News for November 2017
- Texas Company Agrees to Pay $545.1K Penalty Following Worker Fatality
- Keystone Pipeline Leak Likely Caused by 2008 Construction Damage: Report
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Opens New Campus in North Texas
- Officials Report Third Case of Legionnaires Disease at Illinois Veterans Home
- $300K Fire in Cincinnati Caused by Teen Trying to Kill Bed Bug
- Ex-Ohio State Star Spielman Widens Lawsuit over Commercial Use of Image
- Judge Limits Key Testimony in Armstrong Lawsuit
- Ironshore’s Boren, President of U.S. Field Operations, Retiring; Frediani to Succeed
- Beazley Establishes Marine Insurance Platform In U.S.
- San Francisco Supervisors OK Rules for Recreational Pot Stores
- Burns & Wilcox Opens Office in Downtown Los Angeles
- GM Autonomous Car’s Jaunt Through San Francisco Streets Halted by Taco Truck
- Who Is Most at Risk for Opioid Death and How to Help Them: Columbia Research
- Insurers’ Asbestos Payments in 2016 Topped $3 Billion
- Aon Switzerland Buys Swiss Broker Unidelta AG
- Chubb Expects $320 Million in Q4 Catastrophe Losses Including California Wildfires
- Virginia’s Towne Insurance Hires Rogerson to Manage Select Business Unit
- Cargill Accountant in New York Sentenced to Five Years for $3.1M Theft
- New York Logging Company Owner Sentenced to Prison for $83K Theft
- Willis Towers Watson Launches Updated Capital Modeling Platform, Igloo 5
- UK’s Aviva Plans to Return $4B of Extra Cash to Shareholders, Make Acquisitions
- Global Banks Face ‘Significant Evolution’ in Cyber Threat Level: SWIFT
- Uber’s UK Data Breach Exposed Accounts of 2.7M Customers in 2016
- Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Trying to Sell Sealed Whistleblower Lawsuits
- Index Shows Where People Are Moving in Next Few Months
- China Oceanside’s Acquisition of Genworth Again Delayed by U.S. Review
- Mining Jobs to Focus on Community Relations as Robots and Sensors Take Over
- North Carolina Detects GenX in 34 Additional Wells
- Ex-Coal Boss Blankenship Announces U.S. Senate Run From West Virginia
- Florida’s Hurricane Irma Recovery: The Cost, The Challenges, The Lessons
- New Sensors Tracking Earthquakes Across Texas
- Texas’ Hochheim Prairie Farm Mutual Ratings on CreditWatch; Harvey Cited
- Safety National Awards 3 Safety First Grants
- Munich Re’s Ergo Decides Not to Sell Run-Off Life Policies as Offers Too Low
- Michigan, Enbridge Reach Deal to Boost Pipeline Safety
- Plant Death Leads to $224K in Fines for Indiana Company
- Wildfire Risk High Remains in Arkansas
- Lincoln, Nebraska, Studying Uses for Driverless Vehicles
- Lloyd’s Pays Claims of $1.7B for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma & Maria – So Far
- Safety Concerns Remain at New Mexico Nuclear Waste Storage Site
- Former Washington Insurance Agent Jailed in $233K Workers’ Comp Scam
- Earthquake Center Confirms Moderate Temblor Felt in Alaska Towns
- Terminix Fined $9.2M for Pesticide Use that Poisoned Delaware Family
- Meetings Planned in Connecticut Districts on October Storm Response
- 100 Passengers Rescued from New York Ferry that Ran Aground Near Pier
- Manus Elected as President, Chief Brokerage Officer at Holborn in NYC
- Most Americans with High Deductible Health Plans Don’t Shop or Save: Study
- Researchers Find Drones Can Cause Significant Damage to Aircraft
- Hurricane Season Is Coming to a Close… Maybe
- Chinese Startup Develops ‘Taxi Drone’ with Plans for 2018 Rollout
- India’s Paytm Wants to Create World’s Largest Digital Bank; Insurance to Be Offered
- Markel Completes Acquisition of UK Building Services Insurer EC Insurance Co.
