News for June 2017
- Injuries, Property Damage Reported from Tornadoes in Iowa, Wisconsin
- Alleged Safety Violations Bring Proposed $610K in Fines for Ohio Company
- Officials: New Minot Flood Plain Map Could Hike Insurance Premiums
- Texas Agencies, Higginbotham, Jeannette Blanton Insurance Merge
- Ratings of San Antonio’s Wright National Flood Insurance Affirmed
- Guilty Plea in Arkansas U-Haul Rental Insurance Scam
- Proposed Ohio Legislation Adds Opportunities for Self-Insurance
- Zimmerman Named to Louisiana Workers’ Comp Advisory Council
- Willis Re North America Names Ingle Head of Analytics
- Bank of England Governor Warns Investors Failing to Consider Climate Risks
- Arizona Residents Evacuated as Wildfires Sweep Western U.S.
- Workers’ Comp Insurer Cancels Policies for Hawaii Pot Firms
- Federal Judge Permits Some VW Investor Claims Over Diesel Scandal
- PCI Adds Former Treasury, Federal Insurance Official Ledoux to Policy Team
- EXIN Buys 75% Stake in Ethniki Insurance from National Bank of Greece for $819M
- Grenfell Tower Fire Puts Cloud over Energy Efficiency Industry’s Building Materials
- Family of New Jersey Train Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
- Alliant Hires New York’s Kenny to Facilitate Eastern Expansion
- Maine’s Clark Insurance Hires McCarty as Director of Loss Control
- New Jersey’s RPA Insurance Services Hires Kruger from Integro
- Insurers Say They Need Access to Data from Automated Car Systems
- QBE Chile Completes Management Buyout; Rebrands as ‘Unnio’
- Skuld Names Kohmann as Head of Oslo Business Unit as Urdal Retires
- New AIG CEO Duperreault Wants to Pursue Acquisitions, Slow Buybacks
- Facts About Fireworks: 11,000 Injuries, 4 Deaths in 2016
- Global Shipping Still Reeling from Cyber Attack; Insurers Warn of Coverage Gaps
- Zurich’s Fergot Heads to CNA as Vice President of Underwriting in California
- BCU Risk Advisors Adds Marsh’s Shapiro in Nevada
- Ironshore M&A Unit Updates Transactional Liability Product for Healthcare Risks
- Wife of Orlando Nightclub Shooter Dropped from Victim Civil Suit
- North Carolina Lawmakers Hammer Out Details of $100M in Hurricane Relief
- SUNZ in Florida Promotes Bolinder to COO, Appoints Distefano Chief Technology Officer
- EPS Settlements Group Rebrands as Arcadia
- Perry to Chair State Bar of Texas’ Insurance Law Section
- Appeals Spent, Iowa Egg Executives in Salmonella Case Ordered to Prison
- State Sues Flint, Michigan, over Water Deal Refusal
- One Call to Open Office in Springfield, Missouri
- Texas Stamping Office: Surplus Lines Cyber Growth Keeps Up with Demand
- Increase in P/C Insurers’ Losses in 2017 Will Again Be Driven by Auto: S&P
- California Wildfire Destroys Ranch Home of ‘Big Bang Theory’ Star
- California Broker Launches National Expansion into Captive Insurance Market
- JLT Specialty Names Aon’s Schaeffer Senior Vice President in California
- New York Subway Train Derails, Scaring Passengers and Injuring Dozens
- Global Cyber Attack Affects Shipping, FedEx, Emails and More
- Burns & Wilcox Expands Footprint in Pennsylvania, Plans More Hires
- Driver Fairness Bill Passes Delaware General Assembly
- FM Global Opens Learning Center Facility in Massachusetts
- Veterans Can Now Be Reimbursed for Virginia Insurance License Exam Fees
- AIG Shareholders Approve $9.6 Million for Former CEO Hancock
