Recent Insurance Industry News

National Safety Board Calls for Standards for Drugged Driving Tests

• How to Make Self-Driving Cars Safer on Roads with Humans

• Treasury Erases ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Label on Prudential

• Google Invests in Insurance Agency Software Firm Applied Systems

• Latest Storms May Finally Shift Focus to Disaster Mitigation by Local Communities

• Supreme Court Declines Paint Manufacturers’ Appeal of $400M Public Nuisance Ruling

Swiss Re to Post ‘Large’ Q3 Losses from Italy Bridge Collapse, Natural Disasters

• RenaissanceRe Estimates Q3 Claims Costs of $155M from Natural Catastrophes

• Gallagher Acquires UK Commercial Broker Portmore

• TigerRisk Adds Retro Specialist Hughes from Aon to London Retro Team

• London Attracts Financial Services Investments Despite Cloud of Brexit: Report

• Hackers with Russian Ties Hit 3 E. European Companies: Cyber Security Firm

Anti-Hazing Law in Penn State Student’s Name Goes to Governor

• Virginia’s Prosper Insurance Company to Expand Headquarters, Add 75 Jobs

• Everest Insurance Hires Pollert in New York City

• Firefighters Say Natural Gas Explosion at Virginia Home Injures Nine

• Calls for New Regulation Mount as New York Limo Crash Victims Mourned

• The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ DBR Group

Lockton Names Gibson Sr. VP, Director of Marketing, Communications, External Affairs

• Illinois County Pay $3M to Settle Case Over Missing Stop Sign in Fatal Crash

• Fiery Indiana Freight Derailment Blamed on Buckled Track

• Nebraska City Sues Owner of Grain Elevator That Exploded

• Chicago Restaurant Chain to Settle Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Suit for $160K

• American Financial Group to Acquire ABA Insurance Services

Glen Mulready, Candidate for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner

• Texas Windstorm Insurer’s Request to Hike Liability Limits Denied

• Louisiana Citizens’ Commercial Insurance Policy Rates to Drop Next Year

• Texas Pilot Who Crashed Plane for Insurance Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Scheme

• Louisiana Contractor Awarded $62M in Fertilizer Plant Lawsuit

• Floodwaters in Central Texas Destroy Bridge, Force Evacuations

Regulators, Industry Seek to Keep Florida AOB Abuse In Check After Michael

• Rural Communities Hit by Michael Face Tough Recovery

• Waccamaw River in South Carolina Finally Below Flood Stage After Florence

• Justice Family Coal Firm Ordered to Pay $478K Settlement

• Weaker Building Codes in Florida Panhandle Scrutinized After Michael

• Florida Red Tide Not Diminished by Hurricane Michael

Cavignac & Associates in California Names White Human Resources Risk Advisor

• EPIC Insurance Brokers Adds Harnetiaux in California

• WCIRB Studied Impact of Medical Fraud Enforcement in California

• Insurer Group Hammers Claim that California Prop 103 Saved Drivers Billions

• Firefighters Sue Southern California Gas Company Over Toxic Leak

• California Says Judge Who Said Coffee Needs Cancer Warning is Biased