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The Hartford Launches Nationally Registered Apprenticeship Program
Jun 8 2017 // The Hartford is working to educate college students about opportunities in the insurance industry while helping to make the transition from college to an insurance career an easier one. This initiative comes through its...
Congress May Override State Rules on Self-Driving Vehicle Testing
Jun 8 2017 // Congress is working on national self-driving vehicle legislation that could replace state-by state rules and make it easier for automakers to test and deploy the technology, senior U.S. House and Senate lawmakers told...
5 Killed at Orlando Factory by Fired Worker
Jun 7 2017 // A recently fired worker from an awning company in Florida followed through with a plan to kill his former colleagues, singling out five and fatally shooting them in the head before taking his own life, authorities...
Matthew McCampbell Joins U.S. Risk, LLC as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development
Jun 7 2017 // Matthew McCampbell Dallas, TX, June 7, 2017 – Matthew McCampbell has joined the U.S. Risk, LLC team as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development. McCampbell will be primarily responsible for...
U.S. Facing Rise in Workplace Homicides
Jun 7 2017 // Fatal workplace shootings, like the one Monday in Orlando, Florida, are ticking upward in the United States, government statistics show. Revenge against an employer, romantic partner or co-workers often is the motive,...
National Hurricane Center’s New Weather Advisory Tactic: Storm Prep Deadlines
Jun 7 2017 // Some coastal residents always put off emergency preparations until storm clouds loom on the horizon. The National Hurricane Center is going to try giving those people a deadline this year, issuing experimental advisories...
U.S. P/C Insurance Industry Mostly Silent on Trump Exit from Paris Climate Accord
Jun 6 2017 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, which has been facing rising claims bills for extreme weather events, mostly reacted with silence to President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the country from the...
1st Farmer Lawsuit Against Syngenta over China Trade Begins in Kansas
Jun 6 2017 // The first of tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits went to trial on Monday in Kansas against Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta over its decision to introduce a genetically engineered corn seed variety to the U.S. market...
Automakers Seek Changes to Federal Autonomous Vehicle Guidelines
Jun 6 2017 // President Donald Trump’s administration will unveil revised self-driving guidelines within the next few months, the head of the U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday, responding to automakers’ calls for...
Nearly 6.9 Million US Homes at Risk of Hurricane Storm Surge Damage
Jun 6 2017 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Total Reconstruction Cost Value is More Than $1.5 Trillion It’s no surprise that residential homes in the U.S. located along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are...
Supreme Court Affirms Religious Exemption from ERISA Pension Law
Jun 6 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that church-affiliated hospital systems do not have to comply with a federal law governing employee pensions, overturning lower court decisions that could have cost the hospitals...
Midwest Farmers Decry Trump Plans to Cut Ag Subsidies
Jun 5 2017 // Farm groups and some members of Congress from farm states are decrying proposed cuts to crop insurance and other safety net programs for farmers included in President Donald Trump’s budget. The proposed cuts come...
‘Pink Slime’ Media Liability Trial Against ABC Opens in Climate of ‘Fake News’ Claims
Jun 5 2017 // A South Dakota meat processor’s $5.7 billion defamation lawsuit against American Broadcasting Companies Inc., which opens Monday, pits big agriculture against big media, and is a first major court challenge against a...
Excess Capacity Continues to Drive Rate Cuts at June Renewals: JLT Re Report
Jun 5 2017 // Reinsurance rates fell for the sixth consecutive year at the June 1, 2017 renewals, according to a market commentary published by JLT Re. JLT Re cited its Risk-Adjusted Florida Property-Catastrophe (ROL) Index which fell...
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Zoloft Lawsuits Against Pfizer
Jun 5 2017 // The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia upheld a lower court’s dismissal last year of more than 300 product liability suits against drug maker Pfizer over its antidepressant Zoloft. The lawsuits...
For UIG, Protecting Unions Is a Labor of Love
Jun 5 2017 // It can be pretty tough keeping an independent insurance agency up and running successfully long-term if you’re just in it for the money, according to the leader of a Chicago-based agency that is celebrating its 20th...
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Kentucky Nursing Home in Arbitration Case
Jun 5 2017 // The United States Supreme Court says a Kentucky nursing home can require the families of two former residents to pursue claims against the home outside of court. The justices ruled 7-1 last month that the home could...
P/C Industry Posts $4.7B Net Underwriting Loss in 2016
Jun 5 2017 // Private U.S. property/casualty insurers lost big in 2016, reporting a $4.7 billion net underwriting loss driven, in part, by higher catastrophe-related property losses, according to ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers...
Growing Number of Municipal Suits Over Opioids Face Uphill Battle
Jun 2 2017 // A growing number of U.S. states, counties and cities are filing lawsuits accusing drug companies of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers to downplay their addictiveness, but some lawyers say the industry’s highly...
States May Seize U.S. Climate Change Leadership Following Trump’s Paris Exit
Jun 2 2017 // State governors and city mayors were quick to claim the mantle of U.S. leadership in fighting climate change after President Donald Trump said on Thursday the country will pull out of the Paris climate agreement. The...
