National News for August 2016
- Amtrak Wins Partial Appeal to Recoup Insurance for Sandy Repairs
- Sompo Canopius Launches U.S. Ocean Marine Unit; Hires XL Catlin’s Ellis to Head
- Private Firms Added 177K Jobs in August; Economy Nears Full Employment
- Judge Denies Another Trump Bid to Block Fraud Lawsuit Against University
- Monsanto Whistleblower Gets $22 Million
- 10 Insurance News Reports from 10 Years Ago
- Allianz Launches Inland Marine Cargo Insurance Product
- Hospital Surgery Rates for Workers’ Compensation Vary Widely
- How Public Universities Are Transferring Risks to Private Sector
- 4 Cyber Risk Misconceptions Popular with Midsized Firms
- P/C Insurers Must Improve Underwriting Amid Competitive Pressures: Fitch
- State Insurance Commissioners Name New Jersey’s Hartt to Financial Oversight Panel
- Navigators Appoints New Leadership for Claims Operations
- AIG, Chubb, XL Lead in $1 Billion U.S. Cyber Insurance Market: Fitch
- Would-Be Drone Pilots Flock to Take First U.S. Licensing Test
- U.S. Proposes Requiring Speed Limit Devices on Trucks, Buses
- GM Is Winning Ignition-Switch Defect Trials
- USAIG Launches Safety Program for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- How One Big Bank Is Targeting Millennials by Mobilizing Car Buying, Financing
- How to Catch a Lie? Try Group Questioning
- Everest Re Completes Crop Insurer Sale to CGB Diversified Services
- Jain Tells General Re to Get Leaner and Lower Costs
- More Jobs in Economy Means More Bad Drivers on Roads
- Questions, Research on Possible Synthetic Turf Link to Athletes’ Cancer Continue
- New IronPro Enhancement Covers Costs of Reissuing Compromised Credit Cards
- CNA Unveils New D&O Liability Side A-DIC Insurance Policy
- Jamsa Joins Generali Global Assistance Digital Protection Services
- As Economy Improves, More Employees Look Elsewhere
- AAA Cautions: Not All Automatic Braking Systems Are Alike
- How Monsanto’s Climate Unit Is Changing Risk Profile of Farmers
- Fitbit Did Not Steal Jawbone’s Trade Secrets, Trade Judge Rules
- Uber Opposes Employee Status But Offers Its Freelance Drivers Retirement App
- Allied World’s U.S. Cyber Team Adds Glasgow from Travelers
- Endurance Global Risk Solutions Adds Workers’ Comp Product
- MetLife U.S. Retail Spinoff Likely Over IPO: RBC Analysts
- Besnia, Formerly with Chubb, Joins Great American Insurance
- Traffic Fatalities Continue to Rise; Up 9% in First Half of Year
- Safety Inspections of Thrill Rides Vary by State
- Venture Capital, Traditional Insurer Interest in Insurtech Remains High
- WSJ: AIG May Sell Shares in Lloyd’s Unit Ascot to Canadian Pension Board
- Beazley Doubles Environmental Risk Capacity to $50M with Lloyd’s Consortium
- Midlife Back Pain Traced to Heavy Physical Work Habits in Youth
- AIG Names Leggett-Flynn as Chief Communications Officer
- Citigroup, AT&T Agree: No Thanks to Further Litigation
- Court Denies U.S. Bid to Rehear Bank of America ‘Hustle’ Mortgage Program
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- Many Railroads Slow to Adopt Safety Technology Even After Deadline Extension
- OneBeacon Healthcare Names Craig as President; Promotes Wardell, Toomey
- AAIS Releases New Drone Coverage Forms, Rules Filings Ahead of FAA Regulations
- 66% of Insurers Plan Increased Hiring Over Next Year: Study
- Study: Bike Helmets Lower Risk of Brain Injuries, Death
- Battle Against Forced Arbitration in Financial Contracts Could Take Years
- Failure of Uber Settlement Opens Door for Wage Claims
- Former Travelers CEO Fishman Dies
- Hanover Launches Pay-As-You-Go Workers’ Comp Coverage
- American Family Insurance Signs Singer-Songwriter Legend as Brand Ambassador
- CNA to Merge Central Zone Field Operation Into Others as Vezzosi Retires
- Judge Nixes $100M Driver Settlement But Uber May Win in End
- Suit Alleges Valeant Ran Secret Prescription Refill Scam
- ‘Kissing Up’ to the Boss Has Unintended Consequences
- Uber Moves Into Self-Driving Truck Lane with Otto Acquisition
- Americans Put Too Much Faith in Homeowners Insurance
- July Continued Earth’s Record-Setting Hot Streak
- Could This New Drug Ease America’s Opioid Crisis?
- Debt Collectors Cleared to Avoid Liability by Buying Out Claims
- U.S. Regulator Vows Changes to Mine Cleanup Program
- Endurance Global Risk Solutions Launches Environmental Liability Products
- A.J. Gallagher’s Carroll Joins JLT Re Specialty’s Energy, Financial Teams
- Watford Specialty Looking to Build Program Business with U.S. Acquisition
- Litigation Insurance Reimburses Plaintiff Lawyers Losing Cases on Contingency
- Critic Icahn Warms to AIG CEO Hancock’s Plans, Likes $3.4 Billion Deal
- U.S. Launches ‘Biggest Ever Improvement’ in Flood Forecasting
- Interview: Public Affairs ‘Ironman’ Kevelighan Takes Helm at I.I.I.
