National News for November 2022
- Wejo, Ford Team Up to Expand Insurance Offerings in U.S.
 - La. Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
 - People Moves: New Client Relationship Leaders at AXA XL; Marsh Specialty Hires Knowles to Head PEMA Practice; Corvus Nabs a CMO
 - U.S. E&S Premiums Continue Growth in 2022: S&P
 - Judges Appear Skeptical of Fired Amazon Organizer’s Race Bias Claims
 - Walmart Sued by Employee Over Deadly Shooting
 - Albertsons, Kroger CEOs to Defend $25B Merger to Skeptical U.S. Senators
 - People Moves: Liberty Mutual New Global Property Product Lead; Canopius Head of U.S. Actuarial; Dresner Takes Everspan CEO Role
 - Google Play Fee Suit by Consumers Grows to 21 Million Users
 - Avian Flu Outbreak Wipes Out Record 50.5 Million Birds
 - Private Flood Insurance Market Growing; NFIP ‘Adrift’: AM Best
 - Walmart Shooting Raises Need for Violence Prevention at Work
 - Climate Activists’ Attacks on Paintings Add to Insurers’ Worries About Threats to Art
 - 400 Groups Urge U.S. Lawmakers to Take ‘Immediate Steps’ to Block Potential Rail Strike
 - Ford Recalls 634,000 Vehicles Worldwide Over Fire Risks
 - Hazard Assessments Lag at Restaurant Companies: Marsh
 - FTX Was Run as ‘Personal Fiefdom,’ Faces Hacks and Missing Assets: Attorneys
 - NAIC Adds ‘Deep Concerns’ to FIO Bid to Collect Climate Change Data From Insurers
 - Q3 Combined Ratio for U.S. P/C Industry Highest in 5 Years
 - Widow Asks $55M From NCAA for Football Player’s Death
 - Insurance Journal Releases New Single from First Insurance-Themed Holiday Album
 - Teva, AbbVie Finalize $6.6B Opioid Settlements
 - First U.S. Coral Insurance Marks the Rise of the Reef Brigades
 - FHA Opens Special Flood Areas to Private Insurers
 - U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs Dispute Over Nursing Home COVID Suits
 - NBA Champion Golden State Warriors Are Sued Over FTX Collapse
 - People Moves: Renewable Energy Lead at Marsh Specialty; Regional D&O Team Hires at AXA XL; Chubb Names Chief Culture Officer
 - RIMS Sends Letter to FIO in Support of Cyber Insurance Backstop
 - Root Reports $64M Q3 Net Loss
 - Special Report: America’s Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For
 - U.S. Proposes Rules to Advance Flying Taxi Operations
 - Justices Asked to Hear Dog Toy Dispute. Will They Bite?
 - Rodgers, NFL Players Urge League to Nix Turf, Go With Grass
 - Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Theranos Fraud
 - Pay Gap at Nike Persisted After Changes, Lawsuit Alleges
 - Lemonade Records Net Loss, Top and Bottom Line Growth
 - Lawsuit Accuses Largest U.S. Meat Producers of Wage Fixing
 - The Newest Fronts in Climate-Change-Related Legal Battles
 - Commercial P/C Rates Up for 20th Straight Quarter: CIAB
 - Airbnb Aims to Convince More People to Rent Out Their Homes
 - ID.me’s Claim on Scope of Unemployment Fraud Baseless, U.S. Congress Says
 - ‘Wave’ of Lawsuits Over FTX Expected, but Investors Will Face Legal Hurdles
 - NHTSA Confirms New Ford Death Due to Faulty Air Bag Inflator
 - Could Blockchain Make Data Integration a Reality for Insurers?
