National News for November 2021
- Where Employers Stand on Vaccines, ‘New Normal’ Workplace, Remote Work, Travel
 - Zywave Acquires Insurance Distribution, Quoting Software Firm ClarionDoor
 - Fired Engineers Claim Google Failed to Honor Its Own ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto
 - Why Jury’s Opioid Verdict Against Pharmacy Chains May Not Survive Appeal
 - How Common Are Ransomware Attacks? Lawmakers Want to Find Out.
 - U.S. Unlikely to Impose Further Restrictions Due to Omicron COVID Variant, Says Fauci
 - Allstate Inks $232M Deal to Sell Most of Campus in Illinois
 - Collecting $26M Award From White Nationalists May Be Challenging
 - Travelers Weigh Canceling, Delaying Trips as Countries Tighten Rules on Omicron Fears
 - Memo Cites Lessons from Ransomware Payments by CNA, JBS and Colonial Pipeline
 - Insurtech Startup Kettle Raises $25M to Expand Wildfire Reinsurance Protection
 - Inflation, Loss Severity May Curb Nonstandard Auto Market’s Positive Momentum
 - Two Experts Debunk Some of the Biggest Myths Around Cyber Insurance
 - Wall Street Faces $22 Trillion Ticking Carbon Time Bomb
 - Ohio Jury Finds Major Pharmacy Chains Fueled Opioid Crisis
 - U.S. Gunmakers Claim Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Shows ‘Clash of National Values’
 - JPMorgan Beats Insurers in Appeal Over $140M Bear Stearns Settlement
 - U.S. Asks Appeals Court to Lift Stay on COVID Vaccine Mandate or Allow Mask Rule
 - Renominated Federal Reserve Chair Powell Committed to Addressing Climate Risk
 - U.S. Climate Pledge to Be Tested in Senate
 - Brokers Report Cyber Insurers Requiring Security Steps Along With Higher Premiums
 - Talcum Cancer Victims Rebuff J&J’s Push for Settlement Talks
 - GoDaddy Says Security Incident Exposed Data of 1.2M WordPress Users
 - Resilience Cyber Closes $80M Funding Round to Further Expand Into Middle Market
 - Biden’s Proposed Inflation Cap on Drug Prices Includes Private Insurance Plans
 - Amazon and Its Algorithms Blamed for Crashes by Delivery Drivers
 - Insureds May be Cooling to Digital Claims Experience
 - State Farm and Generali Join Investors in Computer Vision Startup Nexar
 - New U.S. Rule Requires Banks to Promptly Report Cyber Incidents
 - Insurers Cut Their Appetite for Cyber Cover as Ransomware Losses Mount
 - Staying Focused on Surplus Lines: Amwins’ President Drinkwater
 - Insuring Cannabis Summit: Brokers Advise on EPLI, Exclusions, Lounges, Labs
 - NAIC Report Outlines Ways to Address Climate-Related Risks
 - Zurich North America Doubles Down on Apprenticeship Program
 - People Moves: Changes at the Top at Marsh McLennan, Marsh and Guy Carpenter
 - Where Insurance Prices Will Moderate in 2022. And Where They Probably Won’t.
 - Aspen Institute Report Calls for Regulation, Local Media to Fight Internet Misinformation
 - P/C Insurers’ Increased Reliance on Reinsurance Portends Premium Hikes
 - Insurance Technology: LineSlip Aids Property Underwriting; Bold Penguin Adds 2 Products:, Cowbell Assesses AWS
 - Demex and Vave Offer Parametric Extreme Temperature Insurance for U.S. Businesses
 - Tesla Seeks Retrial, Cut in ‘Staggering’ $137M Award in Racial Bias Workplace Case
 - FAA in Talks With Telecoms Over Aviation Safety Concerns of 5G Wireless
 - 6th Circuit to Hear Consolidated Lawsuits Challenging Biden Workplace Vaccine Rule
 - Supreme Court Rejects VW Bid to Halt State, Local Emissions Scandal Suits
 - Lexington’s Levinson on Why E&S Is More Relevant Now Than Ever
 - Cargo Theft Cases Down in Q3 Compared to Highs of 2020: CargoNet
 - Former Coach, ESPN Commentator Gruden Sues NFL Over Leak of Emails
 - Want Wearable Tech With That Workers’ Comp Policy? Kinetic Teams With Nationwide.
 - Hedge Funds Turn Lawsuit Bets Into a $39 Billion Industry
 - 9/11 Victim Fund Director Feinberg to Help Mediate in Talcum Fight
 - Will Forever Chemicals, PFAS, Lead to Never-Ending Lawsuits?
