National News for November 2017
- Ironshore’s Boren, President of U.S. Field Operations, Retiring; Frediani to Succeed
- Beazley Establishes Marine Insurance Platform In U.S.
- Who Is Most at Risk for Opioid Death and How to Help Them: Columbia Research
- Insurers’ Asbestos Payments in 2016 Topped $3 Billion
- Chubb Expects $320 Million in Q4 Catastrophe Losses Including California Wildfires
- Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sell Sealed Whistleblower Lawsuits
- Index Shows Where People Are Moving in Next Few Months
- China Oceanside’s Acquisition of Genworth Again Delayed by U.S. Review
- Mining Jobs to Focus on Community Relations as Robots and Sensors Take Over
- Most Americans with High Deductible Health Plans Don’t Shop or Save: Study
- Researchers Find Drones Can Cause Significant Damage to Aircraft
- Hurricane Season Is Coming to a Close… Maybe
- Worldwide Facilities to Offer CBIC Design Professionals Program
- Patriot National to Reorganize for Acquiring Lenders; Subsidiaries to File Chapter 11
- Wells Fargo Closing Down Its Personal Insurance Business
- State Auto’s Extension of CEO LaRocco’s Contract a Vote of Confidence in Turnaround Strategy
- Guy Carpenter Chairman Newhouse to Retire at Year End
- Puerto Rico Agrees FEMA to Approve How Disaster Aid Is Spent
- Trump Disaster Aid Includes $12B for Cities Battling Climate Change Flooding
- 2017 Hurricane Season Ranks as Costliest Ever for U.S.
- Supreme Court Conservative Justices Raise Doubts About U.S. Patent Review Process
- Chubb Forms Partnership with China’s Largest P/C Insurer, PICC
- How to Help Clients Protect Payment Processing Systems
- Supreme Court to Hear Whistleblower Retaliation Case
- Workers’ Compensation Still Under Pressure from Drug Repackagers, Compounding Pharmacies
- Slew of Republican Judicial Appointments Could Bode Well for D&O Insurers
- Trump Wants NAFTA to Limit Liability of Internet Firms Including Google, Facebook
- Commercial Insurance Rate Decreases Slowing Globally: Marsh
- Insurance Journal Seeks Industry Charity Stories for 2017
- Uber Paid Hackers to Hide Breach of 50 Million Customer, Driver Records
- Small Businesses Want More Self-Service Workers’ Comp Tools: Survey
- Fatal Crashes on Private Planes at Lowest in 50 Years
- As Re/Insurers’ Results Are Hit, ‘Substantial’ Rate Hikes Expected: Swiss Re
- Go Ahead and Start a Climate Change Debate at the Thanksgiving Table
- Experts See Expanding Role for Parametric Insurance, Including for U.S. Disasters
- Why Employees Cheat
- CAMICO Simplifies Professional Liability Application for Small Accountant Firms
- Smith Named President of Ironshore Environmental, Replacing O’Brien
- Global Regulators’ Rethinking of Risk Assessment Welcomed by Large Insurers
- Uber, Transitioning to Fleet Operator, Orders 24,000 Driverless Cars from Volvo
- Insurers Can Protect Ratings with Cautious Approach to Cyber Risk: Fitch
- Insurers Asked to Pay $90 Million to Settle Shareholder Claims Over Fox News Sexual Harassment
- Conservatives Now Want to Abolish Board They Hoped Would Curtail Patent Suits
- Hiscox Launches Coverage Suite for Financial Services Firms
- Best Agencies to Work For: Morris & Garritano – Overall Winner
- How Lemonade Is Deciding Who Else May Sell Its Insurance
- USAA Among Backers of Home Water Damage Prevention Startup Flo
- Despite Recent Natural Disasters, Homeowners Fail to Enhance Coverage: Clearsurance
- Only a Third of U.S. Vehicles with Defective Takata Air Bags Repaired
- Schiavone Takes Over Allianz Global Specialty’s Alternative Risk Team; Coppola to Head Financial Lines
- RMS Comments: What’s Next If Flood Insurance Reform Passes? If It Fails?
