National News for June 2018
- Beware ‘Tsunami’ Effect of Artificial Intelligence, Warns Allstate CEO Wilson
- XL Catlin’s Eells Joins Validus Specialty as Chief Operating Officer
- Senate Passes Farm, Crop Insurance Bill with Flood Insurance Extension
- Erie’s Banocy Joins Great American Insurance as Innovation Strategy VP
- How Workers’ Compensation Outpatient Costs Compare Across States by Fee Regulation
- Employees Find Vacation Benefits Short-Lived, Don’t Offset Stressful Work Culture
- More Employers Offering Paid Parental Leave Benefit
- REIN, Liberty Specialty Markets Launch On-Demand Drone Coverage
- Senator Inserts Flood Insurance Renewal in Farm Bill
- Amazon to Buy Online Pharmacy Startup PillPack as Entry Into Health Care
- Digital Insurance Agency EverQuote’s IPO Begins Today at $18 Per Share
- States Agree Not to Fine Equifax Over Data Breach
- Apple, Samsung Finally Settle Long-Running Patent Dispute
- Top Practice Areas for Lawyers’ Malpractice Claims
- Every $1 Spent in Hurricane Protection Lowers Property Loss Exposure by $105
- Aon Launches Intellectual Property Liability Coverage
- Insurtech Agency CoverWallet Offers Its API for Other Small Firms to Offer Insurance
- With $30 Million in Private Equity, Agent Network Renaissance Alliance Eyes Expansion
- Cycling Safety: Insurance Industry, Virginia Tech Rate Biker Helmets
- Safety Probe of Tesla Crash Cites Battery Fire Risk
- Soros Sees Mighty Big Gains in Investment Portfolios Made Out of Lawsuits
- What’s Ahead for Reinsurance Industry in 2018: Fitch
- Supreme Court Rejects Banks’ Appeal Over Mortgage Securities Marketing
- Some Big Employers Moving Away from High Deductible Health Plans
- Court Nixes Cities’ Climate Change Public Nuisance Lawsuit Against Oil Firms
- Sirius Group Plans Nasdaq Listing After Merger with Easterly Acquisition
- Supreme Court Expands Patent Owners’ Recovery of Foreign-Based Damages
- Partnering with Insurtech to Transform Rather Than Disrupt Insurance
- Protecting the Planet from Asteroids, Comets
- Restaurants, and Diners, Pay High Price for Food-Related Illnesses
- Here’s a Shocker: Insurance Industry Reserves Still Adequate
- States’ Adjuster Licensing Requirements Come Under Scrutiny
- USG Insurance Services Launches E-Cigarette, Vape Store Program
- How Insurance Plans Contribute to Opioid Epidemic: Johns Hopkins Study
- Federal Judge Rules Against Consumer Financial Bureau Structure
- Chubb Announces Changes to North America Agriculture Unit Leadership
- Surgery, Not Pharma, Is Biggest Healthcare Cost Worry: Gawande
- 8 Passengers Sue Southwest Airlines, Manufacturers Over Engine Blowout
- Chubb Adds Artisan Contractors Coverage to Small Business Online Platform
- Sea Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk from Chronic Flooding
- Supreme Court Rules Against SEC Naming of In-House Judges
- AmTrust Shareholders Approve Revised $2.95 Billion Plan to Go Private
- OneBeacon Surety Revamps Leadership Team, Expands Capacity
- Why Businesses Need to Plan for Aging Workforce
- Railroads, Airlines Seek to Bypass States’ Paid Sick Leave Laws
- Guggenheim Exploring Deal with Munich Re’s Asset Management Unit
- Lewis Succeeds West as Leader of Chubb’s Mid-Market Commercial Lines; Rockwell Named Chief Underwriter
- Harvard’s Gawande Chosen to Lead Berkshire-Amazon-JPMorgan Health Initiative
- PAK Programs Launches Insurance for Meaderies
- Two P/C Insurance Trade Groups — AIA and PCI — Plan to Merge
- Catastrophes Pushed Homeowners Insurers’ Combined Ratio Above 107 in 2017
- Small Businesses That Ignore Lessons from Cyber Attack Likely to Suffer Another: Hiscox
- Correction: Safety Agency Orders Firm to Stop Selling Tesla Warning Reduction Feature
- Hurricane-Proof Home Building Available But Pricey, Slow to Be Adopted
- Liberty Mutual Taps Kelly, Dolan for Key Posts
- RideSafe Product from SURE, Chubb Insures Ridesharing Passengers
- Chubb Insists No Insurance for Weinstein, Who Wants Jury to Settle Coverage Issues
- How Businesses Can Limit Costs of Work-Related Crashes
- Trump Labor Chief Readies Rule to Allow Small Business Health Plans
- Groundskeeper’s Cancer Trial Could Signal Fate of Other Monsanto Roundup Claims
- Young Consumers Willing to Let Insurers Spy on Digital Data – If It Cuts Premiums
- Baseball Pitch Tracking Graphics Caught in Patent Brawl
- Fujifilm Sues Xerox for Failed Merger, Citing Lack of ‘Shareholder Democracy’
- How Tesla Severance Agreement Addresses Worker Safety Complaints
- HomeProtect Water Damage Program Reimburses Insurance Deductible
- Digital Insurance Agency EverQuote Launches IPO
- Supreme Court to Hear Appeal Over Liability for Securities Fraud
- Custody Protection, Regulation, Insurance Seen Paving Way for Shift to Cryptocurrencies
- Fiduciary Rule Dies as Last Court Deadline Passes
- More Employers Adopting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy for Marijuana Use
