National News for May 2016
- Federal Reserve Plans June 3 Meeting on Insurance Carrier Capital Rules
- Zurich Names Anderson to Lead Trade Credit, Political Risk Unit
- Supreme Court to Hear State Farm’s Appeal of Katrina False Claims Ruling
- U.S.-EU Continue Talks on Insurance Regulation Covered Agreement
- Copyright Claim Targets Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’ Vocal Riff
- Americans on Road to Driving Record Number of Miles
- XL Catlin Adds Rectification Expense Coverage to Contractors’ Policies
- NOAA’s 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast: 45% Chance of Near-Normal; 30% Above Normal
- With Hurricane Season About to Open, Forecasters Already Eyeing East Coast
- Jury Sides with Google; Oracle Loses $9 Billion Copyright Claim
- Liability Insurer Accuses Surgical Robot Maker of Hiding Injury Claims
- What University of Washington’s Climate Risk and Insurance Summit Has in Common with Paris
- The Unpleasantness of Selling and Buying Insurance
- Loan Data Discredits View That Millennials Do Not Want Cars
- Congress on Brink of First Update to Toxic Chemical Law in 40 Years
- Travelers Promotes Toczydlowski to President, Business Insurance; Spadorcia Retires from Personal Insurance
- Kids’ Car Seats, Ridesharing Popularity Prompt Focus on Back Seat Safety
- Hulk Hogan Privacy Suit Enjoys Litigation Financing from Tech Billionaire Thiel
- Are Ridesharing Drivers Safer Than Average American Drivers?
- ESIS Launches Healthcare Industry Risk Management Practice
- Liberty International Underwriters Launches Auto Parts Recall Policy
- PBS/NPR Documentary Adds to Criticism of Private Insurers, FEMA Over Profits on Flood Insurance
- FEMA Vows Changes to Flood Insurance Claims Appeals
- Allstate Debuts Insurance Coverage for Homeowners Sharing Their Homes
- Report Calls Out Insurers for Half-a-Trillion Dollars in ‘Dirty Energy’ Investments
- 3 Baldwin & Lyons Senior Execs Resign; CEO Cites Differences with Chairman; New CEO Named
- Appeals Court Throws Out $1.27B Fraud Penalty Against Bank of America Mortgage Unit
- Program Administrator SIS Appointed Lloyd’s Coverholder
- Labor Unions Searching for Strategies to Join the Gig Economy
- Beazley Expands Environmental Team in U.S. with XL Catlin, AIG, Ironshore Hires
- Insurers Rethinking $17.7 Billion Invested in Hedge Funds
- Brokers Dealing with Soft Market, ‘Market Fatigue’ in Medical Professional Liability
- Chubb Agribusiness Adds Product Withdrawal Coverage
- CEO’s Departure at Mortgage Insurer Radian May be Rival’s Opportunity to Acquire: Analyst
- Pelvic Mesh Maker Alleges Doctors, Lawyers, Litigation Funders Schemed to Inflate Damage Claims
- Insider ‘Secret Weapon’ Raiguel Named General Re CEO to Replace Montross
- Federal Reserve to Propose Lighter Capital Rules for Large Insurers Than Banks
- Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Adds Lawyers PL Program, Plans Other Product Launches
- ThinkRisk Transfers Converging Risk Program to Lloyd’s, Expands Offerings
- Hanover Stone Partners, UnitedLex to Offer Cyber Risk Management Services
- Big Deal: Insurer Signs NBA Star Shaq as Brand Spokesman
- Swiss Re Corporate Appoints Gonzalez to Succeed Petrilli as CEO North America
- Suit Against Airbnb Alleges Racial Discrimination in Housing Rentals
- Liberty Mutual Starts $150M Venture Capital Fund for Instech
- Auto Insurance Customers Disappointed in Their Insurers’ Websites: J.D. Power
- U.S. to Hear Concerns Over Coal Mines’ Self-Bonding
- Soaking Up Insurance on a Sunny Saturday at the Carnival and Ballpark
- Fitch Expecting P/C Commercial Insurance Business to Deteriorate