 - FBI Director Says TikTok Poses National Security Concerns
 - Report: 90% of U.S. Counties Hit With Disaster in Last Decade
 - Gayner to Become Markel Corp. CEO on Jan. 1
 - Studies Find Automatic Braking Can Cut Crashes Over 40%
 - Walmart Offers to Pay $3.1B to Settle Opioid Lawsuits
 - RMS: Less Than $2B in Insured Losses from Hurricane Nicole
 - People Moves: Yancy President of American Family Group; 16 Promotions at H.W. Kaufman
 - FTX’s Bankman-Fried, Celebrity Promoters Sued by Crypto Investors
 - Viewpoint: The Metaverse – Hype vs Reality
 - Psychosocial Barriers Not Uncommon in Workers’ Comp Recoveries
 - Counting the Rising Cost of Climate Change With Top Most Costly Natural Disasters
 - U.S. Charges Suspect Linked to Notorious Ransomware Gang
 - SEC Assessed Record Penalties in Fiscal 2022
 - FEMA’s Home Buyout Program Weighted in Bureaucracy, Lacks Equity: Cornell
 - The Spectacular Fall of FTX: Considerations About Crypto Custody and Insurance
 - Goldman Sachs Paid Over $12M to Bury Partner’s Claim of Sexist Culture
 - People Moves: Coppola New CUO at QBE; FloodFlash Names N.A. CEO; Liberty Mutual Hires in Energy, Construction
 - AI Algorithms, Strict Place-of-Work Rules Potential Trouble Spots for Employment Claims
 - Google to Pay About $400 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit
 - Elon Musk Trial Opens to Decide Fate of His $56B Tesla Pay
 - FEMA Projects $3.5-$5.3B NFIP Losses for Hurricane Ian
 - UPDATED: All the Latest Insurance Company Hurricane Ian Estimates Plus NFIP
 - Elizabeth Holmes Should Get 15 Years’ Prison for Fraud, US Says
 - Voters Approve Recreational Marijuana in Two More States to Total 21
 - D&O Pricing Falls 14.7% in Q3, Breaking 17-Quarters of Pricing Increases: Aon
 - Novatae Risk Group Acquires MarketScout; Kerr Named CEO
 - Insurers Say ‘Bazooka’ of Bogus Boy Scouts Claims is Abuse of Bankruptcy System
 - FTC Aims to Clamp Down on Companies Engaged in Unfair Competition
 - New SEC Disclosure Rules May Drive Up D&O Claims
 - Insuring Cannabis Summit: Making Carriers Comfortable, Ensuring Clients Sleep Well
 - Markets/Coverages: Hub International Launches Professional & Exec Risk Practice
 - Alcohol Death Toll is Growing, U.S. Government Reports Say
 - New York Proposes Changes to Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation
 - Many Cyber Criminals Return After Ransomware Payments Are Made
 - People Moves: Former W.R. Berkley CUO Hired by ZestyAI; WTW Hires in Corporate Risk, Aerospace; New EVP at Ryan Specialty NSP
 - Rare but Not Unprecedented: Nicole Threatens Florida as a November Hurricane
 - Insuring Cannabis Summit: Experts Answer Social Media’s Toughest Questions
 - Tesla Recalls 40,000 U.S. Vehicles Over Potential Loss of Power Steering Assist
 - The Tiny Insurance Company Standing Between Taxpayers and a Costly Coal Industry Bailout
 - Hourly.io, Great American Insurance Announce MGA Collaboration
 - 40 States Obtain $16M Settlements with Experian, T-Mobile Over Data Breaches
 - Insuring Cannabis Summit: 2023 Bringing Lawsuits, Higher Property Rates, More Products
 - Special Report: Corporate Chiefs Dodge Lawsuits Over Sexual Abuse, Deadly Products
 - Richard Branson Must Face Lawsuit in U.S. Over Virgin Galactic Space Travel Problems
 - U.S. Supreme Court Considers Making Challenges to FTC, SEC Easier
 - Berkshire: Negative Q3 Insurance Results Due to Catastrophe, Auto Losses
 - Allstate in Talks to Return Headquarters to Chicago From Suburbs
 - Insuring Cannabis Summit: Carriers Seeing Evolution of the Space
 - Inflation, Debt Crisis, Cost of Living Pose Top Business Risks in G20 Nations: Survey
 - Viewpoint: Subrogating Against God
 - Twitter Sued for Mass Layoffs by Musk Without Enough Notice
 - Drug Manufacturer Teva to Pay $523M to New York in Opioid Settlement
 - SEC Considering Action Against SolarWinds Over Cyber Disclosures
 - Markel Q3 Income Drops on Investments but Insurance ‘Solidly Profitable’
 - Moody’s: Environmental Considerations Increasingly Pressuring Issuers’ Credit Profiles
 - Nationwide Catalytic Converter Theft Ring Taken Down in Raid
 - People Moves: Kuchma CEO Hamilton Select; O’Neill AXA XL New Head of Crime & Crisis; Branch Hires First CFO
 - Progressive Easing Up on Rate Hikes; Flo Coming Back to a State Near You
 - Insuring Cannabis Summit: Industry Deserves Lower Rates and More Capacity
 - NSA Watchdog Concluded One Analyst’s Surveillance Project Went Too Far
 - Allstate Q3 Net Income in the Red; Continues Efforts to ‘Restore Property-Liability Margins’
 - Update: FEMA Flood Maps are Misleading, Blocking Insurance Uptake, Report Shows
 - CNA Records 50% Drop in Q3 Net Income
 - FedEx Will Appeal $366 Million Jury Award in Worker’s Racial Bias Case
 - More Recalls Announced – For Cars, Chicken and Medications
 - U.S. Banks Spent $1B on Ransomware Payments in 2021: Treasury Department
 - CVS, Walgreens and Walmart to Pay $13.8B to Settle U.S. Opioid Claims: Sources
 - People Moves: New Commercial Business Head at Hartford; Kapnick Adds Chief Growth Officer; AmTrust Hires Underwriting SVP
 - AIG Reports Q3 Results With $450M in Losses From Ian
 - Can More Rigorous Accounting Lead to Fewer Workplace Injuries?
 - New York City Pay Disclosure, In Effect Today, Escalates Raise Frenzy
 - Independence Pet Group (IPG) Completes Purchase of Fairfax’s Pet Insurance Units
 - Aon: Business Leaders Say Recession Looms; What Sets Prepared Companies Apart?
 - Tesla Manslaughter Trial Hinges on Question of ‘Man vs Machine’
 - Geico Faces California Class Action Claiming it Overcharged for Car Insurance
 - Wells Fargo Says SEC Is Examining its Hiring Practices
 
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