- Starr Cos. Forms Canadian A&H Division, with Claughton & Hughes at Helm
- Worldwide Facilities to Offer CBIC Design Professionals Program
- Hurricane Matthew Victims in 2 North Carolina Counties Now Eligible for Grants
- Lawsuit Claims Florida is Ignoring Medical Marijuana Law
- Patriot National to Reorganize for Acquiring Lenders; Subsidiaries to File Chapter 11
- Wells Fargo Closing Down Its Personal Insurance Business
- Insurance Industry Increases Spending With California Diverse Suppliers By $670M
- State Auto’s Extension of CEO LaRocco’s Contract a Vote of Confidence in Turnaround Strategy
- Bedrock Insurance to Acquire Ashmere Insurance, Unit of Struggling Patriot National
- SageSure Insurance Managers Names Morrow Regional VP
- Baylor University Honors The Nitsche Group with Community Commitment Award
- Day Laborers Being Exploited in Texas after Harvey, Advocates Say
- ONI Risk Partners Acquires Indiana’s HBG Insurance & Bonds
- Insurance Startup Berkley One Launches in Illinois
- Oklahoma Sees Increase in Number of Volunteer Firefighters
- Guy Carpenter Chairman Newhouse to Retire at Year End
- Las Vegas ZIP Code Has Most Drone Hobbyists in Nation
- Dangers of Messy Brexit Without Insurance Deal Highlighted by Bank of England
- Tribal First Acquires American Indian Health Services in Washington
- Marsh’s Combined Jelf and Bluefin Businesses in UK to Be Rebranded as ‘Jelf’
- Gallagher Names Anderson to Lead Rossborough Insurance in Channel Islands
- Unlicensed Massachusetts Contractor Pleads Guilty to Dozens of Charges
- Insurer Says Troubled Vermont Town Must Comply with Conditions
- Puerto Rico Agrees FEMA to Approve How Disaster Aid Is Spent
- Maritime Program Group Hires Roper to New Hampshire Office
- Trump Disaster Aid Includes $12B for Cities Battling Climate Change Flooding
- Heritage to Acquire Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Insurance
- 2017 Hurricane Season Ranks as Costliest Ever for U.S.
- Pool Re to Include Physical Damage from Cyber Terrorism, Effective April 2018
- Millions of Devices in Europe Remain Undefended Against Cyber Attacks: Report
- Brit Appoints Brock as President of Newly Formed Scion Underwriting Managers
- Supreme Court Conservative Justices Raise Doubts About U.S. Patent Review Process
- Florida Department of Financial Services Names Alexopoulos Farrar Communications Director
- $4M West Virginia Diesel Spill Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval
- Lawsuits Filed Over West Virginia Warehouse Fire
- Woodruff-Sawyer Names Williams Southern California Practice Leader
- Neon Names Heppell from MS Amlin as CFO
- Texas Officials: At Least 1 Traffic Death per Day Since 2000
- Chubb Forms Partnership with China’s Largest P/C Insurer, PICC
- UK, Ireland’s Storm Ophelia to Cost Insurers an Estimated $70.1M: PERILS
- Additional Runway Incidents at San Francisco Airport Under Investigation
- $8M Suit Filed by Oregon Couple After Death of Daughter in Hot Apartment
- Utah Seeing Increase in Drug-Related Deadly Crashes, Report Shows
- How to Help Clients Protect Payment Processing Systems
- Supreme Court to Hear Whistleblower Retaliation Case
- Virginia’s Elephant Insurance Names Schiavon as CEO
- Hub International Acquires the Assets of Massachusetts’ Summit
- Massachusetts SJC Issues Decision in Auto Insurance Dispute
- Ascot Group Launches Bermuda Reinsurer; Berger Appointed CEO
- UK Financial Services Industry Pays Record Taxes, ‘Underlining Need’ for Brexit Deal
- Tourists Stranded, Evacuations Ordered as Bali Volcano’s Eruption ‘Imminent’
- Zurich Insurance Plans to Double Allocation to Impact Investments, Earmarking $5B
- How Much Harm Did Harvey Do to Texas Homes?
