National News for September 2016
- CNO Financial Ends Ties with Beechwood Re, Sues Over Hedge Fund Exposure
- Greenberg: Managers’ Concerns Fueled Auto Warranty Reinsurance Deal
- Wells Fargo Employees Claim They Were Fired for Reporting Sales Tactics
- Study Links Obesity to Higher Workers’ Compensation Costs
- Mutual Boiler Re Adds Risk Improvement Coverage to Equipment Breakdown Policies
- ESIS Launches Life Sciences, Real Estate, and Staffing Industry Practices
- Obama Administration Releases Rules on Paid Sick Leave, Pay Data Reporting
- Supreme Court to Hear ‘Disparaging’ Trademark Case Similar to NFL’s Redskins’
- Fitch Assesses Slowdown in E&S Market
- Greenberg Pressed for Details on Auto-Warranty Program in Reinsurance Trial
- Corporate Pilots Often Neglect Required Safety Checks
- Liberty Mutual Adds 2 Excess Casualty Products for Large Companies
- NAMIC Taps Harford Mutual’s Linkous as Chairman
- Senate, House Override President’s Veto of Saudi Arabia 9/11 Lawsuit Bill
- XL Catlin Launches Logistics Services Insurance to Address Supply Chain Risks
- Facebook Claims ‘Zero Tolerance’ for Terrorist Activity
- Aetna Offering Discounts on Apple Watch for Health Monitoring
- Takata Takeover Deals Scrutinized for Handling of Recall, Liability Costs
- Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Testifies in Reinsurance Trial
- Insurers Encouraged by Latest Round of Covered Agreement Talks
- Universal P&C’s Direct-to-Consumer Homeowners Site Now Selling in 10 States
- The State of Property Crime in U.S.
- Obama Onboard with Road Testing of Autonomous Vehicles
- What’s Ahead in Health Care Workers’ Compensation?
- Workers’ Compensation for PEOs and Their Employees
- Could Trouble with Comp Products from Berkshire Affiliates Land in Brokers’ Laps?
- Starr Buys Wright USA from Ironshore, Subsidiary of China’s Fosun
- ICW Group Now Writing Workers’ Compensation in Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia
- Private Mortgage Insurers’ Bigger Slice of Freddie Mac Pie Smaller Than Hoped
- Tokio Marine Management Rebrands as Tokio Marine America
- Cyber Risk Costs Not Big Enough to Spur Investment by Businesses
- Suit Against Yahoo Claims ‘Gross Negligence’ Over Data Breach
- Study Finds Few Injuries on Obstacle Course Runs
- SpaceX Explosion Linked to Helium System Breach
- Ponderosa Insurance Introduces Self-Storage Property & Liability Program
- Presidential Veto of 9/11 Saudi Arabia Lawsuit Bill Faces Possible Override
- QBE North America Adds Manufacturing E&O Endorsement to Product Liability Coverage
- How Clinton, Trump Differ on Health Reform
- 12 Extreme Weather Events of the Summer of 2016
- Big ‘I’ Agents Promote McPhillips to Lobbying Team
- Massive Yahoo Breach Happened 2 Years Ago
- R&Q Acquires U.S. Sports Captive Insurer in Runoff
- Judge Claims Facebook Not Taking Terrorism Threat Seriously
- What Climate Change Has to Do with Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis
- National Flood Insurance Program Buys Private Reinsurance, Plans More in 2017
- Home Insurers, Agents Face Satisfaction Gap with Affluent Gen Y Customers
- Burns & Wilcox Names CRC’s Fuhrman to Retail Agency National Relationship Post
- New MGA Verve to Target Liability Market for Insurance Agents, Insurers in U.S.
