Recent Insurance Industry News

Aon, Willis Towers Watson to Sell WTW Assets to Gallagher for $3.57 Billion

• $2,300 Phone Call. $1,000 Cab Ride. Purdue Runs Up $400M Bankruptcy Tab.

• Workers’ Compensation Numbers Indicate Strong Performance During 2020 Pandemic

• Starr’s Greenberg Initiates Group Letter Urging Biden to Speed Global Vaccination Effort

• eMaxx Platform Eases Insurer Entry Into Captive Market

• First Indemnity to Offer Excess Professional Liability Coverage for Law Firms

Aon, Willis Towers Watson to Sell WTW Assets to Gallagher for $3.57 Billion

• U.S. Hailstorms that Cost Insurers Billions – and Other April Natural Disasters: Aon

• Zurich Insurance Expects Limited Exposure to Greensill Collapse

• Amazon-Backed India Insurer Startup Eyes Funding Round that Could Create $1B Value

• Spain Gives Delivery Firms 90 Days to Convert Gig Riders to Employees

• Britain’s Financial Regulator Opens Investigation Into Greensill Collapse

Blind Teen Alleges Rhode Island Eatery Violated Her Rights

• Maine Paper Mill That Was Site of Explosion Sues Inspection Firm

• Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ John P. Riley Insurance

• Connecticut Utilities Face Steep Fines for Storm Failures

• Massachusetts Sues Marketing Firm for Role in Opioid Crisis

• People Moves: MEMIC Names Three to Leadership Roles; USG Hires Starr

People Moves: Patrick to VP at Root; Omaha National Promotes Aronson, Barnes; Hildebrandt to CEO at Assurex Global

• Critics Say Indiana COVID-19 Liability Shield Allows Nursing Home Neglect

• After 2 Record-Setting Years, Great Lakes Water Surge Easing

• North Dakota Workplace Death Rate Among Highest in U.S.

• Court: Parts of Black Ex-Iowa Football Players’ Discrimination Lawsuit Can Proceed

• Minnesota Lumber Firm to Pay $100K in Disability Discrimination Suit Settlement

Louisiana Insurance Agent Arrested on Fraud Charges

• SageSure, SURE to Add Coverage Options for Coastal Property in Texas

• Tesla Owner Got into Driver’s Seat Before Deadly Texas Crash: NTSB

• Two Bills Relating to Auto Insurance Claims Practices Advance in Texas

• Nearly $748M in Texas Surplus Lines Premiums Reported in April

• Texas Crash Deaths Among Unbuckled Motorists Rose in 2020

3 Florida Insurers to Drop Thousands of Policies, Make Moves to Stay Afloat

• Black Ex-Officer Sues Kentucky Police Department Over Firing

• South Carolina Plant Draws 17K Complaints Over ‘Noxious’ Odor

• 8 Alabama Counties Approved for Federal Disaster Aid from March Storms

• Miami Construction Co. Owner Arrested in $88K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme

• Kentucky Gov to Relax Virus-Related Capacity Limits on Businesses, Events

Oregon Ice Storm Repair Will Cost $4M-Plus

• California Drought Emergency Expanded to Large Swath Of State

• California Balcony Collapse Injuring 9 Prompts Rental Code Probe

• People Moves: Outsource Insurance Professionals Adds Bentley in California, Resilience Adds Reed

• Self-Driving Car Firms Seek to Charge for Rides in San Francisco: Reuters

• Former Amazon Employee Files Colorado Whistleblower Complaint