National News for December 2019
- 12 New Year’s Resolutions for Insurance Agents
- Program Underwriters Seek ‘New, New’ Spaces While Administrators Embrace Insurtech
- Diet Dr Pepper Is Not Promising Weight Loss, Court Rules
- Puff, Puff, Passed: 2019 Marijuana Laws in Review and 2020 Projections
- Most Common Workers’ Compensation Medical Provider Fraud Schemes
- Uber, Postmates Sue to Overturn California Gig Worker Law as Unconstitutional
- Why Small Business Liability Insurance Must Be Advanced Into the Digital Age
- California ‘Gig’ Worker Law Affects Employers Inside and Outside the State
- Doctor Claims Apple Watch Infringes His Heart Monitoring Technology Patent
- Court Upholds Insurers’ Auto Body Repair Networks Against Racketeering Claim
- Employers Warned of Potential Wage-and-Hour Claims Under New Overtime Rule
- Extended Deadline for Insurance Journal’s Top P/C Agents
- Congress, FAA Reviewing ‘Disturbing’ Boeing Employee Communications on Safety
- United Airlines Settles Sexual Harassment Claim Over Explicit Internet Posts by Captain
- Why the Worst Case for Climate Change Doesn’t Look Realistic: Viewpoint
- Long-Awaited U.S. Drone Safety Rules Call for Extensive Tracking Network
- Must Gift Cards Be Available in Braille to Comply with ADA?
- Vaping Lung Injury Cases Down; Link to Vitamin E Acetate Reinforced
- Workers’ Comp Profits at Risk from Growing Competition, Lower Rates: A.M. Best
- It’s Not Easy Getting Insurers to Defend in Sexual Harassment Cases
- Underwriters and Insureds Taking Harder Look at Commercial Property Risks
- AXA XL, Slice Labs, Microsoft to Offer Cyber Risk Management Tools
- GEICO CEO Roberts to Retire End of 2020; Berkshire Hathaway’s Combs to Succeed
- How High Tech Competition Is Transforming NFL Helmets
- Bipartisan Internet Privacy Proposal Calls for User OK to Share Data But Is Mum on Suits
- The Hartford Joins Insurers Limiting Fossil Fuel Investments, Underwriting
- U.S. E-Cigarette Regulation Has Been Delayed for Years
- Cox Communications Found Liable for $1 Billion for Infringing Music Copyrights
- U.S. Government Backs Bayer in Bid to Overturn Roundup Cancer Verdict
- Spending Bills with Flood, Terrorism Insurance Renewals Go to President Trump
- How Car Makers Are Doing with Voluntary Accord to Install Automatic Braking Systems
- Insured Losses in 2019 Estimated at $56B, Down from $93B Last Year: Swiss Re
- Reuters Report: Why Big Business Can Count on Courts to Keep Deadly Secrets
- Allstate to Retire Esurance Brand
- Independent Insurance Agent Group Rep Calling Attention to Climate Change Dangers
- Hiscox’s Rubin Joins Liberty Specialty Markets as Head of Terrorism Underwriting
- Supreme Court to Weigh Scope of Religious Shield from Employee Bias Claims
- Industry Balks at Trump Rule to Let States Import Drugs from Canada
- Chubb Launches Financial Institution Fidelity Bond for Asset Managers
- Uber Settles Sexual Harassment Claims in $4.4M Deal with EEOC
- Court Nixes Obamacare Mandate But Punts on What That Means for the Law
- Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2019: U.S. Chamber
- SafeWaters Underwriting Managers to Underwrite Yacht Insurance with Nationwide
- Holiday Parties for Health, Liability-Conscious Wall Street Firms Feature Smoothies, Yoga
- CBS-TV Sued by Producer of ’60 Minutes’ Alleging Gender Bias and Retaliation
- Cigna Sells Group Disability Insurance Business to New York Life in $6.3 Billion Deal
- Zaffino Assumes Added Role of President at AIG
- Hotel Chains Sued for Ignoring Warning Signs of Sex Trafficking on Premises
- Judge Rules U.S. Army Engineers May Be Liable for Hurricane Harvey Floods
- Personal Auto Insurance Underwriting Performance Has Likely Peaked: Fitch
- Zurich Partners with Insurtech Vindati on Motor Truck Cargo Program
- Weinstein Deal Seen as ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Companies But Punishing to Some Victims
- Autonomous Cars Could Worsen Gridlock. Smart Intersections Could Help.
- Government Spending Bill Includes Flood, TRIA Renewals and Obamacare Taxes Repeal
- Bayer Asks Appeals Court to Toss $25 Million Roundup Cancer Verdict
- Cannabis Risk Management Group Plans to Offer Insurance Program
- Chief Says SEC Will Not Cap Whistleblower Awards
- Liberty Mutual to Limit Coal Underwriting, Investments; Names First Sustainability Officer
- Surprise Medical Bill Moving in Congress Could Help Insurers As Well as Patients
- Alphabet Seeks to Settle Investor Suits Over Google Sex Harassment Claims
- Federal Safety Agency Starts 12th Probe Into Tesla Crashes
- Tropical Storm Imelda: Another Unique Weather Event
- U.S.- China Phase One Trade Pact Promises Improved IP Protections, Insurance Markets Access
- Corelogic Integrates 3D Property Measurement into Underwriting Platform
- McDonald’s Wins Battle With Labor, Avoids Joint Employer Liability with Franchises
- 5 Argo Group Directors Will Retire; Early Annual Meeting Planned
- Driver Privacy Concerns in Auto Insurance. There’s an App for That.