- Uber App Users Can Now Schedule Rides for Others
- Intellectual Property Risks May Not Be Covered by Traditional Products: TMK Expert
- Partner Re’s CEO of P&C Walker, Chief Risk & Actuarial Officer Pestcoe to Retire
- Guy Carpenter Launches Unit Offering Retrocession Services to Asia-Pacific Clients
- EU Aims to Hike Old-Age Protection with Proposal for Pan-Europe Pension Product
- G20 Task Force Develops Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Framework Supported by Insurers
- Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Opens S. Korea Branch Office; CEO Named
- Auto Insurance Market to Shrink by 70% by 2050: KPMG
- 84-Year-Old Florida Doc Accused of Illegally Distributing $10M in Pain Pills
- Mississippi Court: Workers’ Comp Benefits Owed to Officer Injured While Speeding
- Opioids, Distracted Driving Cited in Rise of Preventable Accidents
- North Carolina Passes Bill to Limit Opioid Prescriptions
- New Flood Insurance Product For Florida Homeowners Available from American Integrity
- Rand Report Recommends Analytics for Fraud Prevention in Workers’ Comp
- Nearly 60% of Payments in California Comp in 2016 Were for Medical Services
- Missouri Plumbing Contractor Hit with $714K in Fines Over Trench Collapse
- Corps to Begin Repairing Holes in Arkansas Levees
- After Children Suffer Burns, Indiana Water Park Owners Apologize
- Watkins Insurance Group Welcomes Scott as VP, Finance
- Starr Promotes Bessinger to Chief Underwriting Officer for Domestic Companies
- Nance Named EVP, E&S Property Business, at AXIS Insurance
- Post-Disaster, BP Stakes Future on Deepwater Despite Surging Shale
- Alliant Names Laing a Producer in Oregon
- NFP Acquires International Insurance Group in Arizona
- DTRIC in Hawaii Becomes Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Aioi Nissay
- California Continues to Move Toward Letting Customers Sue Banks
- Beef Products Firm and ABC Agree to Settle ‘Pink Slime’ Case
- Insured Loss Estimates for Cyclone Debbie Rise to US$1.1B: PERILS
- Arch Expands Travel Insurance Sales Team with 3 from Travelex
- MS Amlin to Re-Domicile its Post-Brexit European Headquarters to Belgium
- House Panel Eyes Removing States’ Bumps in Road for Driverless Vehicles
- How States Rate in Preventing Home, Auto, Work Accidents
- London-Based Ed Taps Gallagher’s Blacker as Managing Director of P/C
- Zurich Acquires UK Online Rental Car Insurance Provider, Halo
- Businesses Underestimate Long-Term Effects of Cyber Attacks: Lloyd’s Report
- Ex-Executive in Maryland Sentenced for Stealing $4.5M from Firm
- Pennsylvania’s Penn Community Bank Hires Three
- Massachusetts’ Knight-Dik Insurance: 100 Years, Four Generations
- Kinsale Launches Liability Product for Public Officials
- A.M. Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Georgia Farm Bureau Group Members
- West Virginia City Sues Liberty Mutual for $20M Over Claim Denial
- Commentary: Florida High Court Med Mal Award Cap Ruling Ignores Market History
- ‘WannaCry’-Like Cyber Attack Spreading to Firms Globally
- Senate Republicans Delay Healthcare Vote as Support Wanes
- Regulators Fine Georgia County $294K for Sewage Spills
- Federal Aid Now Available to Rain-Swamped Louisiana Farmers
- $950K in Upgrades Planned for Minot, North Dakota, Levees
- Major Ransomware Attack Spreads from Europe to U.S.
