National News for August 2019
- GE Investors Handed Setback in Investor Lawsuit Over Insurance Liabilities
- How Insurers Help Design High-End Homes That Mitigate Disaster Risk
- World’s Safest Cities: Washington Rises, Hong Kong Falls
- Automakers Call for Urgency in Advancing U.S. Rules for Self-Driving Vehicles
- New Empire Underwriters Standalone Workers Comp Offering Targets Staffing Firms
- Update: Hurricane Dorian Expected to Be Category 4 Storm When It Hits Florida
- New Specialty Broker McGill & Partners Forms U.S. Subsidiary
- RB Jones, Prosight Specialty Form RB Jones Marine; Tap Engel to Lead
- Millennials Think They’re So Much Better at Multitasking Than Everyone Else. They Are.
- Vertafore Taps Antanaitis as Chief Marketing Officer
- Top 10 Commercial Auto Insurers: Winners and Losers in Fast-Growing Market
- More Tesla Solar Panel Claims Emerge; 2 Home Insurers Allege Negligence
- Porsche Expands Its ‘Flexible Ownership’ Subscription That Includes Insurance
- Update: Hurricane Dorian Goes Easy on Puerto Rico, Gathers Force Heading for Florida
- Move Over Flo; Progressive Adds Cleveland Browns QB Mayfield to Marketing Team
- Purdue Pharma Floats $10-$12 Billion Opioid Settlement: Reuters
- Lafond Succeeds Giglio as CEO of Insurity
- DuPont Says It Will No Longer Buy Firefighting Foam With Suspect Chemicals
- Tropical Storm Dorian to Drench Puerto Rico; Then Could Hit Florida as Hurricane
- Biometrics and Financial Firms, Ransomware Variant Among Latest Cyber Trends: Chubb
- Auto Safety Test Pits Traditional Car Mirrors v. Rear/Side Cameras
- Why J&J Opioid Lawsuit Could Mean Real Culprits Are Let Off the Hook: Viewpoint
- Chronic Commercial Auto Insurance Underwriting Losses to Continue in 2019: Fitch
- Serving on One Outside Board Is Enough, BlackRock Warns Directors
- Other Opioid Lawsuit Plaintiffs Welcome Oklahoma Ruling Affirming Public Nuisance
- How Small Businesses Are Training for Active Shooters
- J&J Found Liable; Ordered to Pay Less Than Investors Feared in Oklahoma Opioid Trial
- 5 Insurtechs Working to Improve Agency Processes, Efficiency
- Newly-Launched CAC Specialty Combines Insurance Brokerage with Investment Banking
- Amazon Joins Walmart in Claiming Fire Risk with Tesla Solar Panels
- Health Officials Report First Death They Believe Is Linked to Vaping
- P/C Insurers’ First-Half Underwriting Income Drops; Downgrades Outpace Upgrades: A.M. Best
- Amazon Sued by Publishers Claiming Audible Text Service Violates Copyright
- Fake Claims, Price Gouging, Bogus Contractors: How Fraudsters Steal Disaster Aid
- Motor Vehicle Accident Fatalities Decline
- U.S. Lawmakers Urge Regulators to Treat Cloud Services as Players in Financial System
- China Tops List of U.S. Cybersecurity Agency’s Top Risks
- Trump Administration Appoints Aviation Safety Advisory Panel
- For Many U.S. Communities, There’s No Easy Path to Safety From Disasters
- Wells Fargo Settles Navajo Nation Claims Over Fake Accounts for $6.5 Million
- Retreat as an Answer to Climate Change?