- Houston Arts Groups Working to Recover from Hurricane Harvey
- Report: Opioid Deaths in Missouri May Top Traffic Fatalities
- Florida Keys Insurance Agent Accused of Defrauding Citizens Insurance
- Workers’ Compensation Still Under Pressure from Drug Repackagers, Compounding Pharmacies
- Slew of Republican Judicial Appointments Could Bode Well for D&O Insurers
- Trump Wants NAFTA to Limit Liability of Internet Firms Including Google, Facebook
- 120 Evacuated After Roof Collapse at Florida Apartment Building
- Insurer Says Policy Doesn’t Cover Collapse of Mississippi Building
- Explosion at North Carolina Wastewater Treatment Plant Kills 1
- Number of Road Construction Work Zone Deaths High in Iowa
- Victims of Michigan Cancer Doctor Could Receive $4.1M
- Oklahoma Woman Awarded $1M in Transgender Discrimination Lawsuit
- Best Agencies to Work For Midwest: R&R Insurance – Bronze
- Best Agencies to Work For South Central: Garrett Insurance Agency – Bronze
- Some Businesses in Dickinson, Texas, Still Recovering from Harvey
- NTSB Cites Broken Rail in 2015 Derailment in South Dakota; BNSF Says Changes Made
- Wisconsin Corn Milling Plant Fined over $1.8M After Fatal Grain Dust Explosion
- Commercial Insurance Rate Decreases Slowing Globally: Marsh
- Insurance Journal Seeks Industry Charity Stories for 2017
- California Policyholders Have 24 Months to Collect Wildfire Insurance Money
- Another Settlement Reached in Berkeley Balcony Collapse Lawsuit
- California Workers’ Comp Department Suspends 9 Medical Providers for Fraud
- Uber Paid Hackers to Hide Breach of 50 Million Customer, Driver Records
- Four Missing in Pennsylvania Senior Home Inferno
- Small Businesses Want More Self-Service Workers’ Comp Tools: Survey
- A Family Environment at New York’s Seely & Durland Insurance
- Probe Underway Into Fatal Blasts, Fire at New York Cosmetics Factory
- Fatal Crashes on Private Planes at Lowest in 50 Years
- As Re/Insurers’ Results Are Hit, ‘Substantial’ Rate Hikes Expected: Swiss Re
- Starr Cos. Forms Agreement with SMARTT MGA for General Aviation Business
- BHSI Introduces Contractors Plant & Equipment Cover in Australia
- Airbus Aims to Develop Single Pilot, Autonomous Aircraft to Cut Crew Needs
- Best Agencies to Work For West: Kulchin Ross – Bronze
- Go Ahead and Start a Climate Change Debate at the Thanksgiving Table
- UK Accounting Regulator Urged to Slap Larger Fines on ‘Big Four’ Firms
- Experts See Expanding Role for Parametric Insurance, Including for U.S. Disasters
- Why Employees Cheat
- Family of 4 Indicted for $550K Insurance Fraud Scheme in West Virginia
- CAMICO Simplifies Professional Liability Application for Small Accountant Firms
- Florida Nursing Home to Congress: Patient Deaths After Hurricane Irma Not Staff’s Fault
- Two Injured, Buildings Damaged by Tornadoes in Kentucky
- Best Agencies to Work For Southeast: Jones Insurance Agency – Bronze
- California-based Insurance Law Firm Sedgwick Closing Offices
- Gardner, Berger Appointed to Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Commission
- The Carlyle Group to Acquire Dallas-Based BenefitMall
- Minnesota Names Looman as Commerce Commissioner
- Best Agencies to Work For Midwest: Esser Hayes Insurance Group – Silver
- Best Agencies to Work For South Central: Insgroup – Silver
- 3M Faces New Cancer Claims in Minnesota’s $5B Lawsuit
- Smith Named President of Ironshore Environmental, Replacing O’Brien