- Judge Allows Concussion Class Action Suit Against National Hockey League
- Agents Seek Better Compensation Deal with Carriers
- NAS Insurance Enhances Cyber Liability Coverage, Lowers Rates
- Insurance Noodle Appointed as Lloyd’s Coverholder
- House, Senate Republicans Divided Over Zika Funding
- Manager’s Suit Alleges All-Male ‘Club’ Atmosphere, Gender Bias, Retaliation at Bank of America
- P/C Insurers Caught Between Slowing Premium Growth and Rising Loss Ratios
- 50% of Risk Managers Bought or Increased Cyber Insurance in Last Year: HSB
- Top 5 Workers Compensation Claims and Their Causes
- On Wine Day, Consider Wineries and Vineyards a Fertile Field
- LIU Designs New Policy for Architects & Engineers With Data Breach Coverage
- Startup Embroker Raises $12.2M; Offers Firms Control Over Insurance Buying, Management
- Allstate App Helps Insureds Get Price Quotes, Schedule Car Repairs
- Activist Investor Icahn Buys More Shares in AIG
- Obama Administration Finalizes Rules on Company Wellness Programs
- XL Catlin Enhances Professional Liability Insurance for Small A&E Firms
- Supreme Court Ducks Religious Claims Against Obamacare Birth Control Benefit
- Supreme Court Sidelines Class Action Alleging Injury from Inaccurate Internet Information
- Partner Specialty Group Launches Online High Value Homeowners Facility
- Hanover Insurance Taps Aetna’s Zubretsky to Replace Eppinger as CEO
- Did Uber Driver Settlement Lawyer Win at Expense of Drivers?
- Promise of Robot Cars Includes Surges in Traffic Congestion and Miles Driven
- Sixth Sense Lessens Risk of Driving While Absentminded But Not While Texting
- Previous Telecom Efforts Flopped But Google, Apple See Future for Telemedicine
- Lowe’s Pays $$8.6M for Firing Disabled Workers Who Sought Extended Medical Leave
- Marsh’s Torrent Technologies Launches Private Flood Coverage
- Hiring Alert: 88% of Employers Find Misrepresentations in Resumes
- Supreme Court Enters Final Stretch with Key Decisions in Limbo
- Why FEMA Disaster Aid Deductible Makes Sense, Except to Local Officials and Builders
- Progressive CEO Renwick to Retire; Griffith Chosen as Successor
- Report Says Climate Change Could Make Some Wines Less Tasty
- U.S. Judge Nixes Obamacare Funds to Insurers for Lower Income Insureds; Administration to Appeal
- Fry Promoted to Senior VP Specialty Programs at QBE North America
- Number of Dog Bite Insurance Claims Falls But Average Claim Rises to $37K
- Why Independent Agents Went to Capitol Hill to Lobby
- Usage-Based Auto Insurance, Slow at First, Picking Up Speed
- AIG Chairman Defends Keeping Both Life and P/C Insurance Units
- Goldman Sachs Says Insurers Need Hedge Funds to Diversity Investments
- Venture Insurance Adds New Market to Hunting, Fishing Resort Industry Program
- Manchester Specialty to Offer Allied Health Business Program Through Great American
- Brown Named CEO of Willis Programs
- Clark to Head New Everest Specialty Unit Targeting Private Equity, Hedge Funds
- Medical Professional Liability Insurers’ Profits Decline But Outlook Stable: A.M. Best
- Agency Mergers Set Record with ‘Unstoppable Momentum’ in Q1: Optis
- Obama Administration Calls for Stricter Building Codes
- Watercolor Management Adds Property Coverage for Water Treatment Companies
- Anesthesia Business Consultants to Offer Professional Liability Coverage Through AJG
- Large, Mid-Sized Agencies Grew 5%, Maintained Strong Profit in Q1: Reagan
- Medical Liability Insurer NORCAL Mutual Names Stewart Chief Underwriter
- CNA Appoints Hallstrom to Lead Cyber Insurance Product Management
