National News for April 2019
- Why the Missouri River Is Just Going to Keep On Flooding: Viewpoint
- CNA Financial Reports 17.5% Jump in Q1 Net Income
- Hiscox Appoints Hill from Blackboard Insurance Co. as Head of Claims in the U.S.
- Not All Analysts Still See Berkshire Hathaway As a Buy
- Senators Push Regulator to Finalize Drone ID System
- Boeing’s Legal Woes Over Crashes Mount with Negligence Suits by Families
- New Everest Insurance Management Liability Policy Targets Public Companies
- MyNewMarkets.com Upgrades With New Agent Features, Enhanced Search
- Beazley-Led Consortium to Offer Corporate C-Suite Reputational Risk Coverage
- Risk Managers Rank Economic Slowdown, Damage to Reputation as Top 2 Risks: Aon
- Getting Americans to Stop Using Phones While Driving
- How Much Do Facebook Users Really Care About Privacy?
- Insurance Institute Calls for Rear Seat Safety Upgrades
- FEMA Chief Urges New Culture of More Individual Responsibility for Disaster Mitigation
- Coalition Launches Cyber Coverage for Healthcare Companies
- In Race for New Personal Lines Insurance Business, Exclusive Agents at Disadvantage
- Cannons, Networks, Radar, Jammers: The Business of Taking Down Drones
- Marsh Rolls Out Proof of Insurance Blockchain for Select U.S. Clients
- U.S. Plans Global Summit on Boeing 737 Max Safety
- Tesla to Create Own Insurance Product, Says Musk
- Google Agrees to More Changes in How It Handles Harassment, Misconduct Complaints
- Bayer Seeks Dismissal of $78M Roundup Glyphosate Verdict or New Trial
- Direct-to-Consumer Auto Insurers Grabbing Market Share
- W.R. Berkley Q1 Results Show Rate Increases Working
- Supreme Court Gives Business Another Victory on Arbitration, Class Actions
- Workplace Injuries Continue to Decline But Could Rise with Low Unemployment
- Privacy Practices Probe Could Cost Facebook Up to $5 Billion
- CIC Services Launches Captive Program for Small, Mid-Sized Businesses
- Wading Through Coverage Differences in Expanding Private Flood Insurance
- Services, Intellectual Property on U.S.-China Trade Talk Agenda for Next Week
- How a Business Can Move from Novice to Expert in Cyber Defense Best Practices
- Lawyers Expect Wave of Litigation Targeting Popular Heart Drugs
- Alphabet’s Wing Is First Commercial Drone Unit Certified as Airline
- U.S. Charges New York Drug Firm Executives with Opioid Distribution Conspiracy
- Everest Launches Lawyers Professional Liability Policy
- FEMA Transfers More Flood Risk with $300 Million Cat Bond
- U.S Now Probing 12 Million Air Bags for Possible Deadly Electrical Flaw
- Weinstein’s Companies, Directors, Officers Off the Hook for Sexual Misconduct Claims
- Municipalities Try to Reassure Investors on Climate Risks in Bond Offerings
- Cops Draw Blood to Catch Impaired Drivers
- J&J Asks Federal Court to Assume Baby Powder Lawsuits from State Courts
- Student Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Blames Face-Recognition Tech for False Arrest
- Tokio Marine’s ProAg to Acquire AmTrust Financial’s Crop Insurance MGA
- Supreme Court to Weigh If U.S. Job Bias Law Protects Gay, Transgender Employees
- Class Action Defense Costs Rising; Wave of Cyber Actions Predicted
- Fitch Keeps Stable Outlook for P/C Insurers After Underwriting Profit in 2018