- U.S. Autonomous Vehicle Policy Attempts to Straddle Lanes of Safety and Innovation
- The Hartford Attracting Bidders for Annuity Runoff Business
- Mandatory Arbitration Clause Could Thwart Wells Fargo Customers’ Lawsuits
- AAIS Files New Standardized Personal Auto Program Nationwide
- Hiscox USA Expands Allied Healthcare Coverage to Pharmacies
- Chubb Rolls Out New Business Owner’s Policy for Small Business
- 21 States, Business Groups, Insurance Agents Sue to Block Obama Overtime Pay Rule
- Peer-to-Peer Personal Lines Insurer Lemonade Opens for Business in New York
- CoverHound Small Business Commercial Suite Goes Live
- Metromile Auto Insurer Gets $192 Million, Mark Cuban and Mosaic’s 50 State Licenses
- CNA Appoints Chubb’s Hernandez to Commercial Risk Control Post
- No Injuries Is Goal But World Hockey Cup Players Score Insurance Just in Case
- Lockton Launches Corporate Terrorism Product with London Markets
- Aspen U.S. Appoints Chubb’s Feighan as Head of Accident and Health
- Changes at the Top of Hub International: Cohen, Gulliver, Lineker
- The Institutes Offers Insurance Data Analytics Designation
- Medical Marijuana Laws Linked to Fewer Opioid-Related Fatal Crashes
- $500 Million Lawsuit Accuses NASCAR of Racial Discrimination
- U.S. Judge Allows Class Action Alleging State Farm Bankrolled Judge
- U.S. to Unveil Safety Standards for Autonomous Vehicles
- Why Insurers Must Pick Up Their Technology Pace
- Hiscox Launches Combined Cyber Risk, Professional Liability Coverage for Hospitals
- New Verisk Unit to Serve Energy Sector Insurance, Risk Management
- Trump Sends Mixed Message on Food Safety Standards
- First Lawsuit Over Wells Fargo Sales Practices Filed
- Senate Bill Would Help Claimants of Artwork Stolen by Nazis
- Many Safety Reforms Suggested After ‘Miracle on Hudson’ Rejected, Unresolved
- P/C Insurers’ Underwriting Loss Worsened in First Half
- U.S. Lawsuit Against Samsung Claims Injuries from Galaxy 7 Explosion
- QBE Approved by Treasury for $73.5 Million in Surety Bond Capacity
- XL Catlin Updates Coverage for Design Professionals to Address Emerging Risks
- Wells Fargo Facing Disclosure Questions Over ‘Phantom’ Sales Scandal
- Lawyers Readying Shareholder Suits Over Fox-Ailes Sex Harassment Claims
- Drugs in U.S. Workplace at Highest Level in Decade
- Samsung Agrees to Replace 1 Million Galaxy Note 7 Smartphones in U.S.
- Insurance Industry’s Annual Week of Giving Starts Oct. 8
- Employees Picking Up More of Health Costs
- Wells Media Group Wins 6 Editorial Award of Excellence
- Sports Team Doctors Want Medical Malpractice Protection When Traveling Out of State
- Al-Jazeera TV Asks Judge to Toss Major League Baseball Players’ Defamation Claim
- Greenberg’s Lawyer Says Reinsurance Charges Built on ‘Hearsay and Speculation’
- Does Drug Company Money Affect Doctors’ Judgment?