- Among Bad Driving Behaviors, Speeding Is Strongest Predictor of Crashes
- Allstate CEO Calls On U.S. Corporations to Pay Employees More
- Liberty Mutual Names Chief Underwriting Officers for Excess Casualty and Public Entities
- Chubb Launches CoverPlus Liability Insurance for Middle Market Manufacturers
- Major J&J Opioid Ruling Expected Monday Out of Oklahoma
- Crying Robots Aside, Insurance Industry Shouldn’t Fear Artificial Intelligence: Viewpoint
- Top 15 Earthquake Insurance Companies
- Drug Maker Endo Skirts Trial, Settles Its Opioid Claims for $11 Million
- The Politics Behind the Push for a Federal Marijuana Business Banking Law
- Panel Readies Report on FAA Certification Process for Boeing 737
- JenCap to Buy Program Administrator Aran Insurance Services
- After Solar System Fires, Walmart Sues Tesla for ‘Widespread Negligence’
- Cigna Eyes Sale of Group Life, Disability Business to Concentrate on Health: Reuters
- 3 Steps to Building an Agency Growth Machine
- Industry Flexes Political Muscle in States to Criminalize Aggressive Pipeline Protests
- Companies Continue March Towards Robots; Orders Up 7.2% in First Half of Year
- Lawsuit Accuses E-Cigarette Makers of Targeting Kids, Deceiving Consumers
- Citing Wealth Gap, Environment, CEOs Say Social Responsibility Matters
- Best Agencies to Work For Award Nominations Open. Submit Today!
- Underwriters Get Picky and Other Trends in Construction Insurance
- Arch Insurance to Buy Coastal Commercial Property MGU Ventus Risk Management
- Vaping Firms Sue Seeking to Further Delay FDA Review of e-Cigarettes
- Marsh’s Beresheim Joins Lockton to Lead Financial Services Specialty Practice
- U.S. Investigating Lung Diseases Linked to e-Cigarettes
- Trump Administration Moves Ahead with Revised Truckers’ Hours Rules
- Insurance Driving Up Total Cost of Risk for Businesses
- Travelers Names Cohn to New Chief Sustainability Officer Post
- Women Accuse Opera Star Domingo of Sexual Harassment Over Decades
- Prosecutors Allege Capital One Suspect Hacked 30 Other Companies
- 42% of $44 Billion Global Catastrophe Losses in First Half Were Insured: Swiss Re
- Walmart CEO Calls for Congress to Debate Assault Weapons Ban
- Facebook Warned Its Employees, Not Users, About 2018 Breach, Lawsuit Says
- AIG Names Munich Re’s Olsen as General Insurance Unit’s Chief Actuary
- Willis Towers Watson Appoints Garrard to Succeed Jones as Corporate Risk Leader
- Willis Towers Watson’s Jones Named North America CEO by QBE, Replacing Johnston
- U.S. Scientist Files Whistleblower Complaint Over Order to Stop Climate Work
- FAA May Not Require Simulator Training for Boeing 737 Max Pilots
- Fidelity Wins Court Battle with IRS Over Coal Tax Credits
- Marijuana Access Reduces Opioid-Related Deaths: Research
- Real Hurricane ‘Season Within a Season’ About to Begin
- Overdose Deaths Again Rise More in Urban Than Rural Communities
- Nation’s Excess & Surplus Market Reports 13% Growth Through Midyear
- Fidelity Battles IRS Over Tax Credits for Coal Investment Involving A.J. Gallagher
- Many Reinsurers Take Increased Catastrophe Risks as Rates Harden: S&P
- With Smarter, Joined-Up Pricing, There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Risk: Viewpoint
- Recalled Apple MacBook Laptops Banned from Flights Due to Batteries
- Female Customers Sue Lyft Alleging Sexual Assaults by Drivers
- 21% of U.S. Workers Over 40 Claim They Have Experienced Age Bias, Insurer Says
- AIG CEO Duperreault ‘Encouraged’ by Hardening Market, Plans Operational Overhaul
- Paychex Now Offering Cyber Liability Insurance to Payroll Clients
- Car Makers Befriend Hackers to Learn About Cyber Vulnerabilities
- New FAA Chief Asked to Review Agency’s Handling of Boeing Crashes
- Mnuchin, Lampert Want Sears D&O Policy to Pay Their Legal Fees
- Insurer MBIA Sues Banks Over ‘Financial Tragedy’ of Defaulted Puerto Rico Bonds
- Hurricane Activity Could Pick Up as El Nino Fades, Say Forecasters
- Facebook Must Face Privacy Class Action Over Collecting Biometric Data