- Fight Against Floods Enlists Supercomputers, Drones, Sonar
- Lower Catastrophe Losses Help Boost Q1 Profit for Travelers
- Car Sharing Lobbyists Battle Car Renting Lobbyists, Driving State Lawmakers Crazy
- S&P Will Issue ‘Environmental, Social and Governance’ Evaluations Including on Insurance Sector
- AIG Settles Another Claim Against Cosby, Who Again Blasts Insurer
- FAA Board Says Boeing 737 Max Software Fix Won’t Require Added Training
- Investors Sue Lyft, Alleging IPO ‘Overhyped’
- Driving in Georgia While Sitting in California; Remote Control Beats Autonomy
- States Warn of DNA Testing Fraudsters Stealing Personal Information
- Facebook Opposes Release of Privacy Reports Used to Settle Litigation
- Catastrophe Insurer Palomar Announces IPO Pricing, Shares Rise 1st Day of Trading
- Dodson Named NetVu Executive Director
- Everest Enhances Multinational Product with Combined Coverage Offering
- Cyber Insurance Demand, Supply, Awareness Continue to Grow: Marsh
- Supreme Court Justices Politely Debate Offensive Trademark
- Partner Re Names Colello to Lead P/C Business in U.S., Canada, Latin America
- Trump Clears Way for U.S. Suits Against Foreign Firms Operating in Cuba
- Digital or Plastic? Or Both? States Experiment with Driver’s Licenses
- FDA Halts Sales of Surgical Mesh by 2 Firms Over Injury Claims
- Hanover Offers Agents Small Business Platform Using CoverWallet Technology
- Amenity Analytics Raises $18 Million from Starr, Allstate, Others for Text Analysis Tool
- Ruling on Stabbing Prompts Calls for National Workplace Violence Prevention Standard
- Farmers Grow to Like Crop of Technologies Helping Them Manage Weather Risk
- Supreme Court Denies Drug Maker’s Use of Native American Tribe to Shield Patents
- Liberty Mutual to Acquire AmTrust’s Surety, Credit Reinsurance Business
- Contaminated Oil Linked to U.S. Reserves Raises Safety Concerns
- Markel Internal Review Finds ‘No Bad Faith’ Related to Loss Reserves Under Investigation
- Judge Directs Bayer to Enter Mediation with Plaintiffs in Roundup Cancer Lawsuits
- Brake Complaints Cause Lyft to Replace 3,000 Electric Bikes in 3 Cities
- Insurance Agency Merger Count Held Steady in Q1: Optis
- Why Uber ‘Depends Heavily’ on Insurance
- Fitch Warns Bond Insurers After Court’s Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Ruling
- Don’t Count on Home Insurance to Cover Cost of Rebuilding: Viewpoint
- Young Small Businessowners Don’t Like Insurance Agents. Uh, Not Really.
- U.S. State Department Adds Kidnapping Risk to Travel Advisories
- Records Show Sensors Linked to Boeing 737 Max Crashes Vulnerable to Failure
- How Real Are ‘Ethical Artificial Intelligence’ Efforts by Tech Giants?
- Insurtech Lemonade Raises $300 Million; SoftBank, Allianz, Alphabet Among Investors
- Top 10 Causes of Most Serious Workplace Injuries
- States, Congress Questioning Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Role in Drug Prices
- Applied Systems Acquires Agency CRM System TechCanary
- Gun Maker Remington to Appeal Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Ruling to Supreme Court
- NIF Announces New Program for Members of Landscape Professionals Association
- What’s In Store for Insurance Industry As It Enters Post-Digital Era?
