National News for June 2017
- Willis Re North America Names Ingle Head of Analytics
- Federal Judge Permits Some VW Investor Claims Over Diesel Scandal
- PCI Adds Former Treasury, Federal Insurance Official Ledoux to Policy Team
- Insurers Say They Need Access to Data from Automated Car Systems
- New AIG CEO Duperreault Wants to Pursue Acquisitions, Slow Buybacks
- Facts About Fireworks: 11,000 Injuries, 4 Deaths in 2016
- Global Shipping Still Reeling from Cyber Attack; Insurers Warn of Coverage Gaps
- Ironshore M&A Unit Updates Transactional Liability Product for Healthcare Risks
- Increase in P/C Insurers’ Losses in 2017 Will Again Be Driven by Auto: S&P
- Global Cyber Attack Affects Shipping, FedEx, Emails and More
- AIG Shareholders Approve $9.6 Million for Former CEO Hancock
- Uber App Users Can Now Schedule Rides for Others
- Auto Insurance Market to Shrink by 70% by 2050: KPMG
- Opioids, Distracted Driving Cited in Rise of Preventable Accidents
- Starr Promotes Bessinger to Chief Underwriting Officer for Domestic Companies
- Beef Products Firm and ABC Agree to Settle ‘Pink Slime’ Case
- Arch Expands Travel Insurance Sales Team with 3 from Travelex
- House Panel Eyes Removing States’ Bumps in Road for Driverless Vehicles
- How States Rate in Preventing Home, Auto, Work Accidents
- Kinsale Launches Liability Product for Public Officials
- ‘WannaCry’-Like Cyber Attack Spreading to Firms Globally
- Senate Republicans Delay Healthcare Vote as Support Wanes
- USI Wins Competition to Acquire Wells Fargo Insurance Businesses
- Hiscox USA Names Nevin Chief Operating Officer
- Safety Groups Urge Government to Set Rules of Road for Driverless Vehicles
- Chubb Names Sherman to Lead North America Management Liability Business Unit
- P/C Insurers’ Net Income Fell 42.2% in Q1; Catastrophe Losses Topped $7 Billion
- XL Catlin, McGowan Companies to Offer Coverage for Workplace Violence
- Cheaper Cyber Insurance in the Works for Apple, Cisco Customers
- Senate Health Bill in Jeopardy as 3 Republican Senators Oppose
- Alliant, USI in Running to Acquire Wells Fargo Insurance
- RPG Promotes D’Onofrio to CEO of WKFC Underwriting and CorRisk
- Hartford Group to Transfer 29% of Pension Liabilities to Pru
- Supreme Court to Review Retaliation Protections for Whistleblowers
- Powered by Homegrown Insurtech, HCI to Expand Flood Insurance Sales to 9 States
- As Agents’ Needs Change and Startups Emerge, Big ‘I’ Looks to Remain Relevant
- General Motors Agrees to Settle Hundreds of Ignition Lawsuits
- Automakers Grapple with What To Do with Drivers in Autonomous Vehicles
- Former Flatiron, Cantor Fitzgerald Execs Launch Premium Financing Firm
- In Biggest Data Breach Settlement Yet, Anthem to Pay $115 Million
- Survey: Agents Suggest How Carriers Can Move from ‘Good’ to ‘Great’
- Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI
- After Drenching Gulf Coast, Tropical Storm Cindy Heads North, East
- Reinsurance Rates Continue to Soften with No End in Sight: S&P
- Cyber Insurance Premium Volume Grew 35% to $1.3 Billion in 2016
- Norman-Spencer Agency Redesigns Crane Program; Adds New Coverages, Rates
- 12 States Call Out California’s ‘Affront to Sound Insurance Regulation’
- Senate Republicans Unveil Secret Draft of Their Health Insurance Plan
- House Committee Adds 5 More Bills to Its Flood Insurance Reform Package
- J&J Seizes Supreme Court Ruling on Out-of-State Cases to Fight Talc Cancer Claims
- Officials Say 7 Coal Miner Deaths This Year Raise Questions About Training
- Aon Appoints Marcell to New Position of President of Aon Benfield
- Cape Analytics Now Offering Property Data in 8 Additional States
- Drone Delivery Fleets Counting on Hyperlocal Weather Forecasts