- Empire Underwriters Expands Workers Comp Coverage to Various Trucking Classes
- Chubb Launches Combined Product for Professional Service Firms
- Report Bayer Offered $8 Billion to Settle Roundup Claims Is ‘Fiction,’ Says Mediator
- Everest Insurance Launches Everest Elevation REIT Management Liability Policy
- Hurricane Barry Cost Economy $600M, Insurers $300M: Aon Catastrophe Report
- Coinbase Must Face Buyers’ Negligence Claims Over ‘Hasty’ Launch of Its Bitcoin Cash
- Study Links Cheating on Spouse with Professional Misconduct
- Senators’ Pitch to Major League Baseball: Report Data on Fan Injuries
- Bayer Proposes to Settle U.S. Roundup Lawsuits for $8 Billion: Bloomberg
- Remote Workers Can Be Big Cyber Risk for Small Businesses
- How Schools Are Trying to Deal with Threats to Safety Despite Obstacles
- Clarifying Law Around Insurance of Marijuana Act Would Reduce Gaps, Expert Says
- RSG MGA EmergIn Risk Enhances Agent, Broker E&O Program
- AIG’s P/C Business Delivers on CEO’s Underwriting Promise
- Assured Guaranty to Take Over BlueMountain Capital for $160 Million
- Kinsale Capital Expects $57 Million from Public Offering at $93 per Share
- Apple Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over Listening to Siri Users’ Recordings
- As Breaches Rise, So Do Cybersecurity Pros’ Paychecks
- Retailers’ Active Shooter Training Is Hurt by Turnover, Implementation
- New Hurricane Response Tools from Munich Re Aim to Improve Claims Experience
- Altamont Capital Partners Agrees to Acquire Topa Insurance Group
- Tesla Under U.S. Scrutiny Over Safety Claims
- Court Revives Sarah Palin Defamation Claim Against New York Times
- Genstar Capital to Succeed Lovell Minnick as Investor in Worldwide Facilities
- Specialty Insurer Kinsale Capital Plans Public Offering
- How VW Emissions Scandal Hurt Other German Car Makers’ Reputations and Profits
- Judge Leans in Favor of Broad Opioid Settlement Opposed by Municipalities, Drug Firms
- IICF Promotes Myatt to VP, Chief Program Officer
- Judges May Be Reaching Limit with Copyright Profiteering by Pornography Sellers
- It’s Not Easy to Pin Identity Theft on a Specific Data Breach
- AIR Tracks Growth of Coastal Exposures Over Past Decade
- New IBM Blockchain Network Manages Supply Chain Including Insurance
- Norman-Spencer Agency Launches Closing Coverage for Residential Home Buyers
- Costs of Buying Navigators Hit The Hartford’s Q2 Results
- Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Underwriting Profit Fell in Q2
- Berkshire Hathaway’s Q2 Reflects Slowing Economy, Trade Policy
- State’s Purdue Opioid Suit Tests Holding Family, Purdue Directors Liable for Crisis
- Artificial Intelligence Helps to Contain Wildfires, Predict Wild Weather
- GEICO Gets Progressive, Joins Auto Insurers Offering Telematics
- Walmart Has Mandatory Active Shooter Training for Employees
- First Drone Flight ‘Beyond Line of Sight’ Completed, Says FAA
- Starr Insurance Companies Extends Defense Base Act Coverage to Small Contractors
- Small Businesses Learn Hard Lessons When They Don’t Prepare for Disaster
- Regulator Says U.S. Railroads Still Have Work to Do Installing Key Safety Technology
- Fewer Injured Workers Receiving Opioids Under Workers’ Compensation But States Vary
- U.S. Regulators Inspected Amazon Cloud Unit When Capital One Breach Was Underway
- State, Local Governments Debate How to Best Allocate Any Opioid Settlement Funds
- Gun Maker Appeals to Supreme Court Over Liability for Sandy Hook
- Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience
- Former Swett & Crawford CEO, NAPSLO Leader Hartoch Passes Away
- Court Upholds Facebook Immunity in Case Brought by Terrorist Attack Victims
- Closely-Watched Oklahoma Public Nuisance Case Over Opioids Now in Judge’s Hands
- Bayer Cites Safety Concerns in Pulling Monsanto NemaStrike Crop Product
- Senators Question Federal Oversight of Boeing, Certification Deferrals to Manufacturers
- Capital One Breach Clouds Technology Strategy; Puts $400M Cyber Insurance in Play
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