National News for February 2020
- Trucking Can Be Deadly. And Not Just For Truckers.: Viewpoint
- Update on Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery
- Q4 Earnings Briefs: State Auto, National General, Donegal, Safety, Protective
- Opioid Firms Warn Lawyers’ Bid for 7% Fee Jeopardizes Settlement
- Global Insurers Face Hefty Claims If Coronavirus Forces Olympics Cancellation
- Nationwide, Generali Form Joint Venture N2G to Sell Multinational Commercial Lines
- Time Is Now for Agents to Address Privacy of Customer Data
- IMA Group Acquires Behavioral Health Firm PsyBar
- Congress Urged to Uphold, Not Override, State Privacy Laws
- Supreme Court Rejects Stricter Deadline for Employee Claims Against Retirement Plans
- Broker Investor Group Selects 12 Insurtechs for First Cohort
- 39 States Investigating E-Cigarette Maker Juul Over Marketing to Underage Users
- How Draining the Reservoir Can Help Mitigate Flooding
- Marsh JLT Specialty Names Hanrahan Global Head of Aviation, Succeeding Harker
- Safety Board Hits Tesla Autopilot Design, Regulator’s ‘Misguided’ Approach
- Toyota to Offer Nationwide’s Auto Insurance Product with Telematics
- Insurance Coverage for Losses Stemming from the Coronavirus
- Kobe Bryant’s Widow Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Helicopter Operator
- Progressive Continues Hiring Drive, Looking for 8,000 New Employees Across Country
- Intuit to Acquire Credit Karma for $7.1 Billion
- Board Finalizes Rule Scaling Back Joint Employer Liability for Franchisees, Contractors
- Aviation Safety Whistleblower to Get $90K
- Buffett Warns of Corporate Directors Too Beholden to CEO
- Safety Board to Report on Tesla Autopilot Crash, Issue Safety Recommendations
- Supreme Court Nixes Religious Bias Claim for Walgreens Denying Saturdays-Off Request
- Cyber Insurance Startup At-Bay Plans Expansion After Raising $34 Million
- Small Businesses Hope Employees Like Wellness Benefits Enough to Stay
- Wells Fargo to Pay $3B to U.S. to Settle Fake Accounts Scandal
- Buffett Says Combs Likely to Head GEICO Only Temporarily
- Berkshire Hathaway P/C Insurance Profit Down in 2019
- But Wait. Here’s ‘The Rest of The Story’ on Buffett’s Lubrizol
- How Pharmaceutical Firms Are Using Blockchain to Track Down Counterfeit Drugs
- ProAssurance Looks to Acquire NORCAL in $450M Deal
- Insurance Information Institute Names Friedlander, Maccini to Communications Positions
- Lawmakers to Introduce Bipartisan Bill Aimed at Internet Firms’ Liability Shield
- Examining the Higher Death Rate for Older Workers: Viewpoint
- How One County Plans to Vet Insurers for Fossil Fuel Investments
- Usage-Based Insurance Pioneer Metromile Now Offering Its Technology as Claims Tool
- Bills in Congress, States Seek to Curb Litigation Funding
- Think Tank Urges Flood Insurance Program to Stop Enabling Building in High Risk Areas
- Attorney General Barr: Should Tech Giants Still Be Free From Liability for Content?
- Coronavirus Raises Insurance Questions But Catastrophe-Tested Insurers Are Prepared
- Insurers Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Fill Vacant Positions
- 4Q Earnings Briefs: Trupanion, United Fire, FNF
- Everest Insurance Adds 4 Underwriters to E&S Casualty Excess Group
- Homeland Security Reports Ransomware Attack Shut Gas Pipeline Facility for Two Days
- Justice Department Targets Internet Firms’ Liability Shield
- RLI to Offer Samsara IoT Loss Control Services to Trucking, Commercial Auto Clients
- The State of Autonomous Driving: Shuttles vs. Moonshots in Big Stakes Race
- Employment Liability Insurers See Plenty to Worry About, From Biometrics to Harassment
- Facing Hundreds of Abuse Claims, Boy Scouts of America Files for Bankruptcy
- In an About-Facebook, Zuckerberg Likes Internet Regulation As Way to Win Public Trust
- Chubb Expands Incident Reporting Tool to Excess Casualty Clients
- Cruise Ship Tests Coronavirus Containment as 300 Passengers Return to U.S.
