National News for November 2024
- GM, Ford Fall on Trump Tariffs Seen Adding $3,000 to Car Prices
 - Unite and Conquer: How the Insurance Industry Can Deflate Social Inflation
 - CrowdStrike Falls After Disappointing Earnings Outlook
 - After Tens of Billions in Insured Losses, Record-Breaking Hurricane Season Ends
 - Walmart, World’s Biggest Retailer, Will Curb Diversity Efforts
 - AI Used for Good and Bad — Like Making Trickier Malware, Says Report
 - Disney Settles Suit Over Women’s Pay for $43 Million
 - Ransomware Hits Supply Chain Software Firm Blue Yonder
 - FTC, Meta Face April Trial Over Suit to Break Up Company
 - Viewpoint: As Insurance Losses Outpace Premiums, State Regulators Play a Critical Role
 - Best Agency to Work For – Overall Winner: Higginbotham
 - AM Best Improves Outlook on US Personal Auto Segment to ‘Stable’
 - Chinese Hackers Preparing for Conflict, Says US Cyber Official
 - Class Action Lawsuit on AI-Related Discrimination Reaches Final Settlement
 - Hyundai Issues Recalls of Electric Cars for Loss of Power, SUVs Over Wiring Issue
 - Nissan Persuades Appeals Court to Decertify Brake Defect Class Actions
 - SEC’s Penalties, Relief Hit All-Time Record of $8.2 Billion
 - Meta Must Face Investor Suit After Supreme Court Drops Case
 - Global Non-Life Insurance Rates ‘Plateauing’ but Nat Cat Losses Delay Market Softening
 - NAIC Elects New Officers for 2025
 - CIAB: All Commercial Lines See Lower Q3 Premium Increases Except Umbrella
 - US Charges Five in ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Scheme
 - New ‘Revolution’ in Firefighting, Crop Protection: Unmanned Helicopters?
 - Commercial Lines Profit Growth: Execution Matters More Than Portfolio Mix
 - NSA Director Wants Industry to Disclose Details of Telecom Hacks
 - Allstate October Catastrophe Losses of $286M Include Milton, Helene
 - Musk, Ramaswamy Will Lean on Supreme Court Rulings to Cut US Agencies
 - Blacks and Hispanics Pay More for Auto Insurance. Study Tries to Answer Why.
 - General Mills to Engage Regulators on Food Dyes Targeted by RFK Jr.
 - Allianz Offers 5 Loss Trends to Watch on the Liability Front
 - Sica Fletcher Index: Total Agency-Broker M&A Revenue Down 38% YTD
 - Library of Congress Says an Adversary Hacked Some Emails
 - T-Mobile Caught Hackers Early, Averting Data Leak
 - How Will the Antitrust Showdown Launched Under Biden Change Under Trump?
 - US Faces Growing Crisis Over High Traffic Deaths, NTSB Chair Says
 - US High Court Declines Appeal, Upholds Coverage Ruling on Treated Wood
 - Ford Faces Two Recall Probes as Carmaker Combats Quality Woes
 - Trump Team Is Seeking to Ease US Rules for Self-Driving Cars
 - Senate Panel to Hold Hearing on Suspected Chinese Hacking Incidents
 - Flood Adaptation Preferable to Post-Disaster Rebuilding – And Helps With Insurability
 - AI Weather Models Have Shown Promise This Hurricane Season
 - Sedgwick: US Product Recalls on Pace to Hit 6-Year High
 - Judge Reduces UPS Driver’s $237.6M Bias Verdict to $39.6M
 - NHTSA Opens Probe Into Over 110,000 Ford SUVs on Seat Belt Concern
 - Allstate Thinks Outside the Cubicle With Flexible Workspaces
 - Marsh McLennan Completes $7.75B Buy of McGriff Insurance Services
 - Amazon, SpaceX to Test US Labor Board’s Powers at Conservative Appeals Court
 - Musk Escalates Altman Legal Feud, Casting OpenAI as Monopolist
 - Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Overtime Pay Rule
 - T-Mobile’s Network Breached as Part of Chinese Hacking Operation
 - Insurance Industry Labor Market Remains Stable: Report
 - FTC’s Holyoak Concerned AI Collecting Children’s Data
 - Judge Questions Transparency of Onion Bid for Infowars
 - Less Worker Deaths Investigated by Labor Department’s OSHA in FY 2024
 - People Moves: Zurich Names Bernard Head of Industry Practices for US Middle Market; FM Promotes Hodge to COO
 - Ford Hit With Near-Record $165 Million Penalty on Recall Failure
 - Allianz Exec Ryan to Succeed Donnell as NCCI President and CEO
 - US Accuses China of Vast Cyber-Espionage Against Telecoms
