National News for September 2019
- EagleView Wins $125M Patent Infringement Award, Sales Halt Against Verisk
- Update on Lawsuits Targeting Vaping; Litigation Expected to Grow
- How Early Signs of Lung Effects of Vaping Were Missed and Downplayed
- Strong E&S Premium Growth in Response to Weak Results; Top 15 E&S Writers: Fitch
- Trump Signs Stopgap Funding for Government That Includes Flood Program
- Analysts See Senate Joining House on Marijuana Banking Law
- U.S. Private Flood Insurance: The Journey to Build a New Market
- Insurers Balk at Study Questioning Value of Municipal Bond Insurance
- Vaping Now Linked to 12 Deaths, 805 Illnesses in U.S.
- Local Officials from Across U.S. Pressure McDonald’s on Workplace Harassment Policies
- Cyber Insurer Coalition Expands Coverage to Businesses With Up To $1B in Revenue
- House Passes SAFE Marijuana Banking Bill by Big Margin
- Opioid Trial Judge, Overseeing 2,000 Lawsuits, Denies Bias, Refuses to Step Down
- Ocean Marine Insurers Face New Risks, Challenges in Changing Segment
- InsureTech Connect: Insurance Industry Needs to Understand What Business It’s In
- Boeing Vows New Safety Panel, Design Changes in Response to 737 Max Crashes
- Mutual Insurer Trade Group NAMIC’s CEO Chamness to Retire
- Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group Expands Horse Program Into 6 States
- 17 Cybersecurity Products the Cyber Insurance Industry Says Are Worthwhile
- Chubb Names Hobson, Formerly with Aon, to New Flood Insurance Post
- Marsh Pilots Blockchain-Powered Insurance Placement and Binding Process
- Rent Default Coverage Available to Real Estate Investors, Property Managers
- U.S. Aviation Regulator Denies It Misled Congress on 737 Max Inspectors
- Men and Women Respond Differently When Natural Disasters Strike, Researchers Say
- How U.S. Is Attempting to Manage Risk from ‘Insider’ Terrorist Threat in Aviation
- Profitability Returning to D&O Liability as Rate Hikes Take Hold: Fitch
- AmTrust E&S Insurance Services Taps Lynn to Lead New Excess Casualty Division
- Travelers Gives Agents Aerial Property Damage Viewer to Expedite Disaster Claims
- Excess & Surplus Market Soars as Standard Carriers, Lloyd’s Drop Accounts
- Boeing 737 Fund Will Pay Crash Victims’ Families $145K Each
- Rethinking the Limits of Parametric Insurance
- How Medical Community Can Overcome Error of Its Ways in Opioids and Vaping: Opinion
- Insurers Join Call for Climate Action at U.N. Summit
- CAC Specialty Names Former Aon, JLT Specialty Executive Rice as CEO
- Airlift from Drugstore to Doorstep: Walgreens, Google’s Wing Testing Drone Deliveries
- Commercial Lines Insurtech Bold Penguin Raises $32 Million in Latest Round
- Music Copyright Law in Search of New Standard for Infringement
- Judge Allows Tesla Investor’s Claim Over Musk’s ‘Extraordinary’ $56B Performance Pact
- How Forested Communities Are Trying to Adapt to Growing Wildfire Threat
- House OKs Government Stopgap Funding That Extends Flood Insurance Until Nov. 21
- Aviation Industry Braces for Double-Digit Premium Hikes After 737 MAX Groundings
- Sectors Under Pressure, Such as Insurance, Remain Private Equity Targets: Apollo Exec
- Generali Launches U.S. Specialty Insurance Division, Focusing on Warranty Services
- Pilot Chuck Yeager, Who Broke Sound Barrier, Sues Airbus for Trademark Infringement
- Re/insurers Rethink Climate Change Risks as Losses Grow from Wildfires, Floods, Hail
- Marsh’s Torrent Technologies Expands Private Flood Coverage for Small Businesses
