National News for January 2016
- UCPM Launches Online Environmental Consultants Program
- EEOC Wants to Collect Worker Pay Data to Battle Wage Bias
- A Drunk Driving Case Made for TV’s ‘Law & Order’
- Officials, Poultry Producers Hope Nationwide Testing Contains Indiana Bird Flu
- U.S. Utilities Examine Their Insurance Protection After Ukraine Grid Cyber Attack
- So, If the Future Arrived in 2015, What About 2016?
- SIAA Partners with LifeLock to Offer Identity Protection Services
- Most Dangerous Cities in U.S. Ranked by Crime Data
- Moody’s, S&P, A.M. Best Release Ratings for AIG After Strategic Plan Outlined
- Virtual Insurance Agent Insurify with License Plate Quote Feature Raises $2 Million
- Record Western Wildfires a Contrast in Otherwise Quiet Year for U.S. Natural Disasters
- New Travelers CEO Schnitzer Stresses Continuity, Innovation in Earnings Call Debut
- MetLife CEO Raised Possibility of Breakup in 2014
- Norman-Spencer Agency Adds Workers’ Comp Coverage to Ready Mix Program
- BHSI Launches Life Agent & Broker Dealer Professional Liability Coverage
- Takata Discloses 11th Death Linked to Air Bag; Announces New 5 Million Vehicle Recall
- ‘Old’ ACE, Chubb Report Q4, Full Year 2015 Results
- Insurer Comings-and-Goings Show U.S. Crop Insurance a Field for Specialists
- El Faro Cargo Ship Owner Settles Death Claims with Sailors’ Families
- Franchises Ask Supreme Court to Hear Seattle Minimum Wage
- Lyft’s $12 Million Settlement with Ridesharing Drivers Avoids Employee Classification
- Risk Point Launches RV Dealer Physical Damage & Garage Package
- Safe Harbor Pollution Insurance Increases Marine Pollution Liability Capacity
- AXIS Healthcare Launches Pandemic Protection for Hospitals
- QBE’s Wiseley Named Head of Hiscox USA Programs
- The Zebra Is Latest Insurance ‘Disrupter’ to Attract Funding
- Securities Class Action Activity Rose 11% in 2015: Cornerstone
- AIG CEO Says Future Split Possible, But Downplays SIFI Risk; Will ‘Narrow’ P/C Focus
- AIG to Sell Advisor Group Broker-Dealer to Lightyear
- AIG Rejects Full Split; Will IPO Mortgage Business, Sell Advisory Unit, Reorganize into ‘Modular’ Units
- XL Catlin Expands Architects & Engineers Product to Cover Drones, Technology Risks
- Browning-Ferris Files Appeal of NLRB’s Joint Employer Liability Ruling
- KBW Analyst Dismisses AIG Mortgage Business Spinoff
- Keane, O’Brien Join Agency Alliance SIAA
- GM Avoids Showdown in First Ignition Trial But Faces Many More Ahead
- AIG Eyes Partial Spinoff of Mortgage Insurance Unit: Reuters
- BHSI Launches Executive First Portfolio for Private Companies
- Insurance Noodle Expands Quoting to Homeowners Insurance Market
- Plaintiff in First ‘Bellwether’ GM Ignition Switch Trial Drops Case
- Judge Hits Plaintffs’ Lawyers in GM Ignition Switch Trial
- Property Crimes Down, Violent Crime Up: FBI
- Bond Insurers’ Lawsuits Against Puerto Rico to Be Combined
- Auto Recalls in U.S. Passed 51 Million in 2015
- Addeo Joins Worldwide Facilities Board
- Hiscox Adds Property Damage Protection to Terrorism Insurance Product
- Survey of Economists Shows Climate Change Impact Sooner, More Severe
- U.S. Labor Department Issues Joint Employer Liability Rules
- Liberty International Underwriters Names C&F’s Cossetti as Head of U.S. Casualty
- Why Regulation Is Good for Driverless Cars
- Travelers’ Q4 Profit Takes Hit
- Icahn Activism Not AIG’s First Test Under Pressure
- OneBeacon Launches Coverage for Community Health Centers
- First GM Ignition Switch Trial Sidetracked by Check Fraud Allegation
- Supreme Court Rules Monetary Offer Doesn’t End Class Action
- Aspen Acquires Crop Insurer AgriLogic
- Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to U.S. Patent Review Process
- When Are Employee Wellness Programs No Longer Voluntary?
- Supreme Court Declines Another Challenge to Affordable Care Act
- What to Expect in U.S. Casualty Markets in 2016: Marsh
- NFIB, Markel to Offer Workers’ Comp Coverage to Small Businesses
- LIU’s Rokicki Joins Aspen as U.S. Head of Onshore Energy, Construction
- Farmers Ex-Executive DeSantis Named CEO of Program Manager Wright
- Ironshore Expands Builders Risk Coverage to Wood Frame Commercial Construction
- Icahn Renews Attack on AIG CEO Hancock; Insists ‘Drastic Shift’ Needed
- Argo Names AIG’s Mike-Mayer Chief Underwriter, NYWCB’s Wade Chief of Claims for U.S.