- Career Crossing: RIMS Honoree Keaton Hopes to Get Back on Risk Management Track
- Why Drivers Fear Driverless Cars
- Startup Next Insurance Closes Funding Round Worth $35 Million with Amex Aboard
- WCRI Researchers Compare States on Injured Workers Returning to Work
- Senate Confirms New FEMA Chief Long
- Trump Nominee Kaplan to Tilt Labor Board to Republican Majority
- U.S. Firms Issue Principles for Cyber Risk Ratings Used by Insurers
- Report Offers Details But No Finding of Cause of Tesla Crash
- Businesses Come Out on Top in Current Supreme Court Term
- Supreme Court Sides with Chevron in Blocking Ecuador Pollution Liability Judgment
- $6 Million Invested in New U.S. Wholesale Broker XPT Led by Veterans Ruggieri, Smith
- JLT Specialty Makes Leadership Changes at North America Aerospace Practice
- Warranty Group’s Warsop Joins York Risk Services
- Rocket Ship, Flying Vehicle or Driverless Car? Guess Which Americans Fear Most
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear ‘Dancing Baby’ Copyright Case
- 7 Tips for Start-ups Partnering with Incumbent Insurers: Trōv Founder Walchek
- Supreme Court Limits Out-of-State Residents Joining Class Actions
- Supreme Court Finds Government Can’t Block Disparaging Trademarks
- Butler Succeeds Morrison as Chubb North America Field Operations President; Updyke Promoted
- Willis Towers Watson Makes 4 Senior Appointments in North America Corporate Risk Unit
- How Advertising Spend, Underwriting Results Relate to Auto Insurers’ New Business Yield: J.D. Power
- Tragic London Fire Raises Questions About ‘Stay Put’ High-Rise Safety Rule
- Cosby Still Faces Multiple Civil Suits
- Trump Reverses Obama Stand, Supports Employers Requiring Class Action Waivers
- New Aon Professional Liability Coverage Available for 300-Plus Small Business Classes
- Former I.I.I. President, Mechlin D. Moore, Passes Away at 87
- Uber Sued by Rape Victim Who Says It Violated Her Medical Privacy
- House Committee Advances 2 Flood Insurance Bills; More to Come
- Blockchain Firm Bitfury Teams with Insurance Broker Risk Cooperative
- Startup Decisely: Insurtech ‘For Brokers, By Brokers’ Targets Small Business Benefits
- Uber’s Plans for Trucking Industry Hit Detours
- Kaufman Financial Group CEO Joins St. John’s University Risk Management Board
- House Panel Gets Down to Business on Flood Insurance Proposals
- Insurance Research Finds Many Homeowners Don’t Understand Deductibles
- AIG ‘Smart’ Policy Uses Blockchain to Manage International Coverage for Bank
- Insurers Adapt Terrorism Policies with Loss of Attraction, Violent Acts, Other Coverages
- XL Catlin Launches New Contractors Pollution Liability Express Program
- With Insurer Backing, Home Sensor Startup Notion Raises $10 Million
- In ‘Classic’ Soft Market Battle, Brokers and Carriers Attack Each Other
- Prime Insurance to Use $10M Capital Investment for New York, California Expansion
- Senators in Drive to Remove Regulatory Roadblocks for Driverless Cars
- States Study Tobacco Lawsuit Tactics for Fight Over Opioid Costs
- Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Group Launches Companion Horse Insurance
- Utilities Warned of ‘Easy-to-Use’ Malware Aimed at Causing Outages
- Paiano Succeeds Rupp as The Hartford’s Chief Risk Officer
- Burand’s State of P/C Insurance Industry, Part 1: Agencies Facing Paradigm Shift
- Lloyd’s Urges Insurer Investment in Natural Habitats for Flood Protection
- Private Brokers More Active But Private Equity Still Leads in Agency Acquisitions
- Top 100 P/C Agency Submission Deadline Extended
- Supreme Court Rejects Class Action Appeal by Xbox Users
- How and Why More Insurers Are Turning to Bots
- Anonymous Bidder of $2.6 Million Wins Lunch with Buffett
