texas Legislature
- Small Quake Rattles Northwestern Colorado
- Feds Will Use Fires to Lower Washington Wildfire Risks
- Minor Temblor Reported off Bay in Washington
- Everest Joins California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Governing Committee
- Supreme Court Rejects GM Use of Bankruptcy to Block Ignition Lawsuits
- Massachusetts Lawmakers Debate Pot Regulators’ Independence
- Uber, Lyft Opposing Vermont Bill with New Requirements
- New York Passes $153B Budget Including Workers’ Comp Reforms
- RIMS 2017: Why Cyber Should Be Treated as Standalone Insurance
- JLT Specialty USA Hires Beecher Carlson’s Nolan in Massachusetts
- China & India Lead U.S. in Renewable Energy Targets: Allianz
- AXIS Re & China’s Renmin University Offer Actuarial Scholarship
- UK’s Aviva Buys Remaining 50% Share in Vietnam Joint Venture
- U.K. Has 1st Day Without Burning Coal for Power Since 1880s
- Neon Appoints Sirius’ Sethi as Senior D&F Underwriter
- Hamilton Re to Buy Canopius’ Excess Casualty Renewal Rights
- Society Must Prepare for Disruptive New Technologies, Warns Alibaba Chairman
- At Least 2 Bidders Interested in IDB Unit, Tel-Aviv-Based Clal Insurance
- Tesla Pushes Back on Class Action Alleging Its Autopilot Software Is Dangerous
- AIG Study Shows How, Why M&A Insurance Claims Frequency Is Rising
- States to Get $485 Million for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
- Intellectual Property Coverage Presents Challenges in Private D&O
- New Modeling Product From AIR Worldwide Analyzes Client Cyber Risk
- Q&A With Florida Commissioner Altmaier, an Agent Turned Regulator
- South Carolina Stripper Shot on Job to Get New Workers’ Comp Hearing
- Willis Towers Watson Names Peiser Head of Broking North America
- Allied World to Offer Drone Loss Control Services to Policyholders
- Wyoming Flood Preparations Follow Flood Predictions
- Idaho Governor Issues Warnings over Potential Flood Disasters
- Managers Made Errors in Handling California Dam Crisis
- Pennsylvania Says It Busted Up Fraudulent License Plate Ring
- Connecticut Insurance Department Launches Licensing Site
- Texas Roadhouse to Pay $12M to Settle Age Discrimination Suit Filed in Massachusetts
- How Meteorologists View 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season
- Trump to Order Review of Dodd-Frank Reforms, Taxes for Insurers, Banks
- French Regulator Links Sanofi Epilepsy Drug to Birth Defects
- Uber Faces Hike in London License Fees, in Latest Blow for Ride-Hailing Firm
- AXA Taps Telefonica’s Benjamins as CDO, Head of Data Innovation Lab
- ‘Flying Taxi’ Successfully Tested in Germany by Start-Up Lilium Jet
- MGA Nirvana Targets Media, Technology & Cyber Risks on Castel Platform
- Aon, JLT, Marsh, UIB, Willis Investigated by UK Regulator over Aviation Broking
- Global Insurance Industry Set to Grow by 4.5% in 2017-2018: Munich Re
- Florida Lawmakers Move Toward Repealing PIP Mandate
- Coal Mining Company Proposes Turning Kentucky Mine Into Solar Farm
- Private Firms Lose Privacy When Liability Battles Reach Courtroom
- Florida Battle for Ridesharing Regulations Nears End of Long Road
- Research Group Pegs Cost of Memphis Roads to Drivers at $2K a Year
- Main Street America Promotes Frazier to SVP; Appoints 3 New Company Officers
- Houston’s Platform Partners Acquires Voluntary Benefits Firm, Beneplace
- Appeals Court Affirms Texas Physician’s Workers’ Comp Fraud Conviction
- Texas Stamping Office: ‘Industrial Insured’ Bill Passed by House
- Report: 90% of Firefighters in Kansas Are Underfunded Volunteers
