Insurance News from March 17, 2021
National News
Passengers Recall COVID Deaths, Confusion, Quarantine Aboard Cruise Ships
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The last vacation Margrit and Lucio Gonzalez took together began...
Reuters Exclusive: Safety Regulators Reviewed Concerns Over GM Steering Sensor
Female Firefighters Turn to Courts to Fight Gender Discrimination
People Moves: Institutes’ Horowitz; Rizzuto from Travelers to IAT; BHSI Adds AIG’s Freid; Ryan Re Leaders
AM Best Plans to Assess MGAs, Other Delegated Authority Entities
International & Reinsurance News
Update – Italy’s Generali Eyes €2 Billion Acquisition in Russia: Source
MILAN – Italy's top insurer Generali is considering an acquisition in Russia worth...
‘Green’ Investment Funds Less Vulnerable to Climate-Related Shocks: EU Watchdog
Uber Reclassifies 70,000 UK Drivers as Workers – Providing Minimum Wage, Benefits
Xenia Broking to Acquire Status Credit Insurance Brokers in UK
Specialist MGA CFC Acquires Australian Cyber Security Firm, Insane Technologies
East News
Firefighter Trainee Dies After Being Stricken in Upstate New York
A 21-year-old man who suffered a medical emergency during firefighter training in...
West News
Bill to Create Fund to Battle Washington Wildfires Moving Through Legislature
A bill to create a dedicated fund to prevent and fight wildfires in Washington easily...
Southeast News
Florida Insurers Sustain ‘A’ Ratings, For Now, As 2020 Industry Losses Top $1.5B
Ratings agency Demotech has affirmed the 'A' ratings of the Florida homeowners carriers...
Texas / South Central News
At Least 57 People Died in the February Winter Storm in Texas
At least 57 people died in Texas as a result of the mid-February 2021 winter storm,...
Midwest News
Self-Insured Minneapolis Will Tap City Budget to Pay Floyd Settlement
Minneapolis will have to look beyond its insurance fund to pay out the $27 million...