National News for January 2017
- S&P Ratings Reacts to AIG’s Pending Q4 Reserve Charge
- Trump Advisor Says U.S. Will Change Climate Policy, Pull Out of Paris Agreement
- Trump’s ‘2-for-1’ Deregulation Scheme Easier Said Than Done
- Archer Daniels Midland to Sell Crop Risk Services to Validus
- Liberty Mutual Names Asher President of Safeco, Succeeding Nickerson
- Allstate’s ‘Worth Telling’ Campaign Celebrates Black History Month
- 2016 Insurance Journal Timeline: From Chubb/Ace to Google to Trump
- New Crash Test Dummies Look More Like Americans: Obese and Aging
- P/C Insurers Enroute to Posting Underwriting Loss for 2016: A.M. Best
- Munich Re America Names Mozeika to New Insurtech Post
- Labor Department’s Wells Fargo Whistleblower Site Taken Down
- How State Insurance Regulators May Help Insurers Innovate
- Insurance Industry Rethinking Recruitment Strategies
- Trump Team Nixes Obamacare Ads, Emails as Sign-Up Deadline Approaches
- Connected Homes Heighten Need for Personal Cyber Insurance
- AIG, Fitch Put AIG Under Review Citing Reinsurance Deal, Reserve Adjustment
- U.S. P/C Insurance Earnings Picture ‘Isn’t Too Pretty,’ Says S&P
- Agency Salary Survey: Find Out More on Today’s Compensation Trends
- Extreme Solar Blackouts May Cost U.S. More Than $40 Billion Daily
- U.S. Agency, Industry Working on New Safety Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Castelo Takes Charge at MAPFRE North America, USA
- Insurity Acquires Valen Analytics
- NAIC Leader Says Insurer Systemic Risk Process Is Unnecessary
- Allied World Enhances Managed Care Cyber Liability Offering
- P/C Insurance Execs Foresee Commercial Lines Growth, Led by Cyber, Outpacing Personal Lines
- Report: Trump Administration Orders Removal of Climate Page from EPA’s Website
- Zurich North America Names Leaders of Realigned Commercial Divisions
- AIG Reinsurance Deal May Spell Short-Term Loss, Long-Term Gain for Berkshire
- P/C Insurers Fell to $1.7 Billion Underwriting Loss in First 9 Months of 2016
- Aon Develops Captive Program for Cyber Risk Transfer
- U.S. Reports Auto Insurance Unaffordable for Millions; Insurers Call Report ‘Ill-Conceived and Unnecessary’
- Private Equity Returns Boost Travelers Q4 Profit
- Group Offers Insurance for Freelance Journalists Assigned Anywhere, Including in War Zones
- Why Are Large-Scale Tornado Outbreaks Increasing in U.S.?
- NAIC Announces 35 Consumer Representatives for 2017
- Judge Nixes Aetna’s $37 Billion Purchase of Humana; Aetna Considers Appeal
- Trump Orders U.S. Exit from Pacific Trade Pact and Reset on NAFTA
- Beecher Carlson Promotes Rubin, Garrard, Leighton in Energy Practice
- Crawford Names Tolson as CEO of U.S. Property/Casualty Group
- P/C Insurance Executives Express Cautious Optimism for 2017
- Trump Administration Halts Obama Cut in Mortgage Insurance Premiums
- Business Leaders Urge New Job Policies as Technology Displaces Workers
- Trump Considering Not Enforcing Health Insurance Mandate, Says Top Aide
- AIG Signs Major Reinsurance Deal with Berkshire’s National Indemnity
- Nationwide Using Mobile-App Startup Sure to Sell Renters Insurance
- Cost of Most Serious Workplace Injuries Falls: Liberty Mutual
- Investigation Concludes Tesla Not at Fault in Self-Driving Car Crash
- Aon in Talks to Sell Benefits Outsourcing Division: Reuters
- Consumers Not Yet Convinced Driverless Cars Are Safer
- Parker Joins Worldwide Facilities’ Financial Service Group
- Stone Named General Counsel for Marsh, Guy Carpenter
- Everest Insurance Launches Auto Buffer Coverage for Large Motor Fleets
- Bluetooth Toothbrushes, Telematics, Fitbits and Data Tracking Acceptance
- Expect the Unexpected in U.S. Casualty Insurance Market in 2017: Marsh
- Willis Towers Watson Names Liss as Head of North America Corporate Risk and Brokerage
- White Mountain’s OneBeacon Reported to Be Up for Sale
- Startup Next Insurance Partners with Markel on Insurance Fit for Personal Trainers
- Seizing Today’s Program Business Opportunities
- CNA Names Lea Vice President, Commercial Underwriting for E&O, Cyber and Media
- Timeliness of Securities Class Actions Under Supreme Court Scrutiny
- High-Flying Drone Market Comes Down to Earth Earlier Than Expected
- Latest Republican Proposal: Let States That Like Obamacare Keep It
- 26% of Natural Disaster Economic Losses in 2016 Were Insured: Aon Benfield Cat Report
- Charity First to Move Nonprofit Program to Nova Casualty Co.
