National News for May 2017
- Self-Reporting Tool Aims to Prevent Software Injuries
- Willis Programs Taps Allianz as Carrier for Agribusiness Programs
- Trump Expected to End U.S. Participation in Paris Climate Pact
- Willis Towers Watson, Tech Firm Roost to Form Home Telematics Testing Consortium
- Why 27% of U.S. Firms Have No Plans to Buy Cyber Insurance
- High Agency Valuations ‘Not a Fad,’ MarshBerry Exec Tells Conference
- What Liability Insurance Restatement Final Approval Delay Means
- New Bond ETF Rules Expected to Attract Investments from Insurers
- Supreme Court Limits Where Injury Lawsuits Against Firms Can Be Brought
- Patriot National Exploring ‘Strategic Alternatives’
- 3 Fossil Fuel Groups Drop Bid to Join Teens’ Climate Change Lawsuit
- AmTrust Gets $300M Boost from CEO’s Family
- Insurer USAA Caught in Hannity TV Advertising Controversy
- Flood Insurance Looks Like One Area of Bipartisan Agreement
- A.M. Best Lifts AIG’s Ratings ‘Under Review’ Status Following Duperreault’s Arrival
- AmWINS and Networked Deal Plays to Strengths of Both Firms, Execs Say
- The Hartford Names Firstenberg P/C Insurance Chief Underwriting Officer
- NOAA Updates Forecast for Atlantic Hurricane Season, Pacific’s El NIno
- Hanover Insurance Names Zurich’s Salvatore as President of Specialty
- States Move to Ban Asking Job Applicants About Past Salary
- Here’s What the House Has in Mind for Revamping Flood Insurance Program
- Zurich North America Combines Commercial, Specialty Products; Horgan to Head New Unit
- P/C Insurance Industry Again Reports Underwriting Loss in Q1
- Liberty Mutual Appoints Dekermanji Chief Underwriter for Specialty Energy
- Republican Health Bill Would Cut Deficit by $119B, Add 23 Million Uninsured: CBO
- Farmers Balk as Trump Budget Caps Crop Insurance Subsidies
- Automaker Tesla Hit by Union Charges of High Worker Injury Rate
- Insurance Groups Welcome Delay in Liability Insurance Law Restatement
- Target to Pay $18.5 Million to Settle States’ Claims from 2013 Data Breach
- Climate Change Research, Flood Mapping Funds Take Hit in Proposed Trump Budget
- There’s No ‘Typical’ Day in the Work Cycle for Whirlpool’s Risk Manager
- Toyota, MIT Lab Eye Using Blockchain in Insurance Rating of Driverless and Shared Vehicles
- Labor Chief Will Let Fiduciary Rule Go Into Effect in June While Seeking Further Review
- Zurich’s Bauman Joins XL Catlin to Head Global Programs, Captives
- Cyber Security Firms in Spotlight Following WannaCry Attack
- Today’s Climate of Crime, Safety and Security at Schools, Colleges
- Cyber Insurance Sales Continue to Grow, Prices Stabilize, Brokers Report
- Patients on Opioids Before Knee Surgery Have Worse Pain Outcomes
- WannaCry Attack Could Be Opportunity for Cautious Insurance Industry: A.M. Best
- In Defeat for Patent Trolls, Supreme Court Limits Venue for Lawsuits
- Kaloudis Joins JLT Specialty USA Team for Restructuring Clients
- Weather Co. Updates Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast
- Private Equity Firm Carlyle Sues Insurers Over Oil Losses
- RSG Underwriting Managers Forms Marine Consultancy, Claims Firm
- States Getting More Active on Autonomous Vehicle Rules, Says PCI Director
- U.S. Court Voids Recreational Drone User Registry
- Update: Insurers Sound Alarm Over Liability Law Restatement; Vote Delayed
- Firms Turn to Kidnap Insurance Policies to Cover Ransomware Losses
- How Autonomous Vehicles Will Grow Auto Insurance Before Shrinking It
- Democratic Attorneys General Move to Defend Obamacare Insurer Subsidies
- Toyota, BMW, Mazda, Subaru Settle Takata Airbag Economic Loss Claims
- Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Claiming Facebook Liable for Supporting Terrorists
- Messenger Moving to JLT Re as Executive Vice President
- Bipartisan Senators Look to Address Banking Risk for Marijuana Industry
- Injured Worker Attorney Involvement Varies Widely by State
- Indy 500 Drivers Race Past Talk of Their Insurance, Says Agent
- Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Starts Off Slowly
- Republican Governors Have Own Ideas for Healthcare Reforms
- AP to Defend Against Libel Claim by Russian Billionaire Over Trump Ties Story
- Hackers Access Email Database of E-Signature Service Used by Insurance Industry
- Drug Use at Work at Highest Rate in 12 Years: Quest
- Fitch Urges Insurer Caution as Cyber Insurance Demand Grows
- FM Global Appoints 3 Senior Leaders to New Positions
- AIG’s High Cost of Hiring Duperreault
- The Hartford Launches Risk Management Platform For Large, Midsize Businesses
- New CEO Duperreault Interested in Growing AIG, Not Splitting It
- Top 13 Ways Salespeople Fail Their Customers
- Walmart Denies Discrimination Claims by Pregnant Workers
- Koch Institute’s Seidel Joins Insurance Group AIA in Public Affairs Role
- AIG Shareholders Wait Their Turn
- The Present Use and Promise of Blockchain in Insurance
- Hanford Tunnel Collapse Draws Attention to Safety, Age of Nuclear Plants
- The Right Price for Defending Against Existential Risk of Asteroids: Walsh
- AIG Agrees to Acquire Hamilton USA, Partner with Two Sigma, Grow Insurtech Attune
- AIG Picks Hamilton’s Duperreault as CEO
- Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Appoints Cyber, Engineering Heads
- Nationwide Names Travelers’ Stueber as Vice President of Construction
- Court Agrees to Put MetLife ‘Too Big to Fail’ Case on Pause
- Brightway Adds 5 Women-Owned Insurance Agencies
- Manufacturing’s Share of Workers’ Comp Premium Is High Relative to Exposure: NCCI
- Medical Professional Insurance Market in Good Health for Now: A.M. Best
- U.S. Judge Set to Approve Another VW Diesel Settlement of $1.2 Billion
- Judge’s Denial of Anthem Injunction Effectively Kills Cigna Merger
- No Lawyers in Baseball Means Dozens of Fan Injuries: Nocera
- How ‘Exposure Data Tracking’ Is Taking Over Personal Lines Insurance
- Experts Expect Simultaneous Cyber Attacks on Multiple Firms: Survey
- Global Temps Could Hit 1.5°C Target in 9 Years: Research
- Bunker, Startup Broker for Small Business, Contractor Insurance, Raises $6 Million
- AIG to Name Hamilton’s Duperreault as CEO: Wall Street Journal
- Travelers’ Drone Program Is Changing the Way Its Claims Reps Do Business
- Insurance Regulators Exploring Ways to Protect Consumers in Age of Big Data
- ‘Poaching’ Suits Like Aon v. Alliant: Nothing Personal, Just Routine Business
- How AIG Woes Hurt U.S. Commercial Lines Results: Fitch
- Everest Launches Cyber Protection for Private Equity Firms, Portfolio Companies
- CEO Pusey to Leave Insurer Trade Group AIA for Eli Lilly
- High-Profile Cyber Attacks Drive Growth of Cyber Crime Insurance
- U.S. Weather Remains Biggest Driver of Global Insurance Losses in 2017: Aon
- Greenberg’s Starr to Appeal AIG Bailout Case to Supreme Court
- How Judging Moral Character Is a Matter of Principle, Not Good Deeds
- Berkshire Hathaway Goes Small with biBERK Online Commercial Site
- Chubb’s Smith to Succeed Herman as President of CNA Specialty
- Court Denies Shareholder Claim Against AIG Bailout Case Led by Starr’s Greenberg
- How P/C Insurers Fared in 2016
- Wells Fargo Weighing Sale of Insurance Brokerage Business: Bloomberg
- Sterling Jewelers Settles EEOC Gender Bias Claims But Class Action Still Possible
- Will Technology Make Insurance Obsolete?