- CEO Tells Jury GM Failed to Diagnose Ignition Switch as Safety Defect
- List of 20 Hotels in 10 States Believed Hit by Hackers
- Further Simplifying, AIG to Sell United Guaranty to Arch for $3.4 Billion
- Zurich Extends Security, Privacy Coverage to Captives
- New Audi Cars to Tell Drivers in U.S. When Traffic Lights Will Change
- NAIC Drafts Changes for NFIP, Encourages Long-Term Reauthorization
- AAIS Names Howard to Communications Director Post
- Court Absolves Twitter of Liability for Terrorists’ Tweets
- Trump Campaign Sued by Staffer Alleging Director Pulled Gun on Him
- Thanks to Judge, AT&T Can Say ‘Thanks’ for Now
- Judge: No Ruling on Anthem-Cigna Merger Until 2017
- Fitch Ups Liberty Mutual’s Ratings Outlook
- Mining Company Settles with Feds for $143M Cleanup
- U.S. Intelligence to Help Companies Thwart Supply-Chain Hacking
- New U.S. Laws Back Still Doubted Climate Change
- Mobile Apps Help Lower Fatal Private Plane Crashes
- Hanover Stone Partners to Offer Vendor Risk Management Program for Commercial Entities
- Climate Change And Gisele, The Law of the Land
- Robinson Resigns as Hanover President of Specialty Insurance
- Firms May Shirk Foreign Verdicts as a Result of Chevron’s Pollution Win
- DEA Denies Marijuana Petition, Restrictions on Use Remain
- Atlantic Could See 8 More Hurricanes Before Season Ends
- El Faro ‘Black Box’ Recovered
- Data Centers’ Use of Water for Cooling Has Investors Concerned
- New Great American Endorsement Covers Use of Drug to Prevent Opioid Overdoses
- As Active Shooter Incidents Increase, Industry Addresses Coverage ‘Gray Area’
- Questionable Ferrari Loss Leads to Claim Withdrawal
- Researchers Say Bounce Houses Raise Heat Safety Concern
- Zeppelin Loses Fight over Legal Fees In ‘Stairway’ Copyright Case
- Delta System Failure Highlights Need for Airline Technology Upgrade
- Researchers Link Global Warming to Rise in Waterborne Illnesses
- AIG CEO Focus on Boosting Returns, Not Too Big to Fail Label
- Talbot Forms $115M Political Risk Insurance Binder for U.S. Clients
- Allianz Launches Cyber Coverage to Address Emerging Risks
- Crain Shutters Business Insurance Publication to Focus on Markets with ‘Proven Growth Potential’
- Ironshore Launches Coverage for Construction Project Owners
- Changing Employee Demographics Push Insurers to Focus on Strategic Recruitment
- A Decade After Salmonella Outbreak ConAgra Case Nears End
- First Half of 2016 Sees Continued Decline in Jewelry Store Crime
- Urmson Leaves as Head of Google’s Self-Driving Car Project
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions to Acquire Crash and Project Business Group Appriss
- Insurer Focus on Customers, Unique Policies Boosts Satisfaction Among Small Business Owners
- Key Risk Forms National Division Focused on Longshoreman & Harbor Workers Act
- Passengers Risk Lives Grabbing Luggage as Planes Burn
- New Death Prompts ARC Airbag Probe in US, Canada
- Business Groups Sue to Thwart U.S. Crackdown on Corporate Inversions
- Improved Insurance Results Boost Berkshire Hathaway Q2
- Judge Rejects PwC Bid to Dismiss $1B Malpractice Suit Over MF Global Collapse
- Start-Up Otto in Fast Lane to Test Self-Driving Trucking by Year’s End
- Liberty Mutual Q2 Results Zapped by Energy Investments
- Allstate Launches Stand-Alone Telematics Unit
- Allstate Q2 Profit Hurt by Catastrophes, Auto Loss Costs
- Agent-Broker Organic Growth Slows to 5-Year Low: Reagan Consulting
- Pfizer Agrees to $486M Settlement with Shareholders Over Concealing Drug Risks
- New Cyber Safety Ratings for Software Could Aid Insurers
- Volkswagen Wants Investor Class Action Suit Dismissed
- 14 States Process $12.7B in Surplus Lines Premium in First Half 2016
- Lower Costs, Improved Underwriting Boost AIG Profit in Q2
- The Hartford Names Chubb’s Ciullo To Lead Bond Business
- Captive Insurers in Strong Position: A.M. Best
- Greenlight Re Seeks Recovery in Mortgage Market After Construction, Vehicle, Florida Losses
- Congress Urged to Interrupt Recess to Act on Zika Funding
- Judge Rejects Bid to Throw Out Trump University Lawsuit Before Trial
- New MGA Founders Specialty Targets Professional Liability Risks
- Maritime Program Group Launches Ocean Marine Cargo Facility
- $880 Billion of Homes in Danger of Being Underwater, Literally
- Effect of Tesla Crash on Public Views of Driverless Cars
- Tesla Searching for Explanation of Tesla Autopilot Crash
- CNA Reports Q2 Results with Improved P/C Underwriting
- Pokemon Go Triggers Trespass Class Action Suit Against Niantic
- Philadelphia Launches Cyber Security Liability Endorsement
- The Hartford Closes on $168M Acquisition of Maxum Specialty
- Controversial Red Light Cameras Save Lives: IIHS
- Judge Denies Uber Bid to Enforce Arbitration in Consumer Suit
- Insurer Not Liable for Defense of NASCAR’s Stewart in Ward Death
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