- ProSight, Program Brokerage Corporation Launch Pest Control Program
- Insureon Turns to Silicon Valley Executive Somers to Head Retail Unit
- Answer Financial Names Bur to Direct Business Development
- Allstate CEO Driven by Opportunity in Transportation Disruption
- Workers’ Compensation Market Enters Soft Market: A.M. Best
- 11 Years After Spitzer Sued, Greenberg’s Trial Over Reinsurance Begins
- Ford CEO: Affordable Driverless Cars to Be in Showrooms in 10 Years
- LIU, Huntersure to Offer Transactional Liability Insurance
- New Big ‘I’ Leadership Team with Chairman Houldin Installed
- RMS Launches New Exposure Management Program on RMS Platform
- Liberty Mutual Giving Consumers a Voice in Insurance via Amazon’s Alexa
- Court Reinstates Whistleblower Retaliation Claim Against JPMorgan
- Lawmakers Call for U.S. Effort to Thwart Vehicle Hacking
- Munich Re Backs On-Demand Insurance Startup Trov’s Expansion in U.S. Market
- AIG Commercial Lines CEO Schimek Eyes Acquisitions for Value-Added, Not Scale
- Tesla Introduces ‘Substantial Improvements’ to Autopilot
- Uber, Drivers Resume Talks After $100 Million Deal Falls Apart
- Gawker’s New Owner Univision Trashes Posts Cited in Lawsuits
- Wilcox Returns to The Hartford as Head Of Strategy and Ventures
- Liberty Mutual’s Agatep Named Underwriting Chief for XL Catlin’s New Accident, Health Business
- Judge Warns Lawyers: You Pay If Claims Found Frivolous
- Driverless Cars to Slash U.S. Auto Insurance Premiums
- Chubb Plays Role in Recovering, Donating Iconic 9/11 Flag to Memorial
- Obama Expected to Veto Bill Allowing 9/11 Suits Against Saudis
- Chipotle Quietly Settles Sick Customers’ Claims Out of Court
- QBE North America Names Allied World’s Oard to Lead Specialty Healthcare Practice
- Insurance Marketing Group IMCA Elects Hargis as Chair
- Willis to Pay $120 Million to Settle Claims Over Stanford Ponzi Scheme Role
- Ex-AIG Chief Greenberg Won’t Surrender in 11-Year Old Reinsurance Fight
- ‘Game Changing’ Climate Disclosure Guidelines Coming Soon
- Allianz Expands Global Environmental Impairment Liability Team
- Viewpoint: How Trade Agreements Could Help P/C Insurers in Global Market
- Current State of P/C Insurance Agency Mergers and Valuations
- Willis Towers Watson Establishes North America Public Entity Practice; Goode to Lead
- Appeals Court Grants Uber Pro-Arbitration Ruling, Thwarting Drivers’ Class Action
- Congress Likely to Pass Bill Allowing 9/11 Victims to Sue Saudi Arabia
- Vertafore Names Zupon as CEO to Succeed Hawn
- GM Settles Bellwether Ignition Switch Cases Before Trial
- How Employer Cash Flow Impacts Workplace Safety
- Progressive, Generali Pursue Joint Telematics Research
- Zurich’s Goldberg Joins Starr as Chief Underwriting Officer for Financial Lines
- W.R. Berkley Forms Transactional Division; Names Chubb’s Hein President
- Court Allows Banana Farmers’ Toxic Pesticide Claims Against Fruit, Chemical Firms
- Ratings Agencies Expect Reinsurance Premiums to Continue Dropping in 2017
- BlackRock Says Investors Must Weigh Climate Change Like Insurers Are Doing
- Hudson Insurance Launches Commercial Excess & Umbrella Unit, Taps Farrell to Lead
- What They’re Saying About Non-Manufacturing Economic Activity
- Fox News Anchor Carlson Settles Sex Harassment Claim Against Ailes for $20 Million
- XL Catlin Names Tennant Pollock as VP, Emerging Markets
- Zika Reveals Gaps in U.S. Mosquito Control Options
- SpaceX Keeps Insurance Terms Secret
- Judge Nixes Users’ Privacy Class Action Against Facebook
- AIG Reported to Be Selling Its Last Shares in China’s PICC Insurer
- Harris to Head Chubb North America Global Services Division
- Uber-Like Video Service DropIn Lets Adjusters Assess Damage from Their Desks
- W.R. Berkley Names Lowery as Chief Information Officer
- SpaceX Explosion Draws Attention to Insurance for Rocket Science
- How Random Alcohol, Drug Testing Keep Skies Safe
- Banks Hike Caps on Directors’ Pay Hoping to Fend Off Lawsuits
- Ohio Mutual Offering Distracted Driving Prevention Device to Policyholders
- Marsh Names Montpelier Re’s Schaper as CEO of Schinnerer Group
- Berkley Re Direct’s Douglas Expands Responsibilities to Berkley Program Specialists
- AIG’s Sparro Joins Endurance Specialty as CEO of U.S. Insurance
- Prescription Drug Use Up, Out-of-Pocket Spending Down Under Affordable Care Act: RAND
- Judge Finds $28M Uber Offer to Settle Rider Fee Class Action Unfair
- Renters’ Insurance and Millennials: If You Make it Simple, They Will Come
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