- Most Car Makers in No Rush to Make Automatic Braking Standard Equipment
- Workers’ Compensation Income Benefits Fall Short for Injured Workers: WCRI
- AmTrust Sells Shares in National General Holdings for $212 Million
- U.S. Storms in May to Cost Insurers $3B; Economic Costs Total $4B: Aon Report
- House Passes Dodd-Frank Replacement on Party Line Vote
- FDA Seeks to Halt Sales of Opioid Painkiller Opana ER for Public Health Reasons
- RMS Releases Updated N. America Earthquake Models for U.S., Canada & Mexico
- Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Looms – as Odds Drop of El Niño Formation
- Brave New World: 1st Reinsurance Product Heads to the Blockchain
- Risk Theory Adds Garage Package for Franchised Auto Dealers
- Climate Change Advocates Galvanized by Trump Decision
- Settlement Deal Between California Commissioner and Applied Underwriters
- QBE, Arrowhead Partner on Small Commercial Insurance Program
- W.R. Berkley Environmental and Entertainment/Sports Split to Run as Independent Units
- Trump Labor Department Nixes Obama’s ‘Joint Employer’ Standard
- Justice Department Sides with Whistleblowers Fired by Wells Fargo
- Markel Combines Wholesale & Global Divisions in Bid to Enhance Efficiency
- Flood Program Reauthorization: Why Congress Must Act
- Congress May Override State Rules on Self-Driving Vehicle Testing
- In Age of Twitter, Libel Insurance Isn’t Just for Journalists Anymore
- S&P Revises AIG Outlook to Negative Citing Commercial Lines Challenges
- MarketScout Sells Workers’ Compensation Business to Specialty Program Group
- What Is Blockchain and How Does It Work?
- Feinberg Could Be Tapped to Head $1B Takata Compensation Fund
- U.S. Facing Rise in Workplace Homicides
- Main Street America Promotes Gaynor to Chief Underwriting Officer
- Why Insurance Lawyer Grounded FAA’s Drone Registry
- Karkowsky Succeeds Pipoly as AmTrust CFO
- U.S. P/C Insurance Industry Mostly Silent on Trump Exit from Paris Climate Accord
- Coming Soon: Talking Car That Tells If Driver Is About to Have Medical Emergency
- Automakers Seek Changes to Federal Autonomous Vehicle Guidelines
- Supreme Court Affirms Religious Exemption from ERISA Pension Law
- MiniCo Launches Miscellaneous Professional Liability Program
- Supreme Court Hands Wall Street Victory in Curbing SEC Disgorgement Remedy
- Inland Marine Underwriters Association Elects Leadership
- ‘Pink Slime’ Media Liability Trial Against ABC Opens in Climate of ‘Fake News’ Claims
- Excess Capacity Continues to Drive Rate Cuts at June Renewals: JLT Re Report
- Consumer Specialties Adds Crisis Management/Cyber Endorsement to CGL Policy
- Why Having Cell Phone Conversations While Driving Is Risky
- Lawmakers Ask Supreme Court to Weigh Veterans’ vs. Employers’ Rights in Workplace
- U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Zoloft Lawsuits Against Pfizer
- Growing Number of Municipal Suits Over Opioids Face Uphill Battle
- States May Seize U.S. Climate Change Leadership Following Trump’s Paris Exit
- Trump Hands Climate Leadership Role to China to Dismay of Global Leaders
- Beazley Adds Inability to Attend Coverage to Event Product Suite
- P/C Insurers Positioned to Absorb Hurricane Season: Fitch
- According to the Computer, You’ll Be Dead in 5 Years
- All Commercial Lines Rates, Even Workers’ Compensation, Up in May: IVANS Index
- Insurer Group PCI Adds 4 to Federal Relations, Tax Policy Teams
- 12 States Have Advanced Tougher Distracted Driving Bills This Year
- Will U.S. Go or Will It Stay in Paris Climate Accord? Trump Gets Conflicting Advice
- Chubb Names Liberty Mutual’s Watkins to Head Casualty Claims for North America
- Look on the Bright Side of Transition to Autonomous Driving
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