National News for October 2021
- FDA Finalizes Stronger Safety Warnings on Breast Implants
- People Moves: Admiral Names Smyrl President; Hartford’s Schultz Moves to Zurich Life Sciences; Roth Heads AXA XL Cyber Claims; Hippo Adds Hiscox’s Hanson
- Month-Long Halt in Hurricanes Thanks to Dry Air and Atmospheric Lull
- First Half of Year Recorded 18% increase in Road Fatalities
- Striking McDonald’s Workers Protest Alleged Workplace Harassment, Violence
- Senate Confirms Parker as OSHA Chief
- Kemper $17.6M Data Breach Settlement Wins Preliminary Court Approval
- Legal, Insurance, Safety Issues Swirl Around ‘Rust’ Movie Set Shooting
- Report Finds Meat Plant Workers’ COVID Cases Much Higher Than Previous Estimates
- For Home Insurers, Weather Proves More Costly While COVID Measures Lower Claims
- Chubb Sees Profit Jump on Premium Growth, Underwriting Income
- Global $10.5B Insurtech Funding Train Leaving Many Startups Behind, WTW Advises
- Unvaccinated Pilots Costing It Millions in Paid Leave, United Airlines Tells Judge
- Insuring Cannabis Summit: Capacity Still a Centerpiece of Concern
- Aromatherapy Spray From India Linked to U.S. Deaths Being Recalled
- Commercial Liability Insurers Face Growing Number of False Claims Act Cases
- Analysts Say U.S. Labor Shortage Could Last a While
- AIG Announces Senior Leadership Changes; Readies for Life & Retirement Unit Spinoff
- Safety Head Criticizes Tesla Over Its Release of New Self-Driving Software
- People Moves: Garrison Heads Navigators Wholesale; Trochey Joins Ascot; AXA Environmental Adds 3; Allianz Names Houlihan
- Large Private Employer Coalition Creates Pharmacy Benefit Management Firm
- Recoop Insurance Vows Quick Cash to Homeowners, Renters Hit by Natural Disasters
- DNA Testing Firm 23andMe to Expand Into Telehealth With Lemonaid Acquisition
- SEC Eyes Clawbacks of Executives’ Pay in Cases of Misconduct
- Citing Software Issues, Tesla Pulls Latest Full Self-Driving Beta
- Hundreds of U.S. Networks Targeted by Russian Cyber Attack, Microsoft Says
- On Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Movie Set and Others, Union Guidance Is Key to Gun Safety
- Insurance Technology: Guidewire Guides Insurers to Insurtechs; Rhino, Cover Genius Offer Embedded Renters Insurance
- Months Before Bankruptcy Move, J&J Offered $4B to Settle Talcum Claims
- Top Regulators’ Roadmap Addresses Climate Change as Threat to U.S. Financial Stability
- U.S. Urges Global Intellectual Property Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines
- NFL to Offer to Changes to ‘Race-Norming’ Testing Formula Used in Dementia Claims
- Insurance Technology: Catalyit; CyberCube; Tremor; TransUnion and e2Value
- California Releases Climate Draft Plan, Axis Accelerates Retreat from Coal
- Activist Investor Starboard Takes New Stake in Willis, Saying Broker Undervalued
- Pay-Per-Mile Digital Insurer Metromile in Drive to Add Independent Agents
- Business Owners’ Risk Management Acumen Falls Short in Modern Era: Broker
- 3 States Could Lose Their Workplace Safety Authority for Refusing COVID Rules
- FAA Proposes Minimum 10-Hour Rest Period for Flight Attendants
- Cowbell Cyber, Palomar E&S Enter Multi-Year Partnership
- ‘We Cannot Do This Alone.’ Biden Cyber Crime Fighter Seeks Corporate Help.
- Origami Risk Enhances Workers’ Comp Claims Administration Package
- Regulation, Technology Know-How Are Delaying Embedded Insurance’s Full Potential
- EPA Launches Strategy to Regulate Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
- Biden to Nominate Cliff to Head Auto Safety Agency
- Unvaccinated Employees Risk Job Losses as Employer Mandates Take Effect
- Supreme Court Upholds Police Qualified Immunity in Two Cases
- Whoa! Horse Riding Is Riskier Than Football, Auto Racing or Skiing?
