National News for February 2016
- Few Rideshare Drivers Have Insurance, But Interest is Growing
 - MassMutual Agrees to Buy MetLife Retail Adviser Network for $300M
 - DUAL Commercial Launches New Online Cyber Program
 - Breckenridge Insurance Forms New Company for Transactional Liability Market
 - Buffett Says Pessimism on Economy and America Is ‘Dead Wrong’
 - State Farm Reports Investments Overcame Underwriting Loss in 2015
 - Presidential Hopeful Trump Vows to Make It Easier to Sue Media
 - S&P Responds to Swett & Crawford Sale
 - BHSI Launches Portfolio Product for Nonprofit Organizations
 - Program Specialists Targeting Emerging Risks and ‘Doing Old Things Better’
 - MassMutual Emerges as Potential Buyer of MetLife Retail Group
 - Jury Clears BP Manager of Clean Water Act Charge
 - Why Buyers, Sellers File Claims Under M&A Insurance: AIG Study
 - Aon Announces U.S. Leadership Changes; Mula Named Risk Solutions President
 - With Google Gone, What’s the Future for Online Insurance Shopping?
 - Supreme Court Justices Signal Flexibility in Patent Infringement Damages
 - U.S. Says Coal Mine Companies Should Cover Full Cleanup
 - BB&T to Buy Swett & Crawford for $500M
 - IronPro Enhances Cyber Policy Risk Management Services
 - Startup Lemonade Bets Behavioral Science Can Help Insurance Not Suck
 - Kalteux, Deich Head New Great American Executive Liability Offices in Atlanta, Denver
 - Investors Shunning Once-Hot Cybersecurity Startups
 - Health Insurance Startup Oscar Narrows Hospital Networks to Compete
 - Berkley FinSecure Partners with Law Firm to Offer EPL Risk Management Tools
 - Insurance Industry Analyzes Google’s Failed Online Insurance Experiment
 - BHSI Launches Professional & Pollution Liability Coverage for Contractors
 - Credit Card Buyers, Sellers Making Out Like Bandits
 - Widow of El Faro Crew Member Calls for More Oversight of Shipping in Bad Weather
 - Exclusive: Google to Shut Down Online Insurance Site, Partners Say
 - Safety National Forms Safety Specialty Insurance Company
 - State Auto Says Corrections Underway After Disappointing 2015
 - Revised CDC Report Claims Higher Cancer Risk for Lumber Liquidators’ Flooring
 - Startup Zenefits Shows How Hard Hitting Revenue Targets Can Be
 - NORCAL Mutual to Expand Med Mal Coverage to 5 Additional States
 - Gig Economy Now 6.5% of U.S. Workforce; Provides Extra Income for 10 Million
 - RLI to Roll Out New Cyber Liability Unit, Coverage in Q3
 - S&P Affirms Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Units’ Ratings
 - 3 Examples of How Telematics Can Aid Insurance Claims Handling
 - Why Robots Replacing Humans at Work Is More Science Fiction Than Fact
 - What to Know About El Nino, La Nina
 - ProHost Adds EPLI Coverage to Restaurant Program
 - Climate Change’s No Justice, No Pancake, No Fly Zone
 - How Employer Joint Liability Is Changing
 - Amazon Plan Would Expand Its Uber-Like Delivery Service
 - Law Enforcement, Private Firms Look to Evolving Drone Defense Industry for Protection
 - Location, Inc. Launches Structure Fire Risk Index for Insurers
 - Aon Loss Model Offers Insurers 7.5 Million U.S. Thunderstorm Scenarios
 - Gridiron Insurance Releases Nationwide Small Business Program Platform
 - Coast Guard Panel Questions If Captain Responsible for El Faro’s Sinking
 - FAA Open to Discussing Turning Over Air Traffic Safety to Nonprofit
 - Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting to Air Live on Yahoo
 - IDT911 Enhances Data Breach Services for Commercial Insureds
 - Should Google’s Parent Buy AIG?
 - Insurance Marketing Awards Show Now Accepting Submissions
 - Coast Guard Probe Into Sinking of El Faro Cargo Ship Gets Underway
 - AIG Takes More Off Top: Schreiber, Maag Out
 - Top 10 Workplace Discrimination Claims in 2015
 - Battered by Long-Term Insurance Losses, Genworth Eyes Asset Sales
 - AIG Ex-CEO Greenberg Agrees with Current CEO Hancock, Not Icahn
 - Everest’s Crop Insurance Unit Partners with Global Ag Risk Solutions
 - Bankruptcy Would Be ‘Huge Mistake’ for Puerto Rico, Says Bond Insurer
 - Senators Hit Firms for ‘Dire Consequences’ Claim on Retirement Advisor Rule
 - AIG Reports $1.8 Billion Q4 Net Loss on Weak Underwriting, Investments
 - Activists Icahn, Paulson Land Seats on AIG Board; Now What?