- Hotel Websites Leak Guests’ Personal Data to Third Parties
- Digital Commercial Lines Broker Embroker Raises $28 Million
- Yahoo Data Breach Settlement Revised to $117.5 Million
- Reuters: J&J Refocused Baby Powder Marketing on Minority, Overweight Women
- 5 Steps to Improving Producer Hiring Results
- Senators Seek Probe of Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Pricing Practice
- Axa XL Expands Inland Marine Coverage with Contractor’s Equipment Offering
- Fiat Chrysler to Settle U.S. Investor Claim Over Diesel, Safety Issues for $110 Million
- Bedbugs Join Dogs, Deer, Birds, Cats in Keeping Insurance Claims Folks Up at Night
- How to Keep Big Pharma from Winning Drug Price Wars: Joe Nocera
- Meeting Between Regulators, Employees Helped Set Stage for Wells Fargo CEO Exit
- Insurers Pitch Quick-Paying Parametric Disaster Insurance to Public Sector
- Uber, Before IPO, Joins Others in Adjusting Timeline for Driverless Cars
- Doctor, Early Advocate for Opioids, to Testify Against Drug Makers: Reuters
- Starr Appoints Capitano to Lead Primary General Casualty-Risk Management
- AIG Offers to Settle 7 Defamation Claims Against Cosby; Comedian Asserts Innocence
- MIT Researcher Exposing Bias in Facial Recognition Tech Triggers Amazon’s Wrath
- Jury Sides with J&J in Latest Talcum-Cancer Claim
- Nationwide Insurance CEO Rasmussen to Retire After 10 Years at Helm
- Fixing Errors in Autonomous Cars’ Perceptions Before They Hit the Road
- Opioid Trial Winds Down; Insys Execs Deny Bribing Doctors, Duping Insurers
- Family of American Killed in 737 Max Crash Sues Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines
- QBE’s Zortman Joins AIG to Lead Private Client Group
- Here’s the ‘Unlucky 13’ Forecast for the 2019 Hurricane Season
- Trump Deregulation Plan Facing Court Challenge by 3 States
- Sorry, Laws Protecting Doctors Who Apologize Don’t Lessen Litigation
- Microsoft Insurer Loses Bid To Recoup $175M from Xbox Chipmaker Hit by Fire
- Why Insurance Claims in Renewable Energy Industry Are Rising
- Commercial Auto Market Should Improve This Year But Not a Lot: A.M. Best
- How Insurtech Will Revolutionize Inland Marine by Cutting Costs
- U.S. Safety Agency Nixes International Car Window Rules Proposed Under Obama
- IA Capital Group Raises $150 Million for Insurtech Investing
- Nationwide Expands Small Business Insurance Direct Platform
- Twitter CEO Agrees with Facebook CEO, Supports Regulation of Social Media Platforms
- FDA Probing Reports of Seizures by Users of E-Cigarettes
- 3 Major Automakers Partner to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Safety Standards, Testing
- What to Know About Contingent Business Interruption Insurance
- Former Sen. Reid Challenged on Testimony in Exercise Band Injury Suit
- AIG CEO Duperreault Was Paid $20.9 Million in 2018, Half of 2017 Compensation
- American Family Insurance to Acquire Ameriprise Auto & Home for $1 Billion
- Synergy Professional Associates Expands Lawyers PL Program to 3 New States
- Doctors, Insurer Propose Tracking Patients’ ‘Social Conditions’ for Referrals
- Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Says He Backs Regulation of Internet Content, Privacy
- NSM Insurance Group Acquires Embrace Pet Insurance
- Americans Still Don’t Trust Autonomous Vehicles: Reuters/Ipsos Poll
- Uber Wins Dismissal of Investor Suit Over Acquisition of Truck Firm Otto
- How to Get Top Dollar When Selling an Insurance Agency
- Labor Department Moves to Ease Franchisor Liability
- Chubb Adds Policy Translation, Other Enhancements to Worldview Platform
- Last Chance: Take the 2019 Young Agents Opinion Survey Today
- AIG Names Baich, Formerly with Wells Fargo and NSA, as Information Security Officer
- U.S. Judge Finds No Liability for European Banks in Iran Terrorism Financing
- From Insurers to Traders to Retailers, More Industries Depend on Weather Tracking
- Marsh & McLennan Completes $5.6 Billion Acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson
- Big Settlements Drove Value of Securities Class Actions Above $5 Billion in 2018
- How Disasters, Tax Reform Affected P/C Insurers’ Performance in 2018
- Insurer Introduces Revolutionary 3-Word Personal Insurance Policy
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