- Insurer’s Hospital Claims Study Corroborates High Death Risk from Medical Errors
- Comcast Settles Over Late Founder’s Insurance
- Stakes Are High at Google vs. Oracle Copyright Trial #2
- Taking Stock of D&O Insurance Market: Capacity, Coverage and Culpability
- Beazley Enhances Coverage for Small Healthcare Businesses
- Uber Drivers’ Unpaid Mileage Expenses Total $730 Million, Lawyers Claim
- Personal Lines Insurance Prices Inched Up in April
- Hiscox Launches New US Flood Cover
- FAA Creates Drone Advisory Panel, Lifts Barrier to Education
- Allstate Absorbed Higher Catastrophe Losses, Lower Investments in Q1
- Cigna Cautions That Anthem Merger May Not Happen in 2016
- Commercial Rates Fell 2% in April: MarketScout
- How P/C Insurers Fared in 2015
- Workers’ Compensation Market Improved, Grew Premium in 2015: NCCI
- Confie Buys Automobile Insurance Specialists, Trinity Insurance & Whitehead Insurance
- Real World Best Practices For Agencies in Reviewing Insurance Certificates
- New Chubb ‘Off to Good Start,’ Says Greenberg While Assessing Merger, Competition, Agents
- Facebook Must Face Claims Its Photo Tagging Violates Biometric Privacy
- White House Urged to Protect Wireless Spectrum for Connected Vehicles
- Some Insurers Have More to Gain from Underwriting Technology Than Others
- HSB Extends Identity Theft Insurance to Small Business Owners for Employees
- JLT Re Enters U.S Mortgage Insurance Market
- Main Street America Promotes Osman; Appoints 4 Officers
- U.S. Insured Catastrophe Losses from 13 Events in Q1 Add Up to Worst in Decade
- Takata Ordered to Expand Recall in U.S. to 40 Million Air Bags
- U.S. Consumer Rules Would End Mandatory Arbitration Clauses That Limit Class Actions
- Meteorologists Retire Names of Deadly Erika, Joaquin, Patricia
- How Driverless Cars Could Disrupt Investors
- Health Insurers Next on Justice Department’s Antitrust Agenda
- Hartley to Lead U.S. General Liability for Liberty International Underwriters
- BP Relents on Gulf Seafood Processors’ Oil Spill Damages But Still Pursues Attorney
- Wholesale Broker tKg Names R-T Specialty’s Havermann to Head Transportation
- Buffett Has No Love for High-Priced Money Managers; Says Even a President Trump Couldn’t Derail U.S. Economy
- Q1 Saw Rate Decreases Continue in Commercial P/C: The Council
- Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.: Study
- CNA Reports Mixed Bag in Q1 Results; Profit Falls But Combined Ratios Improve
- What Are Risky Drivers Thinking?
- Public, Private Insurers Picking Up More of Opioid Drug Costs
- AIG Pursues $4.1B from Hedge Funds After Q1 Loss
- Cheerleader Uniform Case Tests Copyright Protection for Designs
- AIG Q1 Net Loss of $183M Tied to Hedge Funds, Energy Investments
- Commercial Auto Insurance Remains a Loser on the Whole: Fitch
- Ex-AIG Executive Johnston to Succeed Duclos as CEO for QBE North America
- Buffett Downplays Succession Speculation In Wake of Jain Assuming General Re Role
- Bain Capital, Vista Equity Buy Agency Technology Firm Vertafore from TPG
- Willis Programs Launches DroneGuard for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Supreme Court Denies BP Investors’ Class Action Over Losses Tied to Gulf Oil Spill
- Facebook, CEO Zuckerberg and Paying to Protect Corporate Executives
- Timeline: From Teen to Octogenarian, How Buffett’s Wealth Has Grown
- Express Scripts Has Plans to Deal with High Drug Prices
- Liability Insurers Win Right to Question NFL Executives, Doctors in Concussion Cases
- Chubb Insurance Policy Eases Financial Costs for Victims of Cyber Bullying
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