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...
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...