- Cannabis Risk Management Group Wants to Impact Claims Via Best Practices
- Beazley Launches Title IX Coverage for Educational Institutions
- Agencies Form Venture to Accelerate, Invest in Insurtech Startups for Agents, Brokers
- Insurance Highway Institute Gives Tesla’s Model 3 Top Safety Rating
- Group Says FEMA’s Flood Home Buyouts Take Too Long
- U.S. Consumer Agency Says Financial Complaint Database to Remain Public
- How Pharmacies Are Resisting Amazon’s Attempt to Corner Their Business
- Nationwide’s Digital Storefront Targets Small Business Market
- Spencer Educational Foundation Taps Miller for New Executive Director Position
- Americans Failing to Act on Cyber Risk Concerns, Chubb Survey Finds
- FAA Invites Global Regulators to Meet Over Boeing 737 Status
- Insurtechs Poised to Challenge Traditional Home Insurers: J.D. Power
- Gays’ Job Rights at Stake in Upcoming Supreme Court Cases
- New Hog Slaughterhouse Rules Please Firms, Worry Food Safety Advocates
- Chubb Personal Auto Service Protects Insured Info for Total Loss Vehicles
- Feds Investigating How U.S. Olympic Boards Handled Sex Abuse Claims
- Smart Insurance Forms Platform Broker Buddha Raises $4.5 Million
- Fairmatic Bets On Driver-Driven Premium Adjustments to Score in Commercial Auto
- Specialty Lines Insurance: Innovating at the Edges of Society and the Economy
- Experts Not Worried About Saudi-Like Drone Attack Knocking Out U.S. Oil Production
- Centers for Disease Control Prioritizes Investigations into Vaping-Related Illnesses
- Lawsuits Targeting E-Cigarettes Increase Along with Death, Illness Reports
- Agency Vows Lower Cyber Insurance Deductible for Multi-factor Verification
- IRS Makes Settlement Offer to Taxpayers Involved in ‘Dirty’ Micro-Captive Insurance
- Startup Agency Zeguro Helps Businesses Manage Cyber Risk and Insurance Premiums
- Amazon Under Scrutiny Over Claims of Unsafe Conditions for Delivery Drivers
- Facing Thousands of Opioid Lawsuits, Purdue Pharma Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- Bill Would Allow Service Members to Sue Military for Medical Malpractice
- Pharmacies, Distributors Say Opioid Case Judge Biased, Seek Removal
- Willis Towers Watson, Sompo GRS Launch Middle Market Real Estate Platform
- Insurers Looking to Add Jobs in Low Unemployment, High Tech Environment
- Allianz Risk Names Bavishi as Deputy Regional Head of Americas
- States Report 380 Cases of Lung Disease, 6 Deaths Linked to Vaping
- Hardening Markets, Social Inflation, E&S Business: Berkley, AIG Execs Face Analysts
- NFL Innovation Challenge: $3 Million for a Better Helmet
- Gene Therapy Drugs That Cost Millions Have Employers and Health Plans Worried
- Climate Change Tops List of World’s ‘Extreme Risks’
- On Second Thought, Insurtech Next Insurance Thinks Agents Have a Role After All
- Insurance Marketing Group Taps Berkley’s Foster as Chair; Elects 10 New Directors
- Another Hard Market Harbinger: U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up 4% in Q2
- Reuters: How Court Lets Merck Hide Baldness Drug Propecia’s Risks
- States Split Over Purdue’s $12 Billion Opioid Epidemic Settlement Plan
- Hometown Jury Says J&J Must Pay $37.2 Million for Cancers Linked to Baby Powder
- AXA XL Partners with Insurtech Neptune Flood to Expand Private Flood Insurance
- Liberty Mutual Appoints Perez as Chief Underwriting Officer, North America
- States Take Aim at SEC’s New Broker-Dealer Adviser Rule
