National News for August 2017
- Soriano Appointed as New Confie CEO
- How Risks Change When Recreation Turns to Adventure
- Former Marsh Executive Bob Newhouse Dies on Aug. 26
- Climate Change and Hurricanes – The Worst Is Yet to Come
- Tallying Massive Costs of Harvey to Victims, Insurers, Taxpayers and Economy
- Wells Fargo Sued Over Charges for Mortgage Interest Rate Lock
- Harvey, Houston, America, Politics and Building Codes
- XL Catlin Adds Technology, Excess D&O Coverage for Design Professionals
- Global Study Finds No Increased Lung Cancer Risk for Hard Metal Workers
- Insurance Industry Opens Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund
- Insurers Deploy Drone Fleets to Speed Harvey Disaster Recovery
- Rubik’s Cube Maker Puzzled by Toys ‘R’ Us Knockoff
- Now Is Time to Prepare for Next Harvey; Tools Are Available: Viewpoint
- Beazley Expands Coverage for Social Engineering, Online Fraud Scams
- S&P: Primary P/C Insurers, Not Reinsurers, to Bear Brunt of Harvey’s Insured Losses
- P/C Insurers Lost $5.1 Billion on Underwriting in First Half of 2017: A.M. Best
- Abuse of Nursing Home Residents Often Goes Unreported
- Harvey’s Insured Losses Hurt Insurers’ Stocks, Could Boost Reinsurers’ Prices
- AIG Revives Lucrative Top Executive Pay Packages of Pre-Bailout Glory Days
- Key House Chairman Wants Flood Insurance Reforms, Not Just Renewal
- Trump to Send Congress ‘Very Expensive’ Disaster Aid Request for Harvey Victims
- CNA, Aon Affinity to Offer Malpractice Program for Dental Practices
- Data Firm TransUnion Buys Driving Records Provider Datalink
- Harvey’s Catastrophic Costs Mount; Many Lack Adequate Insurance
- High Cost, Scarcity of Insurance Keeping Vendors from Sears Shelves
- Hurricane Harvey Could Spur Congress to Act on Flood Insurance
- Hurricane Harvey’s Flood Insurance Losses Could Match Katrina’s
- How Hurricane Harvey Is Affecting Catastrophe Bonds
- Dreams Come True with Hagerty Insurance-Backed Classic Car Sharing Service
- Hurricane Harvey Looks to Be First Big Test for Trump FEMA Director Long
- Home Telematics Startup Roost Raises $10.4M from Insurers
- Risk Managers Prefer Standalone Cyber Policies: RIMS Survey
- Studies Show Automated Car Safety Technologies Are Preventing Crashes
- Nestle’s ‘Natural’ Claims on Poland Springs Don’t Hold Water, Lawsuit Alleges
- Panensky to Lead New Ironshore Computer Emergency Response Team
- Verisk to Acquire Bankruptcy Data and Risk Management Firm LCI
- Cities Hope Fines Will Curb Distracted Walkers
- Regulators Under Pressure to Develop Rules of Road Minus Drivers
- Employee Embezzlement Schemes Often Carried Out Over Years
- Judge Dismisses Stockholders’ Suit Against Martha Stewart
- How Civil Immunity Lawsuit Led to Limits on Taser Use: Reuters Report
- Trump FEMA Chief Backs Reducing Federal Role in Disaster Relief, Flood Insurance
- SCA Promotions Wins March Madness Prize Insurance Fight Against Yahoo
- National Safety Board Schedules Vote on Tesla Autopilot Crash Cause
- Huge Verdict Upends J&J’s Talc Product Liability Defense Strategy
- Online Property Management Service Cozy Takes On Renters Insurance Market
- Taser Deaths Produce at Least 442 Lawsuits Against Police, Municipalities: Reuters
- Homeowners Often Overlook Mitigating Water Leak Risks: Chubb
- Yahoo to Pay $5.5M After Breaking NCAA Tournament Bracket Deal
- Popular Robots Appear Dangerously Easy to Hack, Researchers Say
- Brit Global Specialty USA Taps Aspen’s Liening as SVP, Excess Casualty