- Treasury Report Offers Insight Into Surge in Ransomware Activity in 2021
- Higher Investment Returns Help Offset Catastrophe, Auto Losses for Travelers in Q3
- Insurance Agency M&As Up 13% Thus Far in 2021: Optis
- U.S. Auto Safety Agency Faces Backlog of Rules and Missed Deadlines
- Out-of-Practice Airline Pilots Are Looking Error-Prone
- Kemper Proposes $17.6M Settlement of Data Breach Claims
- Mobility Sector Will Need New Insurance Products to Continue to Grow: Marsh
- U.S. Insurers’ Face ‘Minimal Exposure’ in China’s Evergrande Property Crisis
- Lawmakers Introduce Liability, Competition Bills Targeting Giant Internet Firms
- Former Boy Scouts Official Tells Congress Group Still Protecting Secrets Over Kids
- Benefits of Vaccine Mandates Outweigh Workers’ Comp Costs of Vaccine Injuries
- Industry Groups Meet at White House on Vaccine Mandate Rule
- RIMS CEO Roth to Retire in 2022
- Workers’ Compensation Insurers Find That as Opioid Cost Slows, Marijuana Grows
- Safety Regulator Questions Tesla on No Recall With Autopilot Update
- Johnson & Johnson Places Talcum Liabilities Into Bankruptcy
- Lawsuit Seeks SEC Enforcement of Proxy Adviser Restrictions
- Insurtech Veteran Launches Online Directory to Connect P/C Agents with Technologies
- Toronto Cyber Insurtech Boxx Expands to U.S., Names Itriago as President
- La Nina Arrives, Threatening More Droughts, Storms and Supply Disruptions
- Aon Projects Health Costs for Large Companies to Rise 5% in 2022
- Marsh McLennan Launches Cyber Risk Analytics Center
- Biden Administration Wants Federal Contracts to Reflect Climate Risk
- Facebook to Change Rules on Attacking Public Figures: Reuters
- OSHA Submits Language for Company Vaccine Mandate to White House
- Lockton Creates Digital Asset Protection Team With Brokers, Attorneys
- Reluctant Localities Are Being Dragged Into Court to Fix Sidewalks for People With Disabilities
- Brown & Brown Continues Its Rebranding With Focus on 130 Retail Locations
- SEC Looking Into Use of Personal Digital Devices by Financial Professionals: Reuters
- Federal Law Likely Overrides Texas Ban on Vaccine Mandates
- Top 10 P/C Insurance Market Conduct Issues
- Howden’s DUAL Acquires Align Financial; Sweeney, Johnson to Lead; O’Connor Exits
- U.S. Property Insurers Could be Facing $12.5B in Hidden Cyber Losses
- U.S. Has Had 18 Weather Events Each With $1 Billion Losses Thus Far in 2021
- Potentially ‘Massive’ Litigation Over Recalled Philips Sleep Apnea Devices Advances
- Government Can and Should Help Reduce Cyber-Security Risks: ITC Highlights
- Pentagon Ex-Software Chief Claims China Has Already Won AI Battle
- Looking to 1918 Pandemic for Clues on Emerging From COVID-19
- Southwest Air Pilots Seek to Block COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
- Private Equity Firm KKR Names Bae, Nuttall to Succeed Founders as Co-CEOs
- People Moves: TigerRisk Names Harbor Hill Solutions’ Kilduff to Head MGA Business; AXA XL Insurance Promotes Gittler to Lead Cyber & Technology, Americas
- Tokio Marine Highland Offers Fine Art Insurance Through New Division Led by Fischer
- Chubb CEO Greenberg Says Some Insurtechs Are More About Hype Than Transformation
- Allstate to Sell Northbrook Headquarters in Strong Endorsement of Hybrid Work
- J.D. Power Agents’ Survey Reveals Top-Ranked P/C Carriers (Story in Charts)
- Riskonnect Acquires ESG Technology Firm ICIX
- Verisk Using AI to Gain Underwriting Insights From Yelp Reviews of Small Businesses
- People Moves: AXA XL Names Takigawa; Gary Heads CoreLogic Claims; Changes at Top at TigerRisk; Hill Joins Digital Partners
- Agriculture Department Readying Waivers to Address Pork Plants’ Processing Speed
- What’s New in Agency E&O? Participate in This Year’s Survey Today
- Insurers Could Owe $80M to Investors Suing Over 2016 Willis Merger With Towers Watson
- Report: A Fifth of U.S. Insurance Company Board Members Have Worked in Fossil Fuel Industry
- Risk Scores for Underwriters, Brokers Reveal Companies’ Likelihood of Being Sued
- Health Workers On Front Lines Once Saluted as Heroes Now Face Hostility
- Corps of Engineers Partners With Mother Nature in Flood Control Initiatives
- U.S. to Require Cyber Disclosure, Security Plans From ‘High Risk’ Air, Rail Companies
- Why Tesla Could Face Tough Road If It Tries to Slash $137M Racial Bias Verdict
- U.S. Approves Fire Retardant That Could Be ‘Game-Changer’ in Fighting Wildfires
- Biden Administration Releases Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate and Exemptions
- Insurate, Workers’ Compensation Insurtech, Secures $4.5M Investment
- Kansas’ Fee Succeeds South Carolina’s Jensen as Chair of National Big ‘I’ Agents
- Coalition Acquires Digital Commercial Agency Attune
- If Facebook Is the Problem, Is a Social Media Regulator the Fix?
- In Case of Child’s Cancer, Bayer Wins First Roundup Jury Verdict
- Climate Change Impact: 40% Chance of ‘100-Year Storms’ Over 20-Year Span
- James River Unloads Rideshare Reserves To Uber Captive
- Swiss Re Estimates Hurricane Ida Could Cost Insurers $30 Billion
- Jury Orders Tesla to Pay $130M to Former Worker Over Racially Hostile Workplace
- Securitization Startup Platform Ledger Launches a Casualty ILS Fund
- Beyond the Portal: P/C Carriers Vie to Create Better Agency Digital Experiences
- Whistleblower Tells Congress Facebook Puts Profits Over Safety, Urges Regulation
- Airports Urged to Avoid Using Firefighting Foam With PFAS
- Neptune Flood Acquires Parametric Earthquake Insurance Broker Jumpstart
- Workers’ Compensation Reserve Redundancy Reaches $14 Billion, Reports NCCI
- Rates to Rise for Millions of Homeowners Under National Flood Insurance Program
- Why Some Hospital Workers Choose Dismissal Over COVID Vaccine
- White House Plans 30-Country Meeting to Combat Ransomware and Cyber Crime
- Allstate Completes Sale of Life Insurance Company of New York
- National Labor Board Memo Says College Football Players Are Employees
- Retailer Neiman Marcus Notifies 4.6M Customers of Data Breach
- 1 in 4 Large Firms Has Vaccine Mandate for Employees, With More Coming: Gartner
- Chubb’s Digital Platform Blink Partners With USAA on Cyber Insurance
- Big Pharmacy Chains Under Pressure to Settle Opioid Claims Before Their First Trial
- Judge Says Wells Fargo Must Face Shareholder Fraud Claims
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