- Everest Re CEO Addesso Contract Is Extended Through 2019
- Global Regulators’ Rethinking of Risk Assessment Welcomed by Large Insurers
- UK P&I Insurer Chooses Dublin as EU Headquarters After Brexit
- Factbox: Growing List of Insurers Decide on Post-Brexit EU Headquarters
- China’s Ping An Is World’s 2nd Largest Insurer by Market Value After Berkshire
- California Lawmakers May Limit Liability of Autonomous Carmakers
- Best Agencies to Work For West: Wood Gutmann – Silver
- Uber, Transitioning to Fleet Operator, Orders 24,000 Driverless Cars from Volvo
- Insurers Can Protect Ratings with Cautious Approach to Cyber Risk: Fitch
- Some Massachusetts Towns Going to Pot, After All
- Global Insurer Hiscox Hires Dorr in Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania’s KMRD Partners Works Hard to Never Stop Improving
- Insurers Asked to Pay $90 Million to Settle Shareholder Claims Over Fox News Sexual Harassment
- Conservatives Now Want to Abolish Board They Hoped Would Curtail Patent Suits
- Hiscox Launches Coverage Suite for Financial Services Firms
- Florida Puts Workers’ Comp Carrier Guarantee Insurance In Receivership
- North Carolina Rate Bureau Requests 18.7% Increase for Homeowners Insurance
- Best Agencies to Work For Southeast: Frank H. Furman – Silver
- Father And Son in California Sentenced in $400K Workers’ Comp Scheme
- Bickmore Adds Portello in Northern California
- Minnesota Settles with 13th Life Insurance Company Over Unpaid Claims
- Oklahoma Joins International Insurance Information Exchange Agreement
- Texas Governor Calls White House Disaster Aid Bill ‘Inadequate’
- Crashes, Fatalities Jumped After Ohio Went to 70 Mph: Highway Patrol
- Best Agencies to Work For South Central: BKCW – Gold
- Best Agencies to Work For Midwest: Gibson – Gold
- Best Agencies to Work For Southeast: LassiterWare – Gold
- California District Settles Suit over Boy Killed While Walking to School in Fog
- Best Agencies to Work For West: LP Insurance – Gold
- California Fires Will Add to 2017 Insurer Catastrophe Losses, Fitch Says
- 450 Las Vegas Shooting Victims and Family Members of Deceased File Lawsuits
- Best Agencies to Work For: Morris & Garritano – Overall Winner
- How Lemonade Is Deciding Who Else May Sell Its Insurance
- Reinsurance Sector’s Share of Hurricane, Quake Losses Is $20B-$25B: A.M. Best
- USAA Among Backers of Home Water Damage Prevention Startup Flo
- New York’s Mackoul & Associates is a Business About People
- Rolling Stone Slams Defamation Claim in University of Virginia Rape Story
- $1.3M Settlement in New Hampshire Paralyzed School Football Player Case
- Penn. Couple Suing Police, Insurance Company After Hibiscus Mistaken for Pot
- XL Catlin Taps Coladon from The Guarantee as Fine Art & Specie U/W in Canada
- Pen Underwriting Builds on QBE Partnership with Irish P/C Capacity Deal
- Technology Risk Mgmt Association TechAssure Names New Member in Germany
- UK P&I Insurer North to Form Dublin Subsidiary as EU Post-Brexit Hub
- Despite Recent Natural Disasters, Homeowners Fail to Enhance Coverage: Clearsurance
- Only a Third of U.S. Vehicles with Defective Takata Air Bags Repaired
- Schiavone Takes Over Allianz Global Specialty’s Alternative Risk Team; Coppola to Head Financial Lines
- Drugmaker Purdue Moves to Settle States’ Claims Over Opioids
- RMS Comments: What’s Next If Flood Insurance Reform Passes? If It Fails?