- Iowa’s Grinnell Mutual Launches National Reinsurance Unit
- Hamilton’s Duperreault Among Candidates Being Considered as AIG CEO
- Wisconsin Company Resolves Federal Wellness, Retaliation Case for $100K
- Ford Joins Texas Agents Group as Continuous Improvement Director
- Jury Awards $350K to Mother of Teen Killed by Chicago Police
- Chubb Names Merna COO of North America Major Accounts
- BP Oil Spill Caused $17.2 Billion in Natural Resource Damage: Virginia Tech Scientists
- Amerisure Names Erie’s Ishwar as Chief Underwriting Officer
- Warburg Seeks to Buy Minority Stake in India’s ICICI Lombard from Fairfax
- Texas ‘Hailstorm’ Bill Passed by Senate Committee
- Number of Indiana Deer-Vehicle Collisions Down in 2016
- Teen Charged in Fire that Destroyed Iconic Madison County Covered Bridge
- Munich Re, Beazley Partner to Provide Enhanced Cover for Large Cyber Risks
- Climate Change And The Nightmare Scenario for Florida’s Coastal Homeowners
- Michigan Supreme Court Tosses Suit over Icy Slip-and-Fall
- Noecker Joins Worldwide Facilities Lawyers Professional Team in Chicago
- Texas Mutual Board OKs $260M Policyholder Dividend
- Mired in Sex Assault Scandal, Baylor Hires 1st Female President
- Allstate’s Catastrophe Losses Topped $780 Million in Q1
- Cyber Thieves Hit 1,200 U.S. Hotels in InterContinental Chain
- Tornado, Hail Losses Hurt Travelers in Q1
- Wyoming County February Storm Caused $2.8M in Damage
- Family Sues Mental Health Contractor in Oregon Bridge Suicide
- $1M Settlement in Police Shooting in Colorado Capital
- Arizona Lawmakers to Take up Texting While Driving Ban for Teens
- California University Settles Law School Dean Harassment Suit for $1.7M
- W.R. Berkley Adds Insurance Technology Analyst from Goldman to Investment Team
- Better Data, Models Expand Private Flood Insurance Opportunities: Actuaries
- Pioneer Expands Miscellaneous E&O Division with 2 Pennsylvania Appointments
- Insurer Fined More Than $200K in Delaware for Unfair Practices
- Maryland Policyholders Affected by Penn Treaty, American Network Liquidation
- State Regulators Scrutinizing Use of Premium Caps in Insurance Rating
- CoverHound Launches Online Rideshare Insurance Offering
- AXA Group Names Ariss as Head of Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility
- Slow Computers & Internet, Outdated Systems Demoralize EU Workers: Survey
- Future Tech to Create Lower Claims Frequency, New Threats: Allianz Report
- XL Catlin Boosts Terrorism Insurance Limits to $250M
- North Carolina Appeals Court Refuses to Revive UNC Academic Sham Suit
- Velocity Risk Underwriters Launches Landlords Policy in Florida
- Florida’s New Tactic to Fight Zika: Release of 20K Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes
- Specialty Brokers AmWINS and Partners Specialty Group to Merge
- Texas Woman Awarded $760K for Oklahoma Skydiving Injury
- Critics: DuPont Spent More on Legal Fees than Chemical Tests in Teflon Case
- North Dakota Passes Law Regulating Air Ambulance Bills
- Surplus Lines Insurance Bills Advance in Texas Legislature
- Haughawout Named Deputy Commissioner at Ohio Department of Insurance
- Services for Texas Insurance Commissioner Mattax to Begin on April 20
- Officials Warn of Possible Evacuations in Georgia as Okefenokee Wildfire Spreads
- Jury Will Decide if Colorado Resort Operators Were at Fault in Avalanche Death
- Calexit Supporters End 2018 Bid for California Independence
- California Awards Contractor $275M Contract to Fix Troubled Dam