- Today’s Older Employees Not a Retiring Bunch
- United Airlines Pressured to Pay Damages Over Death of Giant Rabbit
- Digital Property Inspection Startup Spex Gains J.S. Held as Backer
- Kimberly-Clark Sues to Force Spinoff to Pay $350 Million Surgical Garb Damages
- JLT Specialty Names Nichols as Senior Vice President
- Securities Class Action Activity Remains High: Cornerstone Research
- Berkshire’s $10 Billion Deal wth AIG Attractive Because It’s Risky: Munger
- Agency Organic Growth Fell in Q1: Reagan
- Berkshire’s Buffett Says Republican Health Plan Is Tax Cut for Wealthy
- Insurance Losses Erode Berkshire Hathaway Q1 Profit
- Aon’s Burns Joins Ryan Specialty as Chief Digital Officer
- Allstate’s Sadler Moves to Answer Financial as Director of Carrier Relations
- Jury Clears J&J, Bayer of Liability in First Xarelto Product Liability Trial
- Study Warns of Rising Risk to Mobile Homes from Tornadoes
- Full-Fledged El Nino Increasingly Likely in Second Half 2017
- U.S. Wants More Time to Review MetLife Systemic Risk Tag
- State Farm to Close 11 Offices, Displacing 4,200 Employees, After 2016 $7B Loss
- Facebook, Twitter, Google Sued by Families of San Bernardino Shooting Victims
- House Passes Obamacare Repeal, 217-213; Senate Support in Doubt
- Storm Losses Lower Liberty Mutual Profit in Q1
- Zika Outbreak in U.S. Would Cost from $180 Million to $10 Billion: Research
- How Credit Score Effect on Home Insurance Premiums Varies by State
- Since the Election, Political Talk in Workplace Hurting Job Performance: Poll
- AIG Returns to Profit in Q1
- Republicans Schedule Health Insurance Vote for Today
- Allied World Expands Accounts Receivable Coverage, Adds Carson to Chicago Office
- XL Catlin Expands M&A Insurance Product Suite, Adds New Staff to Global Team
- Validus Completes Acquisition of Crop Insurance Agency, CRS
- Most Commercial Insurance Premiums Up in April: IVANS Index
- Allstate Q1 Profit Way Up as Auto Line Improves
- Startup Next Insurance Raises $29 Million from Insurers, Other Investors
- The Hartford Open to Acquisitions That ‘Accelerate’ Growth Plans
- Canadian P/C Insurer Intact Financial to Acquire OneBeacon for $1.7 Billion
- Liberty Mutual Completes Ironshore Acquisition; Will Use Ironshore Brand for U.S. Specialty Business
- As Auto Insurance Sales Stagnate, Carriers Turn to Agents: J.D. Power
- Study Finds Insurtech Funding Dips as Startups Launch; Predicts Small Business Disruption Ahead
- Aon Sells Outsourcing Platform to Focus on Data, Analytics Investments
- AIG Investors Await New CEO and Strategy
- Federal Regulators Plan ‘Too Big to Fail’ Meeting
- Supreme Court Issues Mixed Rulings on Municipal Suits Over Predatory Lending
- CME’s Mead Joins Arthur J. Gallagher as Marketing Chief
- More States Adopt ‘Click It or Ticket’ Laws; Do They Work?
- Spending Deal Keeping Government Open Undermines Trump’s Wish List
- CNA Results Improved in Q1
- Legal Marijuana Stores Linked to Increased Property Crime
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