 - Samsung Fire & Marine to Underwrite Canopius U.S. Admitted Specialty Lines
 - Insurance Technology: Agents and Multi-Factor Authentication; TA Invests in Insurity Again; GCube Touts AI in Renewable Energy
 - Insured Severe Weather Losses in U.S. Already Top $20B for 2021
 - Commercial Auto Insurers Improved Results in 2020: AM Best
 - Insurers to Hike Private Market Investments; Environmental Focus Grows: BlackRock
 - From Baby Powder to Implants: J&J’s Biggest Legal Liabilities As It Prepares to Split
 - FDA Seeks More Tests of Foam Used in Philips Ventilators
 - Federal Court Continues Stay on OSHA’s COVID Vaccine/Test Mandate on Businesses
 - Airbnb Bets on Remote Work With New Tools Including Insurance
 - Insurtech Funding on Track for New Record After Hitting $5.3B in Q3
 - Insuring Cannabis Summit: Too Many Operators View Coverage as Compliance Check Box
 - Boeing Reaches Compensation Terms With Victims of Ethiopian Airlines Crash
 - Risky Business: Climate Change Turns Up Heat on Insurers, Policyholders
 - Pork Plants Allowed to Operate Faster in Trial Program
 - Westfield Insurance to Buy Argo’s U.S. Specialty Property Renewal Rights
 - A Look at Military Veterans’ Earnings, Employment After Active-Duty Service
 - Coalition Enters Executive Risk Insurance Market for Small Business
 - P/C Insurers Turn In Solid First Half Performance
 - Houston Concert Tragedy Follows Other Major Crowd Disasters Around the World
 - Auto Safety Whistleblower Receives Maximum Award of $24 Million
 - Ruling in Opioid Marketing Case a Setback for States Arguing Public Nuisance
 - Lemonade to Acquire Auto Insurer Metromile in Merger of Insurtechs
 - How J&J Shaped Report on Talc’s Links to Cancer
 - Robinhood Reports Data Breach and Extortion Payment Demand
 - US Court Rejects Israeli Firm’s Immunity From Facebook Suit Over Malware
 - Judge Upholds United Airlines’ COVID Vaccine Mandate for Employees
 - Top 20 Cyber Insurers in U.S. Including Loss Ratios: NAIC
 - EagleView and Verisk Agree to End Litigation; EagleView’s Patents Affirmed
 - People Moves: Pancoast Moves to Ironshore E&S; PwC’s Coggins Leads Actuaries; McLean Joins Lockton from Willis
 - Justice Department to Escalate Fight Against Cybercrime, Ransomware: Interview
 - Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Losses Continued in Q3 on Catastrophes, Pandemic
 - Boeing Directors Reach $237.5M Settlement of Shareholders’ 737 MAX Safety Lawsuit
 - SolarWinds Investors Suit Alleges Board Knew About Cyber Risks
 - Court Stays OSHA’s COVID Vaccine Mandate on Business With 100+ Employees
 - AIG’s Strong Q3 ‘Validates Strategy,’ Says CEO Zaffino
 - Boeing Shareholders Near Settlement Over 737 Safety Oversight: Reuters
 - Why Millions Have Left Workforce During Pandemic
 - Liberty Mutual Is Moving Its 2,200 Exclusive Agents to Its New Digital Agency
 - Biden COVID-19 Vaccine Rules for Businesses Prompt Republican Backlash
 - Reports from U.S.-based Group Will Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Terrorism
 - Insuring Cannabis Summit: More Market Growth Through the Year and Beyond
 - ‘American Way of Life’ at Risk From Cyber Attacks, Top U.S. Official Warns
 - OSHA Unveils Details of Workplace Vaccine Mandate Rule with Deadline After Holidays
 - FAA Refers 37 Fights on Flights to FBI as Cases Rise
 - SEC Makes It Easier for Shareholders to Get Votes on Social Issue Proposals
 - Insurance Regulators: Mitigation, Solvency Are Keys to Surviving Climate Change
 - CNA Boosts Q3 Profit Despite Catastrophes; Sees ‘Favorable’ 2022 Ahead
 - Insurtech Lemonade Enters ‘Green’ Auto Insurance Business
 - Judge Dismisses Chemours Shareholder Suit Over DuPont Spinoff Liabilities
 - Clock Is Ticking for Contractors and Workers Resisting Vaccine Mandates
 - Facebook Says It’s Removing Facial Recognition System
 - Supreme Court Declines to Hear Transgender Rights Case
 - Where U.S. Insurers Are in Integrating Environmental, Social, Governance Issues
 - AIG Completes Sale of Stake in Life & Retirement Unit to Blackstone
 - Judge Finds Drugmakers Not Liable in First Trial Win in Opioid Litigation
 - Investor Research Firm ISS to Acquire Discovery Data
 - FAA Raises Aviation Safety Concerns Over 5G Network Plan
 - Searching for Realistic Ideas That Could Help Tame Big Tech
 - Hylant, Obsidian Launch Program for Restaurant Delivery Drivers
 - OSHA Seeks Input for Worker Safety Rule on Heat Hazards
 - States Sue to End Biden COVID Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors
 - J&J Spends $800M  to Settle Most Risperdal Lawsuits
 - Report Sounds Alarm Over Workers With Long-Term COVID-19 Symptoms
 - Supreme Court to Weigh Curbing Federal Power to Limit Carbon Emissions
 
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