- Drone Viewpoint: Let U.S. Protect Airspace, While States Protect Privacy
- Insurance to Offset Merck’s $830M Settlement with Investors Over Vioxx
- U.S., 17 Automakers Reach Agreement on Cybersecurity, Safety
- Report Cites Failure to Prevent Unsafe Medical Devices That Spread Superbugs
- U.S. Reports on Cyber Attacks on Manufacturing, Other Industries
- ACE and Chubb Are Now One; New Chubb Brand Logo Unveiled
- U.S. to Ease Safety Rules to Accelerate Driverless Cars
- U.S. Safety Officials Push Self-Braking Technology for Cars, Trains, Trucks
- The Struggle Getting U.S. Regulators to Understand Insurance
- XL Catlin, RPS/Plus Add Data & Theft Endorsements to Title Agent Policies
- GM Ignition Switch Trial Opens with Claim of Defect Coverup
- 35 Insurance Consumer Representatives Named as NAIC Liaisons
- ‘New Chubb’ Opens as Giant ACE, Chubb Merger to Close
- Widow’s Damages Lawsuit Blames Twitter for Spread of ISIS
- Attention Insurance Marketers: Is Your Brand a ‘Servant’ or ‘Partner’ for Consumers?
- MetLife Spinoff Plan Could Add to Pressure on AIG to Split
- General Star Delegated Division Launches Web-Based Quoting System
- 60% of P/C Execs See 2016 Much Like 2015; 55% Expect Democrat to Win White House
- Online Agency Insureon Adds Hartford, PwC Execs to Leadership Team
- A.M. Best Restructuring Separates Ratings Services from Publications
- Expect Urban Deliveries by Drones within Few Years: Google
- Analyst Says Investors Support Icahn on AIG Revamp
- Obama Nominates 4 to NARAB National Producer Licensing Governing Board
- Liberty International Underwriters Appoints 3 Senior VPs
- Brownyard Launches Landscapers Insurance Program
- Boies, Edwards Among 140 Lawyers Vying to Take Lead Against Volkswagen
- Insurance Execs’ Midlife Crisis Cure: Four AIG, ACE Veterans Join Startup P2P Insurer Lemonade
- 15 State AGs Join Federal Antitrust Probe of Giant Health Insurers’ Mergers: Reuters
- Automakers, U.S. to Unveil Safety Collaboration Pact
- Supreme Court Lets Stand $124M Penalty Against Risperdal Drugmaker
- Farmers to Feel Heat from Manufacturers Over Food Safety
- Supreme Court Says Nestle Must Face Liability Claim for Foreign Child Slavery
- First Trial Over Faulty GM Ignition Switch to Open Today
- Crash Rates Lower for Self-Driving Cars: Virginia Tech Study
- Obama Vetoes Republicans’ Repeal of Affordable Care Act
- Verisk’s AIR Worldwide Names Churney to Succeed Lee as President
- RIMS Names 2016 Leaders; Outerwall’s Pemberton Becomes President
- Outlook for U.S. Commercial P/C Insurance Still Negative: A.M. Best
- $10M Contributor Greenberg Says Jeb Bush Would Be ‘Outstanding Leader’
- 2015: Second ‘Hottest’ Year on Record in U.S. Included 10 Major Weather Events
- Families of Shooting Victims Sue Wal-Mart Over Sale of Bullets
- CNA Appoints Zurich’s McCarron Senior Vice President, Commercial Claim
- Reinsurance Group Head Puts Science in Climate Change Discussion
- ESIS Releases Mobile Response Tool for Construction Claims
- Zurich Global Corporate North America Names AIG’s Pickens as Chief Underwriter
- Drone Registrations Top 180,000 in First 2 Weeks
- U.S. Releases ‘Do-Not-Fly-Zone’ App for Drone Operators: B4UFLY
- Judge Throws Out ‘Everybody Does It’ Defense in Shareholder Class Action
- GM Backs Remote Software Updates But Not for Critical Systems
- Its Own Scientists Question EPA Claim Fracking Is Safe for Drinking Water
- Obama to Veto Affordable Care Act Repeal Passed by Congress
- AIG CEO Hancock Plans Public Webcast on His Vision, ‘Proactive Plan’ for Insurer
- Schinnerer Launches New Cyber Protection Package
- Insurance Costs for December Weather in U.S. Could Top $2 Billion: Aon
- AIG Bets on Workplace Safety Wearables with Investment in Startup HCS
- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions to Buy Stop Loss Underwriter IHC Risk
- Automakers Outpacing Tech Firms in Driverless Car Patents
- Farmers Insurance Launches New Rideshare Coverage in 7 States
- U.S. Sues Volkswagen, Seeks Up to $80 Billion in Penalties
- QBE North America Names AIG’s Davide as Senior VP for Risk Management
- For P/C Insurance Rates, 2015 Ended on Another Downward Note: MarketScout
- Ex-McKinsey Consulting Partner Charged with Fraud Against State Farm
- 6 Forecasts for P/C Insurance in 2016
- World’s Top 10 Insurers Ranked by Premium, Assets
- Fitch Expects Modest Gains for U.S. Insurance Brokers in 2016
- Insurance Innovators Group Now Known as AmWINS Access
- Honda Reports 9th Death Linked to Takata Air Bag
- An Aging America Losing Its Appetite for Risk: Viewpoint
- First ‘Bellwether’ GM Ignition Switch Trial Set to Open Jan. 11
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