- Judge: Facebook ‘Could Not Be More Wrong’ in Cambridge Analytica Defense
- Conservative TV Channel Sues MSNBC’s Maddow for Calling It ‘Paid Propaganda’
- FEMA Officials Arrested on Fraud Charges Linked to Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria Aid
- The Remaking of Disgrace Insurance
- New Ironshore Environmental App Offers Real-Time Incident Alerts, Reporting
- Loss Creep Spells End to Soft Reinsurance Market: Guy Carpenter
- TV Show ‘Young Sheldon’ Fined for Fake Tornado Warning
- 3 Industry Veterans Relish Fresh Start for Their Latest Legacy-Free Ventures
- Title Insurers Fidelity National, Stewart Information Call Off Merger
- Judge Permits Nationwide Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook to Proceed
- Medical Association Calls for Americans to Stop Vaping as Illnesses, Deaths Rise
- Judge Rejects Purdue Effort to Dismiss Claim Opioids Are Public Nuisance
- Billion Dollar Loss Scenarios Point to Need to Better Understand Cyber Events
- Guy Carpenter’s Holtmeier Joins BMS as U.S. Reinsurance Chief Strategy Officer
- Cigna Plan Will Cover Expensive Breakthrough Gene Therapies
- Root Insurance Raises $350 Million in New Round; Valuation Reaches $3.65 Billion
- U.S. Opposes Merger of Title Insurers Fidelity National and Stewart
- Automated Driver Assist Cars Still a Work in Progress
- Online Tool from Brightway Helps Franchise Owners Recruit Agents
- Starr Insurance Sues to Rescind Coverage for Plane Used by Lawyer Avenatti
- Prudential to Pay $2.35 Billion for Insurtech Startup Assurance IQ
- Genstar Capital’s Investment in Wholesaler Worldwide Facilities Finalized
- Vaping Lung Illness May Be Linked to Cannabis Product, Say Health Officials
- 15 Safest Driving Cities in America
- Tesla Insurance Will Use Driver Video, GPS Data Subject to States’ Approval
- Judge Tosses Ex-NFL Player’s Lawsuit Alleging Insufficient Benefits Disclosure
- Report Sees ‘Explosive’ Growth for North American Cannabis Market
- Former Arch Exec Slate to Lead New Great American Accident & Health Division
- Tesla Autopilot Design, Plus Driver Error, to Blame for 2018 Crash: Safety Board
- Walmart Sued by Couple Wounded in El Paso Mass Shooting
- Judge Nixes Antitrust Concerns, Allows CVS Purchase of Aetna
- Sedgwick Completes Purchase of York Risk Services
- Marsh Names Rouse to Lead U.S. Property; Sartain to Lead FINPRO
- Marsh’s Ellis Joins AIG to Head Retail Property
- AIG’s Su Joins AXA XL as Underwriting Lead for Structured Risk Solutions
- Uber, Lyft Balk at Revealing Contracted Drivers’ Names; Claim ‘Trade Secrets’
- Drug Firms Must Face Trial Over Opioids, Judge Orders
- McDonald’s Expands Training to Address Workplace Harassment, Violence Prevention
- States Questioning How Juul’s Vaping Device Became So Popular with Teens
- Analysts See 2020 Reinsurance Price Hikes Due to Catastrophes
- 5G Mobile Networks Jeopardize Future Storm Forecasts, Claim Weather Agencies
- Paragon Launches Nationwide Workers’ Comp Program
- U.S. Court Rules Airport Screeners Can Be Sued
- Government Fails to Block Liability Lawsuit Over Failed Background Check on Shooter
- QBE Service Helps Employers With Harassment, Bias, Other Employment Issues
- Putting Municipal Ransomware Attacks— and Cyber Insurance —in Context
- Federal Officials Issue Health Warning on Marijuana Use by Teens, Pregnant Women
- Category 5 Dorian Batters Bahamas; Florida, Southeast Coast Await Fate
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