 - U.S. Safety Rules Key to Driverless Car Future: Google
 - Markel Reports $197M Q4 Net Income
 - QBE North America Names Kearns to Lead Financial Institutions Practice
 - 2,000 Agents Can’t be Wrong: They’re About to Tell Us What They Want from Carriers
 - La Nina Likely Waiting in Wings to Follow El Nino: U.S. Climate Center
 - How Supreme Court Could Upend Obama Clean Power Plan
 - 1 in 5 Vehicles Needs Recall Repair: Carfax
 - Kemper P/C Group Executive Lynch Exits
 - Judge Challenges Regulators’ Lawyer Over MetLife SIFI Tag
 - Registered Drones Now Outnumber Planes
 - U.S. Traffic Deaths Up 9%
 - P/C Retail, Wholesale Agency 2015 M&A Highlights by Region, State
 - Obama Budget Calls for Increased Cybersecurity Funding, New High-Level Post
 - U.S. Again Warns Airlines Against Carrying Lithium Battery Cargo
 - U.S. Victims of Mexican Drug Gangs Sue HSBC Bank Under Anti-Terrorism Act
 - Software Qualifies as a Driver, Says U.S. Safety Agency on Google Self-Driving Car
 - Safety National Adds Safe Patient Handling Program for Healthcare Clients
 - $14 Million Settlement Would End ‘Happy Birthday’ Copyright Dispute
 - Judge Sets May Trial for ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Claim
 - NAIC Fills President-Elect Post; Mum on New CEO as Nelson Exits
 - Insurance Agency Growth, Profits Slipped in 2015 on Oil Bust, Soft Market: Reagan
 - Leading Reinsurers Line Up for Lemonade, the P2P Insurer
 - Court Hears MetLife’s Challenge to ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Designation This Week
 - AIG Scaling Back on Investments in Hedge Funds
 - CEO Exits As Tech Startup Broker Zenefits Confronts Culture, Compliance Bugs
 - CEO Greenberg Confident Most Top Talent, Agents Will Stay with New Chubb
 - ‘Cadillac’ Tax Opponents Unimpressed with Obama Budget Fix
 - Esurance Wins Super Bowl Social Media Battle
 - U.S. Court Says Foreign Wealth Funds Not Always Immune from U.S. Fraud Claims
 - Aon Launches Lloyd’s Lead Facility for U.S. Casualty Risks
 - Hartford Steam Boiler Launches Cyber Product for Mid-Size Companies
 - 12.7 Million Sign Up for Coverage on Health Insurance Exchanges: HHS
 - Ironshore Promotes Shapiro to Head Public Entity Practice
 - P/C Commercial Rates Fell 4% in January
 - P/C Insurer Results: Profit Inched Up in First 9 Months of 2015
 - In MetLife Breakup, Who Gets Snoopy the Dog?
 - California Commissioner Explains Call for Insurer Divestment from Coal
 - Hartwig to Leave I.I.I. for University of South Carolina Faculty Post
 - XL Catlin Promotes Elder to Chief Marine Underwriting Officer for Americas
 - Major Railroads Say They’ll Again Miss Safety Deadline First Set in 2008
 - Surge in Auto Claims Dampens Allstate Q4 Profit
 - Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Leads Rock Legends to Courthouse
 - Long Hours for Surgeons Not Higher Risk to Patient Safety: Research
 - XL Catlin Unveils Workplace Violence Coverage for Mid-Size Companies
 - Rival Insurance Pros Assess Super Bowl Risks and Probability of Loss
 - Data Conversion Startup Captricity Gets White Mountain Insurance Backing
 - Officials Expect Zika Virus in U.S. by April; Outdoor Spraying Called Ineffective
 - Attorney Moves to Undo GM Ignition Switch Settlement
 - How Gene Testing Becomes Motivator in Corporate Wellness Program
 - Chubb’s Stoik Joins Great American as Senior VP
 - U.S. Mine Safety Rule to Curb Black Lung Goes Into Effect
 - Schinnerer Launches Online Flood Program for Residential, Commercial Properties
 - Applied Client Network Names Langerman as CEO
 - Arthur J. Gallagher Names Cavaness to Replace McGurn as Head of U.S. Wholesale Business
 - Yahoo Hit with Suit Over Mass Firings, Performance Review Metrics
 - Why Google’s Not So Smart or Fast and Insurance Agents Aren’t Dead… Yet
 - Zika Virus Concern Boosts Travel Insurance Sales: Reuters
 - Are Tattoos Copyrightable? NBA Video Game Maker Sued for Using LeBron, Kobe Body Art
 - Glatfelter Expands Commercial Ambulance Program to Additional States
 - ISO Launches Management and Professional Liability Unit
 - Icahn Doesn’t Buy AIG’s Strategy; Readies Slate of Directors
 - Karen Clark & Co. Announces 2 Additions to Senior Management Team
 - How Automation Will Whack Up to 25% of Insurance Jobs: McKinsey
 - How to Keep Peace Over Politics in the Workplace
 - EEOC Seeks Input on Workplace Retaliation Guidance
 - Obama Administration Advances Retirement Advisor ‘Fiduciary’ Rule
 
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