- Palomar Specialty Expands Residential Earthquake Product Into Additional States
- Family Claims Safety Hazard Killed 5-Year-Old at Atlanta Rotating Restaurant
- Fire Caused by Ventilation Fan Destroys Mississippi Factory
- Gresham to Lead Expansion of Pinnacle Actuarial Resources into Carolinas
- Tesla Debuts 500-Mile Electric Heavy Duty Truck
- Texas Surplus Lines Premium Up 6% for the Year
- Louisiana Business, Industry Group Names LUBA Workers’ Comp Company of the Year
- Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Rothman to Run for State Attorney General
- Rate Increases Approved for Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association
- Historic Indiana Fieldhouse Hit by Storm Insured for Nearly $10M
- Miralles to Lead Enterprise Risk Management at CNA as Chief Risk Officer
- Markel Finalizes Acquisition of State National Companies
- UK’s IUA Publishes Good Practice Guide for Delegated Authorities
- United Valley Insurance Services in California Adds De La Torre in Marketing
- China Tightens Rules on $15 Trillion Asset Management Sector to Cut Systemic Risks
- Assurance Adds Wolfrey to Washington D.C. Team as Risk Management Consultant
- Patron Injured After Car Crashes Into Maine Diner
- American Arbitration Association Opens Office in Upstate New York
- Barbican Insurance Launches U.S. Specialty Property MGA Targeting Southeast, Gulf Coasts
- California Jury Sides with J&J Against Talcum Powder Cancer Claims
- Court Orders J&J to Pay $247 Million, Another Big Loss Over Hip Implant Product
- Markel’s Crowley to Retire at End of 2017
- Canada’s Economical Restructures to Strengthen Broker Relationships, Profits
- EU Wants Insurers to Plug Investment Gap, but Bank Partners Needed: Regulator
- EU Insurers Have Raised Their Exposure to Riskier Investments: EU Regulator
- Ships Must Meet Emission Rules or Be Deemed ‘Unseaworthy,’ Lose Insurance: IMO
- Chicken Processor Settles Florida Water Pollution Suit for $1.4M
- How To Stop the Next Harvey Weinstein: Viewpoint
- House Passes Tax Cut Package; Debate Moves to Senate
- How Consolidation Has Changed Crop Insurance Sector: Conning
- Paid ‘Climate Leave’ May Be Next Employee Benefit
- Alabama Department of Insurance Launches Online Help Chat for Agents, Consumers
- The Hilb Group Acquires David Hill and Associates of North Carolina
- Modeler: Insured Losses for California Wildfires Could Reach $10.5B
- California’s Nonfatal Worker Injuries Remained Steady in 2016
- H.W. Kaufman Group, Burns & Wilcox Promote 22 Insurance Pros in North America
- Indianapolis Sues Several Opioid Makers, Distributors
- Ohio Company Pays $75M to Settle Suits over Alleged False Hospice Claims
- Credit Ratings of Michigan’s Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co. Withdrawn
- Texas Weather Forensics Company Unveils Hail Intensity Assessment Product
- Testimony: Former Oklahoma Seismologist Felt Pressured not to Link Quakes, Oil and Gas
- Louisiana Parishes Have Been Designated Disaster Areas Due to Harvey
- Insurtech Startup Debuts with $6M and Proactive Cyber Risk Product
- California Utility Blamed in 3 Suits for Deadly Wildfires
- Chicken Dish Recalled by California Company over Listeria Fears
- California Companies Ordered to Stop Selling Workers’ Comp Policies
- Trade Groups Push for National Labeling Law to Override States’ Requirements
- NTSB: Amtrak’s Lax Safety Led to Penn. Crash That Killed Two Workers
- New Hampshire House Committee Rejects Marijuana Legalization Bill
- The Hilb Group Acquires Majority of Assets from New Jersey’s IOA Northeast NY Inc.