- Arkansas Insurance Agents Name State Auto Company of the Year
- Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust to Pay $3M in Philando Castile Settlement
- Higginbotham, Painter & Johnson Financial Merge Operations
- Southeast Michigan a Leader in Smart Road Technology
- Alaska Marijuana Board to Revisit On-Site Consumption
- 2 Fires at California Rehab Center Being Looked into by Arson Investigators
- Snowmelt-driven River Swelling Forces Evacuation of 90 California Homes
- Utah Blaze Now Nation’s Largest Active Wildfire
- USI Wins Competition to Acquire Wells Fargo Insurance Businesses
- Hiscox USA Names Nevin Chief Operating Officer
- Safety Groups Urge Government to Set Rules of Road for Driverless Vehicles
- Chubb Names Sherman to Lead North America Management Liability Business Unit
- P/C Insurers’ Net Income Fell 42.2% in Q1; Catastrophe Losses Topped $7 Billion
- Two Twisters in New Jersey Leave Mess, No Injuries Reported
- More New York Malt Barley Farmers Eligible for Crop Insurance
- XL Catlin Expands Inland Marine Business, Hires Klein in Maryland
- OceanPoint Acquires Christopher & Regan Insurance in Rhode Island
- ABI Warned About Risks of Modern Building Materials Before Grenfell Tower Fire
- CNA Hardy Names Neon’s Marriott as Head of Cargo, Lloyd’s
- Oil & Gas Industry Faces More Frequent & Sophisticated Cyber Attacks: Deloitte
- MGA Pen Underwriting Launches Specialist Cover for UK Construction Market
- Arconic Stops Selling Cladding for High-Rises After Grenfell Tower Tragedy
- XL Catlin, McGowan Companies to Offer Coverage for Workplace Violence
- Former Kentucky Teacher Receives $500K Settlement in Retaliation Lawsuit
- Scott Picks Public Service Commissioner Patronis as New Florida CFO
- Cheaper Cyber Insurance in the Works for Apple, Cisco Customers
- Brunson Appointed President & CEO of Gulfstream, Catawba Insurance Cos.
- Senate Health Bill in Jeopardy as 3 Republican Senators Oppose
- Alliant, USI in Running to Acquire Wells Fargo Insurance
- Tropical Storm Cindy Drenches Southeast
- Texas Ex-Track Coach’s Discrimination Suit to Proceed
- Oklahoma’s Tulsa County to Pay Ex-Deputy $138K in Wrongful Termination Suit
- Lloyd’s to Cut 10% of UK Employees on Soft Market Pricing Pressures
- Missouri Judge OKs $1.5M Settlement in Brown Family Wrongful Death Suit
- Jury Says Syngenta Must Pay Kansas Farmers $217.7M in GMO Corn Case
- Halter Named Director of AF Specialty
- Existing EU Contracts Must Be ‘Grandfathered’ After Brexit to Avoid Complexity: Lloyd’s CEO Beale
- Number of Compound Drug Prescriptions Falling in Texas Workers’ Comp System
- AIR Worldwide Launches Crop Hail Model for Canada
- RPG Promotes D’Onofrio to CEO of WKFC Underwriting and CorRisk
- Utah Tattoo Parlor Settles with Man Who Has HIV
- $300K Settlement in 2012 Utah Fire to be Paid by Insurer
- California Assembly Speaker Sidelines Single Payer Bill until 2018
- Hartford Group to Transfer 29% of Pension Liabilities to Pru
- Supreme Court to Review Retaliation Protections for Whistleblowers
- Former Connecticut Software Company Manager Gets 2 Years for Taking $1.7M
- Massachusetts Worker Injured on the Job Wins $750K Jury Award
- Powered by Homegrown Insurtech, HCI to Expand Flood Insurance Sales to 9 States
- New York Woman, Three Others Charged with Killing Her Mother
- New Jersey Man Charged with Insurance Fraud, Theft by Deception
- As Agents’ Needs Change and Startups Emerge, Big ‘I’ Looks to Remain Relevant
- Planned Sale of Israel’s Phoenix Holdings to China’s Yango Is Scrapped
- Whirlpool Fridge Started London’s Grenfell Tower Fire that Killed at Least 79
- Everest Re Taps Hiscox’s Kelly to Lead International Casualty Facultative Unit
- Allianz Sells Private Bank OLB to Private Equity Firm Apollo for $336M
- General Motors Agrees to Settle Hundreds of Ignition Lawsuits
- Automakers Grapple with What To Do with Drivers in Autonomous Vehicles
- Former Flatiron, Cantor Fitzgerald Execs Launch Premium Financing Firm
- In Biggest Data Breach Settlement Yet, Anthem to Pay $115 Million
- Florida Medical Marijuana Law Signed by Scott
- Alabama Governor Requests Disaster Declaration for Farmers Hit by Storm
- London Underwriters, Trigon to Offer Alabama Homeowners Program
- California Chamber and 2 Workers’ Comp Groups File Brief in Utilization Review Case
- Wine Named Securities Head, Shultz Asst. Commissioner at Kansas Insurance Dept.
