National News for February 2017
- 3 Firms Reported in Bidding for USI Insurance; Offers Top $4 Billion
- Takata’s $1 Billion Guilty Plea, Settlement with U.S. Includes Victims’ Fund
- Insurers Caught In Municipal Bond Slump While Awaiting Trump Tax Plan
- Glazer Joins AIG as Deputy Counsel, Corporate Secretary
- Businesses Appeal U.S. Judge’s Ruling Upholding Broker Fiduciary Rule
- Trump Seeks Help from Insurers, Governors in Overhauling Health Insurance
- AIG Directors Mull CEO Hancock’s Fate After Disappointing Results
- Marsh Launches New Excess Medical Professional Liability Policy Form
- Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Keeps Growing and Hiring Despite Auto, Reinsurance Blips
- Republicans’ Replacement for Obamacare Taking Shape
- Trump Administration Reviewing Obama’s Autonomous Vehicle Guidance
- Staying Alive: Cutting U.S. Highway Death Rate to Zero
- GMI Insurance Taps Falls Lake as Primary Carrier for Auto Programs
- AIG Among ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Insurers Trying to Assess Path Forward Under Trump
- Reported Drone Flying Violations Up 46%
- What is Lidar and Why Are Autonomous Car Makers Fighting Over It?
- Lucky to Be Alive, Calling for a Revolution in Road Safety
- Helping Small Insurers Sell Cyber Coverage to Small Businesses
- Now’s the Time to Invest in ’80s-Era Classic Cars
- Hanover Insurance Restructures Agency Business; Eyes Specialty Expansion
- How Supreme Court Just Made Things Easier for Patent Infringers
- With Growth of the Gig Economy, States Rethink How Workers Get Benefits
- Investments in Insurtech Expected to ‘Keep Booming’ in 2017: KPMG Report
- Study Warns on Cumulative Effect of ‘Drip, Drip, Drip’ of Nuisance Flooding
- QBE Inland Marine Launches Combined Liability Coverage for Motor Carriers
- Surprising Facts About Social Security and Medicare
- U.S. Keeps on Motoring, Sets Record of 3.2 Trillion Miles in 2016
- Starr’s Pittinger Joins ANV Global Services as Underwriting Director
- How Technology Is Changing Workers’ Compensation
- The Hidden Cost of Bundling Insurance Policies
- 10 U.S.-Designated Autonomous Vehicle Testing Sites
- Snoozing While Cruising Argues for Full Autonomy in Vehicles
- How Digital Distribution Tools from IVANS Marry Agents, Carriers and Appetites
- Appeals Court to Rehear Constitutionality of Consumer Protection Bureau Structure
- 17 Million U.S. Homes Worth $4.9 Trillion Are in Environmental Hazard Zones
- CNA Appoints Ex-Endurance, AIG Executive Worman as Chief Underwriting Officer
- How Tattoo Artists Are Like Dentists
- Driver Deaths Rose 6% in 2016, Topping 40,000
- Ratings Agencies Uphold Their Ratings on AIG
- Argo Pro, BlueChip Underwriting Services Launch Transactional Risk Program
- Patient Complaints Can Identify Surgeons Who Are Higher Claims Risks
- What Happens if Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Paris Agreement?
- Citing Trump’s Order, IRS Stops Enforcing Individual Mandate for Health Insurance
- Insurers Mull Obamacare Exits as Uncertainty, Losses Mount
- RRS to Address Auto Coverage Gap Through Xpress Autoguard Program
- Anthem Not Giving Up on Merger with Cigna Even If Cigna Is
- Trump Labor Chief Nominee Puzder Loses Republican Support, Withdraws
- Wraight, New Director of Academy of Insurance, Focuses on Learning Customers’ Needs
- Chubb Expands Global Cyber Facility with Multiline Peril Endorsements
- AIG’s Losing Streak Continued in Q4
- Sapiens to Acquire Insurance Tech Firm StoneRiver for $102 Million
- Agency Organic Growth Slowed in 2016: Reagan
- Lloyd’s Sees Political Risk Insurance Opportunity in Trump, Brexit
- Federal Reserve Chair Yellen Defends Role in International Regulation
- Ex-CFO of Bankrupt Enron Offers D&O Lessons from Accounting’s ‘Gray’ Areas
- Aetna, Humana Officially End Merger Deal; Won’t Appeal Court Ruling
- Greenberg Fights New York AG’s Spin on Reinsurance Saga
- Automakers Want Regulatory Road Cleared for Self-Driving Vehicles
- Insurers Find Fault With Report Over How Auto Insurers Treat No-Fault Accidents
- Ironshore Forms Oil & Gas Facility for Middle Market Energy Sector
- Good and Bad of Private Equity Investment in Insurance Agencies