- Wells Fargo Gets OK on $142M Settlement with Customers Over Phony Accounts
- Rising Homeowners Losses Hurt P/C Insurers in 2017: Fitch
- Insurtech MGA Corvus Insurance Launches ‘Smart’ Cyber Coverage
- Probe Says FAA Allowed Unsafe Charter Planes to Fly
- XL Catlin Offers TradeTapp Tool that Helps Contractors Pre-Qualify Subcontractors
- Autonomous Cars to Bring Shift But Not Big Decline in Insurance: Report
- Big “I” Markets Partners with Coalition to Offer Cyber, Tech E&O Coverage
- Hollywood Stars Join Supporting Cast for Insurtech
- A Whole New Ballgame: Managing Risk for World Champion Houston Astros
- How Prices for Injured Workers’ Medical Professional Care Compare in 35 States: WCRI
- Sizing Up the Gig Economy
- Employers Waking Up to Costs of Employees Falling Asleep on the Job
- Ease Up On Commercial Drones, Scientists Advise Safety Regulators
- FEMA Staffing Stretched Thin as Hurricane Season Gets Underway
- Trump ‘Probably’ Will Back Lifting Federal Ban on Marijuana
- Accenture Offers Way to Erase Gender, Racial, Ethnic Bias in Artificial Intelligence
- FEMA Looking to Expand Disaster Reinsurance Program
- Financial Services Industry Boosts Blockchain Spending
- Republican Leaders Undercut Trump AG’s Bid to End Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage
- Cyber Business Interruption Remains Area of Uncertainty for Insurance
- Allianz Eyes M&A Targets Zurich, Hartford, QBE, Argo and More After Missing Out on XL
- Injury Lawyers Chasing Scooter Accidents, In Search of Insurers
- XL Catlin Updates Coverage for Environmental Contractors, Consultants
- How to Get Really Rich Off Litigation Financing: Viewpoint
- FBI, International Law Enforcement Disrupt Business Cyber Fraud Schemes
- Tropical Cyclones Moving Slower Over Land: Study
- Insurers’ Earnings Volatility Tied to Equities Accounting Change
- U.S. Allows China’s Oceanwide Purchase of Insurer Genworth
- Air Ambulances’ Sky-High Charges Leave Reimbursement Gaps, Lawsuits
- XL Catlin Launches Auto Terror Protect Coverage for Vehicle Terrorist Attacks
- Gig Worker Population Not as Big as Expected. Maybe.
- May 2018 Saw Severe Weather in Nearly Every Global Region: Aon Report
- Why the ‘New Normal’ of 24/7 Technology Dependence Is Not Normal or Healthy
- Here’s What’s to Expect for Global Commercial Insurance Market Growth
- NOAA Expects Sea Level Rise to Produce Record Coastal Flooding This Year
- No Reason for Insurer Panic Over Amazon… Yet
- Icahn Backs Revised AmTrust Deal But Investor Arca Balks
- XL Group Shareholders Give AXA Acquisition Green Light
- Wal-Mart Settles Transgender Employee’s Claim Over Firing
- Profile: Major Growth Plans Ahead for Schinnerer Group – Now Rebranded as ‘Victor’
- How Seniors Feel About Telemedicine
- How Insurance Boosts Economy, Communities and Innovation: I.I.I.
- Personal Cyber Insurance-Security Packages Being Tested with Wealthy
- MDP Programs, NTIS to Offer Historic Property Program with Great American
- Digital Workers’ Comp Agency Pie Insurance Enters 3 More States
- Judge Rules Bankrupt Weinstein Co. Must Face Sexual Harassment Claims
- Airlines Urged to Use Predictive Models, Data Sharing to Keep Skies Safe
- Lloyd’s Index Shows $92B at Risk in North American Cities Each Year
- Republicans Eye Tax Law Fix for Sexual Harassment Settlements
- Co-Pay Tactic by Benefit Managers Credited with Cutting Prescription Drug Prices
- New Coalition Cyber Coverage for Real Estate Industry Targets Smart Buildings
- Congress Could Shrink Federal Insurance Office
- Most Commercial Insurance Prices Continued Creeping Up in May: IVANS
- FDA Says 12 Deaths Now Linked to Balloon Treatment for Obesity
- AmTrust, Lacking Votes, Reschedules Meeting on Contested Going-Private Plan
- J.D. Power: Why Lemonade’s Policy 2.0 Matters
- NBIS Partners with Old Republic on Insurance for Heavy Equipment Industry
- Goldman Sachs Insurance Head Kumar Joins Guy Carpenter’s GC Securities
- Energy Sector Cyber Insurance, Cybersecurity Struggles Leave Taxpayers, Customers Exposed
- Supreme Court Says Colorado Erred in Gay Wedding Cake Case
- Sompo International Completes Acquisition of Lexon Surety
- Ryan Specialty Group Gets $175 Million Investment from Private Equity Firm Onex
- Insurtech Investments Hit New High in Q1: Willis Towers Watson
- How Carmakers Raise Prices for Spare Parts Based on ‘Perceived Value’: Reuters
- Charity Wins $3.3 Million from Anonymous Bidder for Lunch with Buffet
- Kemper, Infinity Shareholders Approve Merger
- Coal Industry Tax Cut Threatens Miners’ Benefits Fund as Black Lung Cases Surge
- Distribution Overpowers Underwriting. How CNA Ex-CEO Chookaszian Views Industry’s Past, Present and Future
- Wall Street to Weigh In on AXA IPO Next Week
- Researchers Cool Their 2018 Hurricane Season Forecast
- Cities Still Owed Funds from Last Hurricane Season as New Season Gets Underway
- New ISO Program Targets Home Healthcare Insurance Market
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