- Watkins Insurance Group Expanding to Georgetown, Texas
- Texas Mutual Promotes Green-Hinojosa, Scott to VP Positions
- Texas Stamping Office: Surplus Lines Insurance Premium Up for 2017
- Partners Specialty Group Adds Swett & Crawford’s Coelho in Kansas City
- Missouri Becomes 3rd State to Sue Opioid Manufacturers
- Zenefits to Pay $3.4M for Fair Labor Act Violations in California and Arizona
- California Judge Will Let San Francisco Subpoena Uber for Driver Information
- United Valley Adds 2 Members in Southern California
- Survey: Agents Suggest How Carriers Can Move from ‘Good’ to ‘Great’
- Man Admits He Embezzled $700K from Maine Boatyard
- Massachusetts House Approves Bill to Redo Recreational Marijuana Law
- JLT Re Appoints Chubb’s Williams as Partner in Bermuda Operation
- Beecher Carlson Expands Energy Practice in the Northeast
- XL Catlin Promotes E&S Property Insurance Regional Leader in Boston
- Randall & Quilter to Sell Lloyd’s Agency to Medical Liability Insurer Coverys
- Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI
- Brexit Critics Now Emboldened to Block Prime Minister’s Plans for ‘Hard Brexit’
- After Drenching Gulf Coast, Tropical Storm Cindy Heads North, East
- Reinsurance Rates Continue to Soften with No End in Sight: S&P
- Protecting Unions Is a Labor of Love for Union Insurance Group
- Highly Contagious Citrus Disease Spreads to Alabama
- Cyber Insurance Premium Volume Grew 35% to $1.3 Billion in 2016
- North Carolina Senate Passes Legislation to Reduce Opioid Abuse
- Norman-Spencer Agency Redesigns Crane Program; Adds New Coverages, Rates
- Tennessee-Based Reliance Partners Promotes Howell to SVP
- 12 States Call Out California’s ‘Affront to Sound Insurance Regulation’
- Insurtech Startup Buys MGA in California with Product for Agents in Mind
- January, Rupper and Sanders Join RHSB Insurance in Dallas
- Ex-Missouri Insurance Director Joins Dentons Law Firm in Kansas City
- Governor Declares State of Emergency for Nebraska Storm-Damaged Areas
- Arkansas’ Tyson Foods Installs Video, Bird Welfare Checks in Poultry Operations
- Green Bay Fan Sues Chicago Bears over Sideline Packers Gear Ban
- Senate Republicans Unveil Secret Draft of Their Health Insurance Plan
- Norway’s Protector Forsikring Insured Grenfell Tower Fire; Price Tag Debated
- House Committee Adds 5 More Bills to Its Flood Insurance Reform Package
- Report Details Death, Panic in Deadly Ghost Ship Warehouse Fire
- London Blaze-Tower Built with Cladding Used Across England
- Dalia Named Chief Financial Officer at California-based Alliant
- Chubb’s Crooks Named XL Catlin’s Inland Marine Director in California
- Pennsylvania Introduces Legislation to Limit Surprise Balance Bills
- NYC Fire Officials Say Three Workers Injured at Construction Site
- Confie Completes Two Acquisitions in New York
- Maine-Based Clark Insurance Elects Cote to Board of Directors
- UK Plans $1B-Plus Investment in Driverless & Electric Vehicle Technology
- J&J Seizes Supreme Court Ruling on Out-of-State Cases to Fight Talc Cancer Claims
- Officials Say 7 Coal Miner Deaths This Year Raise Questions About Training
- Aon Appoints Marcell to New Position of President of Aon Benfield