- Ex-NFL Players Reminded to Register for Concussion Settlement
- Why Predictive Modeling Is Gaining as Fraud Fighting Tool
- As La Niña Fades, Return of El Niño a Possibility
- Trump Labor Chief Nominee Puzder Dodges Disability Bias Suit for Now
- Obamacare Foe, Former Surgeon Price Sworn In as Health Secretary
- International Drone Racing Association Launches Primary Coverage for Drone Pilots
- Greenberg, New York AG Settle Long-Running Reinsurance Dispute
- Markel Closed 2016 with Improved Investment Gains and Higher Cat Losses
- Insurance Safety Institute Elects Board Members; Allstate’s Yager Becomes Chairman
- Undoing U.S. Financial Regulations Could Bar U.S. Firms from EU
- Zenefits’ New CEO Announces 430 Layoffs in First Week on Job
- Health Insurers Weigh Next Moves After Striking Out on Mergers
- Update: Blackstone to Buy Aon’s Benefits Outsourcing Unit
- Safety National Adds Workers’ Compensation, Captive Services Products
- Severe U.S. Weather During January Cost Insurers More Than $1B: Aon
- U.S. Court Deals Opponents of Obama Fiduciary Rule a Setback
- Advocacy Groups Go to Court to Thwart Trump’s Bid to Undo Regulations
- Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch Could Decide Class Action Waiver Cases
- Federal Judge Halts Anthem-Cigna Merger as Harmful to Competition
- New Venture Capital Firm Looking for Insurtech Startups
- Top 10 Employment Discrimination Claims in 2016
- Melania Trump’s $150 Million Libel Suit Claims Lost Business Opportunities
- Aon Benfield Names Goodman as Global Head of Broking Strategies
- U.S. Water Damage Class Action Settlement to Cost BMW $478 Million
- Why the Insurance Industry Supports and Hires Veterans
- House Speaker Ryan Says Obamacare Replacement Bill to Pass This Year
- SIU Expands Active Shooter Insurance Program to Include New Classes, Risks
- Concussion Effects on Driving Linger After Symptoms Disappear
- How Firms Rate on Cyber Readiness and Why Some Don’t Buy Cyber Insurance: Hiscox Report
- U.S. Risk Underwriters Names Berkley Program’s Carter as President
- Ups Beat Downs in P/C Insurer Credit Ratings in 2016: A.M. Best
- OnDeck’s Hobson Named CEO of Online Small Business Insurance Platform Attune
- Government Sued Over ‘Certified’ Used Cars Involved in Recalls
- Assurant to Offer Liability Coverage for Vacation Rental Owners
- Amica Mutual Downgraded by A.M. Best Citing Increasing Catastrophe Losses, Auto Claims
- CNA CEO Robusto ‘Back in the Game,’ Sees Room for Improvement in 2017
- Philadelphia Insurance Promotes Decker to SVP of Underwriting
- Commercial Health Plans’ Spending on Drugs Slowed in 2016: Express Scripts
- Trump Halts Fiduciary Rule Opposed by Financial Advisors; Orders Dodd-Frank Review
- Trump: Replacing Obamacare May Not Happen Until 2018
- A Look at Smart Buildings and Construction Risks
- Markel Names Peterson to Product Line Leadership Team
- Allstate Profit Up for 2016 Despite Higher Catastrophe Losses
- Chubb Names Ringsted as Chief Digital Officer; Promotes O’Connell to Chief Actuary
- Nationwide Re-Signs with NFL for 4 More Years
- FEMA Disaster Deductible Could Survive Trump Deregulation Drive
- Can Climate Change Make The Groundhog A Better Forecaster?
- Ransomware Attacks Quadrupled in 2016; Expected to Double in 2017: Beazley
- Markel to Acquire Surety Company SureTec for $250 Million
- Navigators Appoints Ingerslev to Global Cyber Liability Leadership Post
- Facebook Virtual Reality Unit Faces $500M Jury Verdict for Copyright Infringement
- Marsh Reports 2016 and Q4 Results
- Strong Chubb 2016 Results Reflect Benefits of Merger: Greenberg
- As Super Bowl Approaches a Former NBA Player Reflects on Cumulative Injury
- Coalition Urges Modernization of National Flood Insurance Program
- Last Chance to Participate in the 2017 Agency Salary Survey
- What to Expect in D&O Insurance in 2017: Marsh
- Health Insurers in Limbo Due to Uncertainty Around Affordable Care Act
- Insurance Careers Month Asks Young Insurance Professionals to ‘Spread the Word’
- U.S. Drone Rules Face Further Delay Over Security, Deregulation Issues
- Pending Supreme Court Cases Trump’s Nominee Gorsuch Could Affect
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