 - Allstate Insurers Sue Hyundai, Kia to Pay for Claims From Defective Cars
 - People Moves: Everest Insurance Appoints Corbo to Lead US Primary Casualty, Weiser to Lead US Excess Casualty
 - Consumer Watchdog Facing Curbs, Scrutiny Following Trump Win
 - 2024 More of the Same in Commercial Auto Segment After $5B Net Loss in 2023
 - To Manage the Cycle Effectively, Focus on Underwriters’ Behavior
 - Global CO2 Emissions to Hit Record High in 2024, Report Says
 - GM to Recall More Than 461,000 Vehicles Over Transmission Issues: NHTSA
 - Meta Pushes Back Against FTC Effort to Toughen Privacy Order
 - ‘Make America Healthy Again’: RFK Jr. Wins Over Fans by Stoking Food Toxin Fear
 - People Moves: Schaper Is Now Permanent AIG CRO; NFP Appoints Boester Head of Sports and Entertainment Group; Galvin and Fujikawa Join Alliant’s Employee Benefits
 - Safeco to Take Personal Lines Renewal Business of Main Street America
 - Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Curbing Bid-Rigging Prosecutions
 - Chipotle Shareholders Sue Over Fallout From Skimping on Portion Sizes
 - Meta’s Zuckerberg Not Liable in Lawsuits Over Social Media Harm to Children
 - Biden Administration to Support Controversial UN Cyber Treaty
 - FTX Sues Binance and Its Former CEO for $1.8B
 - Progressive to End Offering Dwelling Fire Insurance
 - Hippo Sells Majority Stake in First Connect Insurance to Centana Growth Partners
 - Viewpoint: Are You Covered for AI Risks?
 - US Supreme Court to Hear Facebook Bid to Escape Securities Fraud Suit
 - UCLA and NOAA: Climate Change Baked Western US Despite the Rainfall
 - CNN Must Face Project Veritas’ Defamation Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules
 - Trump Administration Seen as Likely to Dismantle ESG Rules
 - Volkswagen to Recall Over 114,000 US Vehicles Over Airbag Concern, NHTSA Says
 - Liberty Mutual Quadruples Q3 Net Income Despite Catastrophe Losses
 - Danone Wins Dismissal of Evian Microplastics Lawsuit
 - Renewable Energy Offers a Cost and Opportunity to Insurance Sector
 - About 17% of Gulf of Mexico Oil Production Shut Due to Hurricane Rafael
 - How Trump’s Second Administration Affects Business: Musk, Tariffs and More
 - Generali Said to Weigh Deal for Credit Investment Firm MGG
 - People Moves: H.W. Kaufman Group Promotes 11 Leaders Across North America
 - Ivans Index Shows Commercial Lines Renewal Rates Down in October From August
 - AIG CEO Zaffino on Approach to Catastrophe Losses in Today’s Reinsurance Market
 - Markets/Coverages: Novatae Risk Group Launches Misc. Pro Liability Program
 - FBI Warns Against Two Fake Videos as Officials Combat Election Disinformation
 - States Worried About Election Unrest Take Security Precautions
 - Boeing Dismantles DEI Team as Pressure Builds on New CEO
 - NHTSA Closes Probe Into 411,000 Ford Vehicles Due to Loss of Power
 - Grindr Used RTO to Thwart Union, Forcing Out Half of Staff, NLRB Alleges
 - AIG General Insurance Underwriting Profit Falls 28% in Q3
 - Vertafore Acquires Surefyre to Expand Offerings for MGA Growth
 - NFIP to Begin Taking Monthly Flood Insurance Payments
 - Berkshire’s GEICO Turns in Strong Q3 but Overall Insurance UW Income Slips
 - Facebook, Nvidia Ask Supreme Court to Spare Them From Securities Fraud Suits
 - SEC Says JPMorgan Chase Settles Five Enforcement Cases, to Pay $151M
 - Despite Recent Backlash, Nearly 60% of US Workers Support Current DEI Policies
 - Ed Sheeran Beats Copyright Appeal Over ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Song
 - Allstate Says It’s Ready to Grow Homeowners Line With All 3 Distribution Channels
 - Global Reinsurers’ ROE Jumps to 22% in 2023, but Market Softening Unlikely: AM Best
 - People Moves: Marsh Promotes Lang, Aronson, Rouse in Placement Strategy; Chubb Expands Merna’s Role to Include Multinational Clients
 - Purdue Pharma Nears New Bankruptcy Deal With Sacklers, Mediator Says
 - Abbott, Reckitt Score First Victory in Baby Formula Trial
 - Companies Are Dropping the D or E From DEI to Avoid Criticism
 
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