- Democrats Pass Bill to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Seniors
- FCC Votes to Split Safety Spectrum with Telecoms Over Transportation Chief’s Warning
- Topa Insurance Chief Donahue Resigns; Day Assumes Interim Role
- 10 Former NFL Players Charged in Alleged Health Insurance Fraud Scam
- Supreme Court Lets Stand American Family Ruling Agents Are Independent Contractors
- Special Report: America’s Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For
- McDonald’s Has Friends in High Places in High-Stakes Labor Fight
- Court Rules Events After Email Instruction Don’t Erase Claim for Phishing Loss
- Report: Weinstein, Insurers, Accusers Have Reached Tentative $47 Million Settlement
- Special Report: America’s Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For
- BMS Re Revamps U.S. Reinsurance Management; Appoints Chandler President and CEO
- Boeing 737 MAX Planes to Remain Grounded Rest of This Year: FAA
- FDA Moving Quickly to Approve New Drugs. Is It Too Quickly?
- A Decade After Gulf Oil Spill, a New Wave of BP Lawsuits Hits Courts
- Guy Carpenter, MGA Victor to Offer Coverage to U.S. Public Entity Pools
- E-Cigarette Makers Lose Legal Challenge to FDA’s Regulatory Authority
- Beazley Life Sciences Product Aimed at Small Businesses, Start-Ups
- 2019 Overall Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For: Higginbotham
- Special Report: America’s Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For
- Nationwide Inks Pact to Become ‘Official Insurance Partner’ of Minor League Baseball
- Study: Every $1 Spent on Buying Flood Lands Could Save U.S. $5 in Future Damages
- Exxon Beats New York Claim of Climate Change Accounting Fraud
- FTC Democrat Tells States: ‘BalI Is In Your Court’ on Facebook Privacy Compliance
- Why ‘Victorian’ HR Policies That Try to Ban Sex Won’t Work-Viewpoint
- A.M. Best Sees Personal Insurance Business Outlook Remaining Stable for 2020
- U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Arizona Opioid Claim Against Purdue’s Owners
- U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Were Up 4% in Q3: WTW
- Safety Groups Argue Curtailing Impaired Driving Requires Moving Beyond Fines, Jail Time
- A.M. Best Weighs In With Stable Commercial Insurance Outlook for 2020
- Uber Gets Mixed Reaction to Public Report on Sex Assaults. Now What?
- Chubb Names North America Commercial Lines Leadership: Rockwell, Williamson, Wells
- Jury Clears Tesla CEO Musk of Defamation Claim for ‘Pedo’ Tweet
- Fitch Sees Stronger Commercial Lines But Weaker Auto, Work Comp Results Coming
- AmTrust Promotes CFO Karkowsky to President
- Trials Over Bayer’s Roundup Weedkiller Delayed for Mediation Talks
- Political Risk Losses Up in 2019, Hitting 68% of Surveyed Firms: WTW
- Uber Received 3,000 Reports of Sexual Assault in U.S. in 2018
- Amazon Providing Software That Could Help NFL Prevent Concussions
- Smart Club Program from Insurance Office Of America Targets Member Organizations
- Report Calls Out Dangers of Cannabis Branding Practices
- Cybersecurity Provider Coronet, Coalition Partner on Small Business Cyber Product
- MetLife to Enter Pet Insurance Market with Acquisition of PetFirst Program
- Fitch Sees Strong Revenue Growth for U.S. Public Insurance Brokers in 2020
- Deadly Defect Causes Takata to Issue Another Major Air Bag Recall
- Key Local Governments Opt Out of Big Opioid Class Action to Pursue Own Claims
- Ping An’s Technology Unit OneConnect Reduces Offering in U.S. IPO
- Filing with National Labor Board Accuses Google of Retaliatory Firings
- RLI Transportation Launches Digital Accident Kits
- Hospitals Sue to Block Trump Mandate on Cost Disclosure
- Latest Tests Disprove FDA Claim of Asbestos in Johnson’s Baby Powder, J&J Says
- Insurer Estimates $2.5 Trillion Price Tag for 10-Year Fight Against Climate Change
- Insurtech M&A: Applied Systems to Acquire Indio to Digitize Commercial Lines Sales
- Supreme Court Justices Question Landowners’ Claims in Montana Superfund Cleanup
- How Sex Abuse Claims Laws Have Changed in 15 States
- Under New State Laws, Catholic Church Could See New Wave of Abuse Suits
- Preferred Property Program Launches D&O Policy for Community Associations
- Philadelphia Insurance Promotes Cundiff to Lead Surety Division Nationwide
- Argo Group Hires QBE’s Grange to Join U.S. Leadership Under New Structure
- Was It an Act of War? That’s Merck Cyber Attack’s $1.3 Billion Insurance Question.
- Musk Defamation Trial Over ‘Pedo Guy’ Tweet Set to Begin
- Reuters Special Report: Powder Keg- Regulators Bowed to Industry for Decades Over Talc Risks
- Vape Crisis Prompts Calls for Greater Clarity in Cannabis Regulation
- Reinsurers Pressure Life Insurers Over Vaping Health Risks
- Last Day to Submit to Insurance Journal’s Charity Issue
- Cryptocurrency Fraud Losses Surge to $4.4 Billion: CipherTrace Report
- AXA XL Names AIG’s Wilbanks as Casualty, Environmental Risk Engineering Manager
- Judge Blocks Facebook Data Breach Victims from Suing for Damages as Group
- Argo Shareholders Not Alone in Wondering About CEO Corporate Jet Use
- Insurers to Pay $21M of $41M Shareholder Settlement with Wynn Resorts
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