- Cape Analytics Now Offering Property Data in 8 Additional States
- Bitcoin Startup, Blockchain, Raises $40M in New Funding from Heavy Hitters
- Tropical Storm Cindy Bears Down on Gulf Coast
- The Hanover & Chaucer Launch Dublin-Based International Specialty Insurer
- Drone Delivery Fleets Counting on Hyperlocal Weather Forecasts
- Career Crossing: RIMS Honoree Keaton Hopes to Get Back on Risk Management Track
- Why Drivers Fear Driverless Cars
- Insurance Office of America Acquires Assets of Slaton Risk Services in South Florida
- 6 Arrests Made in Florida Cattle Thefts; 8 Cows Still Missing
- 1 Killed in Alabama Mining Accident
- South Carolina Sets Insurer Deadline Related to New Moped Safety Law
- Confie Acquires Valetta and EZ in Arizona
- Tropical Storm Cindy Heads Toward Texas/Louisiana Border
- Kentucky Supreme Court Finds No Bad Faith as a Matter of Law in Auto Lawsuit
- Confie Adds Missouri Retail Insurance Locations
- Texas Study Links Pollution, Earthquakes to Oil and Gas Drilling
- H.W. Kaufman Financial’s Loss Control Unit, Afirm, Opens Montreal Office
- Texas Governor Signs Law Amending Captive Insurer Rules
- Iowa’s ManchesterStory Group Welcomes Aon Benfield’s O’Halleran
- QBE Warns Emerging Markets’ Division Hit by Higher Claims
- Regulator Fines Contractor Following Oregon Bridge Incident
- Startup Next Insurance Closes Funding Round Worth $35 Million with Amex Aboard
- WCRI Researchers Compare States on Injured Workers Returning to Work
- NYC Planners With Sandy Nightmares Say Barrier May Come Too Late
- Connecticut Woman Who Lied About Cancer to Avoid Prison Gets 30 Months
- Dangerous Chemical Could Threaten New Jersey Reservoir
- Lockton Northeast Names Connolly Chairman to Succeed Calabrese
- Senate Confirms New FEMA Chief Long
- Trump Nominee Kaplan to Tilt Labor Board to Republican Majority
- Ed Taps Execs from Willis Towers Watson & BMS to Grow Professional & Executive Risk Team
- U.S. Firms Issue Principles for Cyber Risk Ratings Used by Insurers
- UK’s Aviva Selling $1.3B in Tobacco Company Holdings
- Report Offers Details But No Finding of Cause of Tesla Crash
- Businesses Come Out on Top in Current Supreme Court Term
- Supreme Court Sides with Chevron in Blocking Ecuador Pollution Liability Judgment
- Arthur J. Gallagher Launches Crime & Management Liability Cover for UK SMEs
- Allianz Sets Its Sights on Asia-Pacific’s ‘Growth Engine’
- Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds McGee in Missouri
- Mississippi Drug Overdose Deaths Reach Record High
- Florida CFO Atwater Submits Formal Resignation, Last Day Will Be June 30
- Florida’s Citizens Approves Policy Changes, 5.3% Statewide Rate Increase for 2018
- California Commissioner ‘Undeterred’ by Challenges to Climate Disclosure Initiative
- Oklahoma AG Threatens California Commissioner on Insurer Fossil Fuel Rules
- California Surplus Lines Don’t Want to be Left out of State’s Marijuana Regs
- $6 Million Invested in New U.S. Wholesale Broker XPT Led by Veterans Ruggieri, Smith
- California Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2018 to Increase
- Lending Club’s Dolan Joins Metromile in California as Chief Financial Officer