- As Congress Eyes Flood Insurance Renewal, Private Markets Get Ready
- Driving Distraction, Eye Safety Concerns Cast Shadow on Eclipse Excitement
- Maxum’s Lucas Joins Everest Re to Head U.S. Casualty Facultative Programs
- Third Jury Sides with J&J, Bayer Over Xarelto Drug Liability Claims
- How Much Solar Eclipse Distraction Will Cost Employers
- U.S., Canada, Mexico Conclude First Round of Talks on NAFTA
- Health Insurers Will Get August Obamacare Payments Trump Threatened to End
- Industrial Insurer HDI Global Forms Excess Surplus Lines Carrier
- Global Insured H1 Losses from Natural, Man-Made Disasters Were $23B: Swiss Re
- 5 Reasons Cyber Security Is Failing and What P/C Insurers Can Do About It
- GOP Facing Resistance to State Bills Shielding Drivers Who Hit Protesters
- Lawsuit Claims U.S. Delinquent in Enforcing Rear Passenger Seat Belt Law
- Stake in Insurance Broker HUB International Could be Sold: Reuters
- Court Upholds Uber Forced Arbitration, Ban on Customer Lawsuits
- P/C Insurance Industry Maintains Favorable Ratings in First Half 2017: A.M. Best
- Warm Atlantic Sets Stage for Busy Hurricane Season Peak
- Storm-Prone Cities Vie for Environmental Impact Bonds
- Uber CEO Claims Venture Capital Lawsuit Against Him Should Go to Arbitration
- Pioneer Special Risk to Offer CPL Coverage Expansion For Specialty Contractors
- Workplace Is Hostile, Stressful, Grim Place for Many Americans
- More States, Star Lawyers Eye Lawsuits Against Big Pharma Over Opioids
- Takata Bankruptcy Judge Halts Air Bag Victims’ Lawsuits for 90 Days
- Motor Vehicle Deaths Declined 1% in 2017
- Global Insurance Renewal Rates Fall for 17th Quarter in Q2 2017: Marsh
- AIG Wants to Sell $2 Billion in Life Settlements Business
- CNA’s Sandelands Returns to Chubb as Customarq Product Manager
- Appeals Court Answers Supreme Court, Finds Injury in Spokeo False Profile Claim
- Obamacare Individual Premiums Would Rise 20% Without Insurer Subsidies: CBO
- Center for Auto Safety Names Levine to Succeed Ditlow as Executive Director
- Tiffany Wins $19.4 Million in Fake Ring Damages from Costco
- Trump Infrastructure Plan to Nix Obama’s Flood Risk Standards
- Chubb’s Rhyner Named President of Navigators Professional Lines in U.S.
- LinkedIn Case Is Test of Open Access to Publicly Available Website Data
- XL Catlin’s Bongi Moves to Brit Global Specialty USA to Launch Professional Lines
- Tesla Developing Self-Driving Long Haul, Electric Truck
- Court Shaves $2 Million in Lawyers’ Fees from Whirlpool Moldy Washer Settlement
- Why and How P/C Insurance Carriers Should Work with Insurtechs
- Great American Adds Salway, Cacoilo to Manage New Luxury Yacht Program
- AIG Appoints Williamson as Global Head of Employee Communications
- What Agents Want from Carriers in 2022: Survey
- GM to Fight $1B Settlement over Faulty Ignition Switches
- Hackers Release More Unaired HBO Episodes: AP Report
- El Niño or La Niña Weather Patterns Unlikely in 2017-2018 Season: Forecaster
- HBO Cyber Attack – Latest in Growing Problem for Hollywood
- Driver-Assist Technology Could Lead to Deteriorating Driver Skills, Researchers Say
- Trump Delivers To-Do List for McConnell: Repeal & Replace, Infrastructure, Tax-Code
- American Meteorological Society Report Confirms 2016 Was Warmest Year on Record
- Trump Seeks 18 Month Delay, Rewrite of Parts of Fiduciary Rule
- Senators Have Questions for Wells Fargo on Auto Insurance Scandal