- Drugmaker Purdue Moves to Settle States’ Claims Over Opioids
- Palomar Specialty Expands Residential Earthquake Product Into Additional States
- Tesla Debuts 500-Mile Electric Heavy Duty Truck
- Markel Finalizes Acquisition of State National Companies
- Barbican Insurance Launches U.S. Specialty Property MGA Targeting Southeast, Gulf Coasts
- Court Orders J&J to Pay $247 Million, Another Big Loss Over Hip Implant Product
- Markel’s Crowley to Retire at End of 2017
- How To Stop the Next Harvey Weinstein: Viewpoint
- House Passes Tax Cut Package; Debate Moves to Senate
- How Consolidation Has Changed Crop Insurance Sector: Conning
- Paid ‘Climate Leave’ May Be Next Employee Benefit
- H.W. Kaufman Group, Burns & Wilcox Promote 22 Insurance Pros in North America
- Trade Groups Push for National Labeling Law to Override States’ Requirements
- Hedge Funds Invest in Reinsurance Stocks on Expected Rate Hikes in 2018
- Insurers Urged to Catch Up with Risks of Fast-Growing 3-D Printing
- Brand Strength, Serial Acquirers to Drive Next Wave of Insurance M&As: Willis Towers Watson
- How States Compare for Risk of Employee Lawsuits: Hiscox
- Pharmacy Cost in Workers’ Compensation Continues to Fall: CompPharma Survey
- Jury Sides with Fidelity in 10-Year Case Against Employee Who Alleged Retaliation
- House Passes Flood Insurance Program Extension with Reforms
- 5 Ways the Insurance Industry Can Improve Cybersecurity: Former U.S. Security Chief Clarke
- Humans Must Fight the Driverless Dystopia: Viewpoint
- Travelers Comfortable with Its ‘Prudent’ Cyber Insurance Position
- Academy of Insurance Offers Free Videos as ‘Building Blocks’ for Insurance Education
- Everest Taps Former Chubb Exec Collura to Lead New Private Company/Non-Profit Business
- Uber, Tech Firms Helping Their Contract Workers Sign onto Obamacare
- Global Regulators Expected to Drop ‘Too Big to Fail’ Test for Insurers
- Worried About Hackers, States Turn to Cyber Insurance
- Growing Climate Risks May Be ‘Impossible to Model’ – and Ultimately Uninsurable
- How GOP House and Senate Tax Proposals Differ
- Insurers Face Potential $1 Billion in Claims for Las Vegas Mass Shooting
- Defense Bill Would Revive Civilian Drone Registration Requirement
- U.S. Expands Drug Testing for Pilots, Train Engineers to Include Opioids
- Colgate-Palmolive Settles Asbestos Claim Linked to Its Talc
- Resilience Economics Bringing Climate Products to New Sectors
- How to Be Cool: What Companies Can Do
- Hub to Buy Wells Fargo Crop Insurance Broker Business
- Lavey Named President of Hanover Agency Markets, Field Operations
- Boats Took $655 Million Beating This Hurricane Season: BoatUS
- Special Reuters Report: The Path to Monsanto’s Weed-Killer Crisis
- How Sex Trafficking Became Battleground in Fight Over Big Tech Immunity
- Munich Re Reports Q3 Loss of $1.6B; Tallies Industry Hurricane Losses at $100B
- InsuranceHub Expands Transportation Coverage to Additional Trucking Classes
- It’s Time to Rethink Wall Between Banking, Other Businesses: U.S. Comptroller
- Waymo Testing Driverless Ride-Hailing Service on Public Roads
- AIG Names Baugh CEO of North America General Insurance; Stratts Named CEO of Lexington
- How Cabbies Are Morphing Into Hybrid Taxi-Ridesharing Firms
- Congress Prepares to Address Flood Insurance Overhaul Again
- Allianz to Offer Small Business Cyber Risk Management Services Through Zeguro
- Global Re/Insurers Lobby Against ‘Unfathomable’ House Tax Bill
- Tough Road for Trucking Insurance Specialists
- Puerto Rico Bond Insurers’ Stocks Fall After ’60 Minutes’ Episode on Hurricane Maria
- Zurich North America Names Putz to Lead Alternative Markets
- Regulation Not the Answer to Cyber Threats: Federal Reserve Official
- AmTrust Selling Stake in Certain Units to Raise $950M
- Insurance Agents Regained Organic Growth Momentum in Q2: Reagan
- Liberty Mutual to Back NIF Bowling Center Program
- CNA Adds ‘Get a Quote’ for Small Business Insurance Online Shoppers
- What to Expect for Commercial Insurance Pricing for 2018: WTW’s Marketplace Realities
- Cyber Risk Is Putting Pressure on Property Insurance Underwriters
- BMW Recalls 1 Million Vehicles for Fire Risks
- CVS, Aetna Could Close $70B Merger Deal as Soon as December
- Berkshire Insurance Units Take Q3 Hit from U.S. Hurricanes, Mexico Earthquake
- BHSI Creates Excess Integrated Follow Form for Contractors
- Small Business Digital Insurer Attune Adds Starr’s Stamets, OnDeck’s Dreiling
- Hurricanes Drive Q3 Loss for Liberty Mutual But ‘Fundamentals Remain Healthy’
- October Commercial Insurance Renewal Rates Up Except Workers’ Compensation: IVANS Index
- AIG Reports Q3 Loss on Commercial Lines Reserve Boost, Catastrophe Losses
- Kidde Recalls 40 Million Fire Extinguishers
- Winners and Losers in Republican Tax Plan
- Guide to Republican Tax Proposal
- GOP Tax Plan Jeopardizes Bermuda Reinsurer Loophole
- Global Insurance Regulators Delay Implementation of International Capital Rule
- JLT Specialty USA Adds Starr’s Vendetti to Construction Risk Partners
- AmWINS Completes Acquisition of 15 Insurance Programs from Willis Towers Watson
- GOP Tax Bill Could Include Repeal of Obamacare Individual Mandate
- Trump Signs Order Curbing Consumer Class Actions Against Banks
- Swiss Re Posts $468M 9-Month Loss, Anticipates Re/Insurance Rate Hikes
- SafeWaters Underwriting Managers Adds Yacht Insurance Capacity Through Everest
- Guidewire Completes Cyence Acquisition; Names Sherry, Maier to Top Posts as Roza Departs
- Allied World Adds Phishing Assessments to Cyber Risk Management Platform
- Artificial Intelligence Poses Risks to Insurers, Banks, Warns Global Regulator
- Trump Actions Against Obamacare Could Mean Free Insurance for Many with Low Incomes
- Berkshire Likely to Report Big Q3 Claims Costs – and Reduced Insurance ‘Float’
- QBE North America Forms Alliance with MGA Professional Risk Facilities
- Aetna Keeps Quiet About Reported CVS Merger Talks; Net Income Rises 39%
- Swiss Re Names Richards as Head Casualty Reinsurance; Parton as Head P/C Business Mgmt.
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