- Arrowhead in California Launches Hard-to-Place Workers’ Comp Subsidiary
- Michigan Court Rules for Westfield Insurance in ‘Employee v. Contractor’ Case
- Nearly 80% of Georgia Peach Crop Wiped Out by Weather
- Weight of Swollen Reservoir Blamed for Arkansas Earthquake Swarm
- Hamilton Announces New Responsibilities for 2 Execs in Bermuda Business
- Former Arkansas Home of President Clinton a Total Loss After Fire
- Fire Damage at North Dakota Business Expected to Be in Millions
- Ratings of Indiana’s American Agricultural Insurance Co. Upgraded
- Louisiana Employment Picture Improves with Large Job Gains
- Chubb Opens Office in Reading, UK; Davison, Glover Appointed to Local Team
- JLT Specialty Makes Leadership Changes at North America Aerospace Practice
- Warranty Group’s Warsop Joins York Risk Services
- Utah Drivers Lie About Medical Conditions to Keep Motoring, Officials Say
- Mass. Court Says Arbitration is Allowed in Underinsured Motorist Claim Suit
- Nevada’s Recreational Marijuana Sales Launch Hinges on Court Decision
- Rocket Ship, Flying Vehicle or Driverless Car? Guess Which Americans Fear Most
- U.S. Sen. Schumer Pushes for Heroin Combat Teams in New York
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear ‘Dancing Baby’ Copyright Case
- Legacy Specialist Compre to Acquire Irish Captive Insurer Equinox CA Europe
- AXIS Insurance Taps Zurich’s Anzelc to Lead New Data and Analytics Unit
- UK, EU Insurers & Banks Need ‘New System’ for Their Post-Brexit Business
- Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Gath Insurance in Massachusetts
- EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Acquires Connecticut’s After Inc.
- Seeman Holtz Acquires Direct Choice in California
- Danielsen Joins TrueNorth as Producer in Iowa
- 7 Tips for Start-ups Partnering with Incumbent Insurers: Trōv Founder Walchek
- Supreme Court Limits Out-of-State Residents Joining Class Actions
- Fire Caused by Lightening Bolt Damages 12 Florida Apartments
- DTRT Insurance Group Acquires Insurance Authority of Florida
- PURE Expands E&S Homeowners Coverage to South Carolina
- Biglari Holdings Inc. to Acquire Pacific Specialty Insurance Co. in California
- Arrowhead Acquires TriCoast Insurance Services in California
- Moody in Colorado Joins Board of RiskProNet International
- 3 Tennessee Prosecutors Join Forces in Suit Against Opioid Drug Makers
- Markel UK Launches Media, Creative Industry Coverage
- Texas Seeks Input on Draft Compound Drug Rule Amendments
- Cunningham Lindsey Names Daniel as U.S. COO
- Arkansas Insurance Regulators OK Allied World, Vantapro Specialty Acquisition
- Michigan Truck Driver Wins Appeal in ‘Transportational Use’ Insurance Case
- Michigan’s Amerisure Insurance Names Spaude as VP, Finance
- Massachusetts Public Works Employee Dies After Lawn Tractor Overturns
- Supreme Court Finds Government Can’t Block Disparaging Trademarks
- Travelers Launches Online System in UK, Providing Quick Mgmt Liability Quotes
- Butler Succeeds Morrison as Chubb North America Field Operations President; Updyke Promoted
- Willis Towers Watson Makes 4 Senior Appointments in North America Corporate Risk Unit
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