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Lloyd’s Stops Insuring Marijuana Firms Due to U.S. Law Conflicts
Jun 24 2015 // Lloyd’s of London has stopped insuring marijuana industry firms of any kind due to conflicts between federal and state laws over their legality. In a May 29 memo addressed “Dear Colleague,” obtained by...
Crop Insurance Payments for Drought More Than for Flooding
Jun 23 2015 // Farmers are reaping higher yields and ranchers’ feed costs have fallen sharply since flooding swept across the southern U.S. Plains in May, with the record rains providing tangible benefits to agriculture despite...
U.S. Warns of Dire Consequences If No Global Action on Climate Change
Jun 23 2015 // Labor productivity would dwindle as workers wilt in the heat. Summers in Illinois would feel like a Louisiana swamp. Epic downpours and surging seas of the future would leave $5 trillion in losses. And worsening air...
Texas Tops in Lightning Damage Claim Amounts
Jun 22 2015 // Lightning damage is the most striking in Texas, at least for the insurance industry. The average claim in the state was $10,671 last year, the Insurance Information Institute said in a statement. That’s the highest...
XL’s Fortune Joins Aspen Product Liability Team
Jun 22 2015 // Aspen U.S. Insurance said that Grace Fortune has joined as senior vice president and product line leader for Products Liability. Reporting to Roxanne Mitchell, executive vice president for Aspen U.S. Casualty, Fortune will...
Report Calls for Overhaul of U.S. Auto Safety Agency
Jun 22 2015 // The U.S. auto safety watchdog is racked by internal problems that have prevented the agency from acting to protect the public from deadly auto defects, including faulty GM ignition switches, according to federal...
Mississippi Officials Want U.S. Long-Haul Truck Proposal Squashed
Jun 22 2015 // Mississippi’s transportation commissioners are urging U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran to help squash a proposal that would force the state to allow larger double-trailer trucks on its roads. “I don’t like Congress...
18 More Oklahoma Counties to Receive U.S. Disaster Help
Jun 19 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved disaster assistance for 18 additional Oklahoma counties as a result of storms and flooding that battered the state last month. Gov. Mary Fallin’s spokesman Alex...
U.S. Sues Wisconsin’s Spectrum Brands over Coffee Pot Handles
Jun 19 2015 // The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is suing Middleton, Wis.-based Spectrum Brands for allegedly failing to report a problem with coffee pot handles that could detach, creating a risk of burns. The lawsuit was...
West Virginia Looks to Tackle Highest Drug Overdose Rate in Nation
Jun 19 2015 // West Virginia has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the U.S., according to a report released this week, further spotlighting Appalachia’s festering drug abuse problem that is also fueling a rise in hepatitis C...
Illinois’ Harper College to Host Zurich’s Apprenticeship Program
Jun 18 2015 // A global insurance company is teaming up with a Chicago-area community college to create what they believe is the first-of-its-kind insurance apprenticeship program in the United States and one they hope will become an...
Remnants of Tropical Storm Bill Headed for the Midwest
Jun 18 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill wrung out almost 12 inches of rain over parts of eastern Texas, was downgraded to a depression and then handed off from the National Hurricane Center to the Weather Prediction Center. That doesn’t...
Zurich Insurance Plans Insurance Apprenticeship Program in U.S.
Jun 18 2015 // Zurich Insurance Group plans to establish an apprenticeship program in the U.S. to help attract and train young people for careers in the insurance industry. Zurich said it is committed to putting into practice a program...
No Clear Rescue Plan If Supreme Court Ends Obamacare Subsidies
Jun 18 2015 // Millions of Americans could lose their insurance if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against President Barack Obama on his healthcare law. And with the decision due in the next two weeks, the government has no backup plan. The...
U.S. Vows Commercial Drone Rules Within a Year
Jun 18 2015 // U.S. commercial drone operations could take flight on a large scale by this time next year, as federal regulators finalize rules allowing widespread unmanned aerial system use by companies, according to congressional...
Allianz to Boost Clean-Energy Investments; Eyes U.S. Wind Market
Jun 18 2015 // Allianz SE is boosting its investments in clean-energy in the coming years and is looking to enter the U.S. wind market. The insurer’s Allianz Deutschland unit will raise its annual investment into renewables, mainly...
EverQuote Pro Brings Local Insurance Agents Insights Via Agency Analytics Service
Jun 18 2015 // Cambridge, MA, June 18, 2015 – EverQuote, Inc., operator of the leading online auto insurance marketplace in the U.S. for consumers and insurance providers, today announced the EverQuote Pro Agency Analytics...
With HCC Holdings Buy, Tokio Marine Enhances Already Top Commercial Lines Performance
Jun 17 2015 // Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is using debt to expand a U.S. insurance business that’s beaten even Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for policy growth. The Japanese insurer, which is taking over Houston-based HCC Insurance...
Tropical Storm Bill Makes Landfall in Texas with 60 MPH Winds
Jun 16 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill came ashore on the Texas mainland this morning near Seadrift, packing heavy rains that will drop as much as 10 inches along the coast. Bill’s winds were 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour, up from...
Greenberg Will Appeal AIG Bailout Case Win Over Lack of Damages
Jun 16 2015 // Maurice “Hank’ Greenberg, who yesterday won what most considered a long-shot case with a ruling that the U.S. government acted illegally towards American International Group Inc. shareholders in the terms it...