- Jury Awards $265M to Farmer Claiming Drifting Herbicides Damaged His Orchard
- With Ultimate Frisbee Sport Catching On, Researchers Track Pro Athletes’ Injuries
- AIG Maps Out Major Investment in Technology, Core Processes
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010 Was Bigger Than Satellite Images Showed
- Analyst Warns Regulatory Battle Over AI Bias to Grow; Lemonade Argues It’s Fair
- B3i’s Blockchain Platform Places 30 Reinsurance Contracts, Including Cat XoL Treaties
- Ironshore Expands, Realigns Its Wholesale Distribution with Branch Managers
- Brooks Brothers and Brooks Running Shoes Clash Over Trademark
- Firearm Purchaser Licensing Laws Linked To Fewer Fatal Mass Shootings
- Wells Fargo Agrees to Halt Forced Arbitration for Sex Harassment Claims
- AIG and P/C Underwriting Post Profit for Q4
- Insurance Comparison Site SelectQuote Plans IPO: Reuters
- Report: 2019 Was 7th Year in Last Decade with 10 or More Disasters of $1B-Plus
- ‘Numbers Guy’ Zaffino Expected to Succeed Duperreault as AIG CEO…Eventually
- Safety Probe Finds Tesla Driver Killed in Crash Reported Prior Autopilot Problems
- How Comparing Drug Prices Lowers Costs for Employers and Patients
- Coronavirus Clouds U.S. Outlook But Economic Impact Should be Modest: S&P
- ‘Rivers in the Sky’ Causing Billions in Flood Damage in U.S.
- Lawmakers Urged to Help U.S. Keep Up with China on Autonomous Vehicles
- Gaining a Risk Manager Seat at Technology’s Table: Interview with RIMS Leader Langone
- How Costs for Obesity in Workplace Vary by Industry
- Why Utilities Are Turning to Bond Market to Pay for Natural Disaster Losses
- U.S. Charges Four Chinese Military Hackers in Huge Equifax Data Breach in 2017
- Sompo Global Risk Solutions Launches Product for Life Sciences Industry
- Another Federal Circuit Finds Phishing Loss Covered Under Crime Policy
- Boost Raises $14 Million for Its ‘White Label’ Digital Insurance Platform
- Allstate’s Growth Plan Includes Shift in Agent Commissions, Hike in Advertising
- Uber, Postmates Lose Bid to Block California Gig Worker Law… for Now
- NASA Says Software Errors May Have Doomed Boeing Starliner Flight Test
- How Data-Dependent Federal Reserve Is Growing to Like Private Company Big Data
- House Panel to Hold Hearing to Advance Rules on Self-Driving Vehicles
- Tokio Marine Completes Acquisition of High Net Worth Insurance Specialist Pure Group
- Motel 6 to Pay 2,000 Guests Whose Names It Gave to Immigration Officials
- Manufacturer to Halt Production of Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children
- Insurtech Lemonade Prepares to Unleash a Pet Insurance Product
- On-Demand Firms Seek to Protect ‘New’ Economy, Wealth From ‘Frankenstein’
- Argo to Sell Trident Public Risk Solutions to Paragon MGA
- Title Insurer Fidelity National to Acquire FGL Holdings
- U.S. Permits Startup Nuro to Deploy Up to 5,000 Driverless Delivery Vehicles
- Jury Orders J&J to Pay $750 Million in Baby Powder Cancer Trial
- Chubb Closes Out 2019 with Strongest Growth in Years
- Report: Florida Will See Noticeable Climate Change Impacts in 20 Years
- Supreme Court to Consider Fast Track for Obamacare Appeals
- Challenge Up Ahead: Building a Morally Ethical Self-Driving Car: Viewpoint
- Cancer-Causing Benzene Emissions at 10 Refineries Exceed EPA Limits: Watchdog
- Hospital’s Ransomware Attack Exposes New Risk for Muni-Bond Issuers
- Researchers Create Extreme Weather Early Warning System from ‘Obsolete’ Tool
- Last Chance to Participate in the 2020 Agency Salary Survey
- Industry, Government Air Differences Over Asbestos Testing of Talc Powders, Cosmetics
- Comparison Website The Zebra Raises $38.5 Million
- Global Insurance Industry M&A Total Reached $12.92B in December
- Forget Robots. Dogs May Be Taking Crop Inspection Jobs.
- U.S. Seeks Certificaton Criteria for Civilian Drones
- The Hartford’s 2019 Acquisition of Navigators Pays Off
- Berkley CEO Warns Against Overreaction to Workers’ Comp Rate Declines
- Gymnast Sexual Abuse Victims Offered $215 Million Insurance Payout to Settle Claims
- Twitter Says Users’ Phone Numbers Exposed by Flaw in Contacts Upload Feature
- FDA Hearing to Address Testing of Talcum Powders, Cosmetics for Asbestos
- Chubb Launches Non Damage Terrorism Product for Businesses
- Judge Rejects Argument That Insurer Acted in Bad Faith by Using Automated Bill Pay
- Top 5 Trends in Changing Personal Umbrella Market That Agents Need to Know
- Judge Quashes Peloton’s Countersuit in Music Copyright Case
- Online Insurance Broker Policygenius Raises $100M From AXA, Others
- Judge Orders J&J to Pay $344 Million Over Vaginal Mesh Implants Marketing
- Data Driven Business Models to Affect Entire Insurance Value Chain: Swiss Re Report
- Burger King Says Vegans Should Ask to Have Impossible Whoppers Their Way
- Insurance Pros Predict Kansas City Chiefs Will Beat San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl
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