- Delaware Woman Faces Sentencing in $6M Fraud Case
- UK Regulator’s Broker Probe May Make London Market More Competitive: Fitch
- Insured Losses for Cyclone Xavier in Germany Estimated at $343.6M: PERILS
- Blockchain Is Littered with ‘Smart’ Contracts Gone Bad: Opinion
- P&I Club Steamship Mutual Granted License to Operate as Insurer in Singapore
- Europe’s Re/Insurers Cut Coal Investments by $20B; U.S. Firms Fail to Act: Report
- Hedge Funds Invest in Reinsurance Stocks on Expected Rate Hikes in 2018
- Insurers Urged to Catch Up with Risks of Fast-Growing 3-D Printing
- Brand Strength, Serial Acquirers to Drive Next Wave of Insurance M&As: Willis Towers Watson
- How States Compare for Risk of Employee Lawsuits: Hiscox
- Large Mississippi Auction Company Building Destroyed by Fire
- Georgia CPA Arrested for Falsifying Insurance Apps, Taking $11K in Benefits
- BHSI Launches Network Security & Privacy Liability Insurance in Canada
- Florida’s Everglades City Pushes Toward Recovery After Irma’s Hard Hit
- Georgia College Expanding Commercial Truck Driver Training Program
- Insurers Had Crews Working in Heart of California Wildfires to Prevent Loss
- ProAssurance Honors Missouri’s Keane Insurance Group with Philanthropic Award
- Sprowls Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association
- Jenks/Long Insurance in Rolla, Missouri, Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
- Texas Division of Workers’ Comp: Employees Stepped Up to Help After Hurricane
- Federal Investigators Say Fatigue, Poor Safety Cause of Deadly California Bus Crash
- Steel Posts Being Installed Along Las Vegas Strip for Safety
- M4.7 Earthquake Shakes Northern California
- Wineries Looking to Make Up Losses Following California Wildfires
- California Workers’ Comp Division Suspends 12 Medical Providers for Fraud
- Pharmacy Cost in Workers’ Compensation Continues to Fall: CompPharma Survey
- Jury Sides with Fidelity in 10-Year Case Against Employee Who Alleged Retaliation
- Canada’s Economical Insurance Names MacDonald Executive VP for Personal Lines
- JPMorgan Warns of Market Disruption If Clearing Houses Cut-Off by Brexit
- Maine Notifies More Than 2,000 About Information Breach
- The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ HR Knowledge
- Prime Insurance to Write Specialty Lines in New Hampshire, Rhode Island
- Alliant Hires Tamburro as Vice President in New York
- Apax, Carlyle Reported Among Bidders for Indian Insurer Royal Sundaram
- Russian Cyber Attacks Target Major U.K. Industries, Says Top Spy
- Church Mutual Promotes Root to Executive VP – Operations
- House Passes Flood Insurance Program Extension with Reforms
- Alliant Adds Grassi to Financial Sector Team
- North Carolina Environmental Officials to Take Action Over GenX Spill
- 5 Ways the Insurance Industry Can Improve Cybersecurity: Former U.S. Security Chief Clarke
- 9 Injured in 10-Car, Tractor-Trailer Crash in Georgia
- France’s AXA to Focus on M&A in 16 Countries; Eyes Sale of Some Non-Core Assets
- Austin American-Statesman: Texas Has 100s of Substandard Dams in Populated Areas
- Fewer Opioids Prescribed in Louisiana Following Medicaid Expansion
- Velocity Risk Underwriters Adds Condominium Coverage to Florida Products
- Insurance Council of Texas Scholarships Top $1 Million Mark
- Alera Group Acquires Illinois Professional Liability Broker, Flagship Healthcare
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