- Reports Describe How Pennsylvania Firefighter Died, Oxygen Hose Burned
- Total Cost of Risk Drops for 3rd Year: RIMS Benchmark
- Allianz Expands North American Crisis Management Team
- Maryland Insurance Commissioner Named to Board of Directors of the NIPR
- Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Hires Stein and Rathore
- Insured Damage for Southern Ontario Windstorm Estimated at US$73.4M
- New Jersey’s World Insurance Associates Merges with Mark Lauria Associates
- Insurers Push to Keep Industry Expert Woodall on U.S. Regulatory Council
- Insurers Increasingly Embrace Robots over Humans for Customer Service
- Hiscox Group Names Barclay’s Penny as Chief Information Officer
- Sen. Grassley Raises Concerns About Conduct at Hospital Operator UHS
- China’s Baidu Plans July Launch of Self-Driving Car Technology
- Uber Sees EU Growth Despite Impending EU Court Ruling, Denmark Setback
- Big ‘I’ Advantage Promotes Pierson to Assistant Vice President
- Tennessee to Replace Guardrails Involved in Fatal Crashes
- Florida Wildfires Burn More Than 126K Acres So Far in 2017
- U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Florida Floating Home Owner
- North Carolina Investigating 250K Gallon Sewage Spill
- UnitedHealth Prices 2018 Insurance Plans to Include Obamacare Tax
- Apple Soon Will Begin Road-Testing Self-Driving Car Software: Source
- Louisiana Law Firms Could get $87M Each For 2010 Oil Spill Litigation
- Warrant Issued For Illinois Man Accused of Burning Down Business for Insurance
- California Company Recalls Vegetarian Snacks over Unlisted Peanuts
- Washington Nightclub Claims Racial Prejudice in $22.5M Suit
- Lifeguard Liability Protections Set for Vote in Hawaii Legislature
- Concord Adds Grayer to Reps & Warranty Insurance Practice in New York
- Markel Int’l Singapore Taps Munich Re’s Fordham as Marine Liability U/W
- Capacity Group of NY Hires Jeanne Braun to Health Care Strategy Group
- Police, Advocates Clash Over New Hampshire Pot Decriminalization Bill
- Insurance Waivers in Pennsylvania and Other States Sometimes Missed Violations
- IRobot Sues Hoover, Other Competitors over Robotic Vacuum Patents
- UK Prime Minister May Seeks Early Election to End Brexit Divisions
- Hackers Target Japan’s Mobile Gamers to Access Their Employers’ Data
- Obamacare Insurers Struggle to Set Plans Amid Threats to Program
- Singapore Ranks Highest in Asia in Attracting Talent; No. 2 in Global Index
- Swiss Re Gears Up to Launch Subsidiary in Singapore in 2018
- FGL Pulls $1.6B Deal with China’s Anbang; Other Suitors Interested
- Houston Manufacturer to Pay $150K to Settle Discrimination, Retaliation Suit
- Texas Mutual Insurance Awards $1M in Safety Grants to Community Colleges
- Chicago Airport Police Scrutinized after United Passenger Dragging Incident
- Woman Injured by Discus at Nebraska Track Meet Awarded $350K
- Airbnb Sues City of Miami, Alleges Violation of Hosts’ First Amendment Rights
- All Risks Launches Commercial Earthquake Program
- 10K Florida Personal Lines Policies Approved for Citizens Takeouts
- New Mississippi Law Requires Back-Seat Passengers to Buckle Up
- Floodplain Changes Approved for North Carolina Beach Community
- UC Berkeley Settles Law Dean Sexual Harassment Allegations Lawsuit
- Father in Oregon Seeks $5M For Son’s Accidental-Overdose Death
- Former Mayor of San Diego Files Suit over Wife’s Ruptured Implants
- Museum in Indiana Exhibit Explains Why Natural Disasters Occur
- Billionaire Investor John Paulson Planning AIG Board Exit
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