- Takata Files for U.S. Bankruptcy to Halt Air Bag Lawsuits
- Hartford’s Boyd Assumes Second Role as Head of Personal Lines Agency Channel
- Alternative to Insurtech or Legacy Tech for Small Commercial: Introducing QBE, Arrowhead Partnership
- New FITLIFE Program from Venture Targets Fitness Facilities & Spas
- Secret Buyer of Beechwood Assets Unveiled as Global Bankers Insurance Group
- How Herbicide Dicamba Was Approved Without Independent Testing: Reuters
- Google Author of Diversity Memo Explores Legal Options After Firing
- ‘Pink Slime’ Defamation Settlement Cost ABC Network $177 Million
- Yet Another Auto Insurance Issue for Wells Fargo: Reports
- Autonomous Car Makers Seek Investment, Risk Sharing Alliances
- National General Says It Acted Properly in Wells Fargo Insurance Business
- Liberty Mutual Enhances Commercial Insurance Property Form
- How Big Data Threatens Health Insurance: Viewpoint
- Fatalities Rising as Coal Mine Production Increases
- Marijuana Task Force Undercuts Hard Line by Attorney General Sessions
- Wal-Mart, Liberty Mutual Insurers Settle Over Tracy Morgan Crash
- Updated Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Calls for More Storms as El Nino Fades
- The Smaller the Small Business, the Bigger the Insurance Discontent: J.D. Power
- Catastrophe Bond Market Breaks New Records in 2nd Quarter, 1st Half: Aon Study
- Berkshire Hathaway Reports Losses on Re/Insurance Underwriting in Q2
- Trump Administration Drops Rule to Address Truck Driver, Train Engineer Fatigue
- Wells Fargo Now Questioning Its Sales of Additional Products
- Future of Job-Based Health Insurance Seems Secure
- Saudi Arabia Denies Link to 9/11 Attacks, Seeks Exit from $100B Lawsuit
- Liberty Mutual Reports Q2 Results Including Ironshore Impact
- Captive Insurers Repeat Strong Financial Performance: A.M. Best
- Several States See Drop in Opioid-Related Workers’ Compensation Claims: WCRI
- AIG Joins Other Insurers in Moving Away from Financial Forecasts
- Senators Weigh Bipartisan Effort to Save Health Insurer Subsidies
- Travelers CEO Schnitzer Adds Chairman Title
- Teen Drivers Become More Daring After Few Years Behind Wheel
- AIG’s Q2 Results Feature Expense Savings, Consumer Business
- MetLife ‘Too Big to Fail’ Case Remains on Hold Awaiting Trump Weigh-In
- Democrats Want to Question Wells Fargo on Auto Insurance Sales
- Businesses Need Cyber Insurance Against Government: Kroll Executive
- Fortegra Forms Admitted Market Partnership with CHART Exchange
- Allstate Doubles Q2 Profit
- Commercial Lines Insurance Renewal Rates Continued Rising in July: IVANS
- Crop Damage from Herbicide Dicamba a Growing Problem Across U.S. Farm Belt
- Compare.com Is Proof Insurance Disruption Won’t Happen Overnight: CEO Rose
- How to Protect Older Workers from Injuries on the Job
- Court Allows Democratic AGs to Defend Obamacare Subsidies for Low-Income Insureds
- Judicial Records on MetLife ‘Too Big to Fail’ Ruling May Be Opened to Public
- Older Workers at Greater Risk of Dying in Workplace Accidents
- CNA Reports ‘One of Best Quarters’ in Decade in Q2
- Data Breaches Due to Employee Error, Third Party Suppliers on Rise: Beazley
- Report Finds Decline in Public School Violence, Bullying
- More Counties Could Be Without an Obamacare Insurer in 2018
- Wells Fargo Faces Lawsuit Alleging Fraud Over Unwanted Car Insurance Sales
- Jeatran Named Marsh & McLennan Agency President; Mott Becomes Chief Operating Officer
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