- Study Links Truck Drivers’ Health to Crash Risk
- Hearst Media Buys Work-Loss Data Institute
- Supreme Court to Decide If Employee Arbitration Clauses Are Enforceable Nationwide
- Tech Firms Collecting Data: How Much Do Consumers Know or Care?
- Trump Says He Has Plan for ‘Insurance for Everybody’ to Replace Obamacare
- Maritime Program Group Expands Into Additional Ocean Marine Classes
- U.S. and EU Reach Agreement on Insurance Regulation
- U.S. Charges Chrysler with Diesel Emissions Cheating
- 6 Key Trends in Workplace Litigation for 2017
- Takata Nears $1 Billion Settlement with U.S. Over Faulty Air Bags
- More Drug Companies Vow to Limit Price Increases
- Supporters of Overtime Hike Turn to States as Obama Rule Unlikely to Survive
- New Climate Index Shows Extreme Weather Is Now 3 Times More Frequent
- Robo-Insurance Agents? Bring ‘Em On, Phygitally, Say Consumers
- GOP-Led Senate Takes First Step Toward Ending Obamacare, 51-48
- Main Street America Promotes Kusch to EVP, Insurance Operations
- ASAE, Aon Enhance D&O Liability Coverage for Associations
- House Republicans Pass Sweeping Regulatory Reform Bill
- U.S. Chamber Faces Challenges with Trump on Key Issues
- Cybersecurity Firm IDT911 Rebrands to CyberScout, Plans Global Expansion
- House Kicks Off Year by Passing Sports Team Doctors’ Liability Bill
- Exiting U.S. Trade Rep Urges Trump to Uphold Trans-Pacific Trade Deal
- Volkswagen Agrees to $4.3 Billion U.S. Settlement Over Emissions Fraud
- 2017 Cyber Risks to Intensify as Hackers Become More Cunning: Report
- MF Global’s Corzine to Pay U.S. Regulator $5 Million Over Firm’s Collapse
- Nation’s Largest Alliance of Independent Agencies Grows Membership Again in 2016
- Floods, Other Major Climate Events Cost U.S. $46 Billion, 138 Lives in 2016
- Today’s Insurance Agency E&O Costs, Coverage and Claims
- Is Soft Market Bottoming? A.M. Best Points to Some Promising Signs
- Federal Housing Agency to Lower Mortgage Insurance Premiums
- Beazley, VALE Partner on Environmental Coverage for Small, Mid-Sized Firms
- Everest Insurance Expands U.S Property Team
- Ryan Specialty Group Names Rosson Senior Vice President
- Supreme Court Lets Stand Websites’ Liability Shield in Child Sex Trafficking Case
- How to Help Insureds Manage Customer Privacy Risk
- Senate to Begin Repealing Obamacare This Week: McConnell
- Kinsale Launches Liability Coverage for Educational Institutions
- Crawford Completes Acquisition of Web-Based Inspection Firm WeGoLook
- Federal Insurance Chief McRaith Leaving Post on Jan. 20
- Coke Gets Taste of a Lawsuit Over Health Risks of Sugary Drinks
- U.S. Claims Home-Networking Firm D-Link Poses Hacking Risk
- Judge Rules VW Must Face U.S. Investor Lawsuit Over Diesel Scandal
- Starr Promotes Greytok to Lead New Excess Casualty Unit
- Driverless Cars Mapping Route from Labs to Driveways
- Device Insurer Bought by Allstate for $1.4 Billion Lost Money Last 5 Years
- How to Gain ‘Digital Trust’ of Employees in Age of Internet of Things
- New Hurricane Research Looks Like Good News for Atlantic Coast
- Duck Creek Technologies Acquires Data Management Software Firm Yodil
- 24 Independent Insurance, Benefits Agencies Form National Brokerage, Alera Group
- Judge Halves Jury’s $1 Billion Punitive Damages Award in J&J Hip Implant Case
- AIG Completes Sale of Mortgage Unit to Arch Capital for $3.4 Billion
- National Flood Insurance Program Secures $1 Billion in Reinsurance for 2017; 25 Reinsurers Participate
- PotashCorp’s Seaman Takes Helm as 2017 RIMS President
- Correction: Brown & Brown’s Hull Acquires Insurance House Commercial MGA Business
- The Hartford Signs $1.5 Billion Reinsurance Deal Covering Asbestos Liability
- Wells Fargo Settles Brokers’ Claims of Racial Bias
- U.S. Refineries’ Accident Risk on Rise Due to Labor Shortage
- Newest Big Thing in Drones Is Technology to Block Them
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