News for April 2019
- Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Acquires Connecticut’s Wilson Agency
- World Insurance Associates Merges with New Jersey’s Professional Insurance Associates
- Royer Named Head of Liability for Zurich Canada
- EU Parliament Approves Law Establishing Basic Rights for Gig Workers
- Argo Urges Shareholders to Reject Voce’s Claims at Annual Meeting
- 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
- Strong Tower in Arizona Names Anderson Vice President of Personal Lines
- Vienna Insurance Discloses Previously Unreported S Immo Stake
- California Earthquake Authority Board Votes to Sponsor Resilient Homes Initiative
- President Macron Vows to Rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral Ravaged by Huge Fire
- Proposed Bill Would End Texas’ Controversial Driver Responsibility Program
- Louisiana Diocese Releases List of Priests Accused of Sex Abuse
- Indiana Bill Would Allow Money for School Alert Systems Statewide
- Motorists File Suits over Damage from Potholes on I-69 in Indiana
- Census: Number of Kansas Farms Drops 5% in 5 Years
- Indiana Company Recalls Melon Products Linked to Salmonella
- California State Fund Reports Increase in Net Income in 2018
- Deadly Storms Sweep Through Texas, Southern States
- Washington Official Wants to Raise Insurance Tax to Help Fight Wildfires
- Hawaii Hit by M5.3 Earthquake: USGS
- California to Consider Allowing Small Self-Driving Delivery Trucks on Roads
- Liberty Mutual to Acquire AmTrust’s Surety, Credit Reinsurance Business
- More Than 200K Without Power Following Violent Northeastern U.S. Storms
- Starkweather & Shepley, O’Neill & Co. Celebrate Palm Beach Gardens Location
- Fire Chief Says Shop Owner Declined to Evacuate Before North Carolina Blast
- New York City May Ban Pre-Hire Marijuana Tests for Many Job Applicants
- Worker Killed by Falling Crane Counterweight in New York City
- Contaminated Oil Linked to U.S. Reserves Raises Safety Concerns
- Leak Evacuates North Carolina Shopping Center Days After Fatal Explosion
- EU’s New Copyright Rules Could Hurt Google, Facebook
- Markel Internal Review Finds ‘No Bad Faith’ Related to Loss Reserves Under Investigation
- IMF Officials Urge Governments to Limit Risks to Global Economy
- London Continues to Lose Financial Sector Jobs Over Brexit
- 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
- British CFOs Fears of Long-Term Brexit Downturn Grow
- Why Uber ‘Depends Heavily’ on Insurance
- California’s Governor Proposes Wildfire Fund, Seeks PG&E Fix
- Listeria Concerns Prompt Recall of 3.3K Pounds of Foods from Texas Company
- Bond Requirement Keeps South Dakota Race Tracks Closed This Year
- ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Adds to Weather Woes in Central US
- Bill to Shield Farmers from Nuisance Suits Advances in Nebraska
- AM Best Upgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Stonetrust
- Texas Releases New Guidelines for Insurer Catastrophe Data Collection, Reporting
- Officials Say One Dead, 17 Hurt in North Carolina Gas Explosion
- Part of Asbestos Cleanup Site in Montana Removed from Superfund List
- Jury Awards Colorado Woman $3.6M in Excessive Force Suit
- Lawyer Says Challenge to NYC’s Vaccination Order in the Works
- Sponsor of S.C. Bill Requiring Lighted Uber Signs Say Just First Safety Step
- Foreign Insurers Eye China’s $1.6 Trillion Private Pension Business
- Virginia Prosecutors Charge Anti-Opioid Addiction Drug Maker with Fraud
- Mississippi Plastics Manufacturer Could Face $159K Fine After Worker Loses Fingers
- SoftBank’s Maneuvers Reflect Expanded U.S. Scrutiny of Foreign Investors
- Providence Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing in $80K Tire Theft Case
- Insurance Center of New England Hires Salois-Blood, Santiago in Massachusetts
- Why Europe Should Not Force Talking Cars to Speak Same Language Now: Viewpoint
- Assignment of Benefits Reform Moves Forward as Florida House Passes Measure
- Fitch Warns Bond Insurers After Court’s Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Ruling
- Canada Insurer The Co-operators Buys Robinson & Associates Insurance Brokers
- Insurance Industry Must Wake Up to Costs of ‘Secondary’ Catastrophe Perils: Swiss Re
- Rhine River Could Be Impassable to Ships this Summer if European Drought Returns
- 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
- California Written Workers’ Comp Premium Down, Quarterly Report for Last Year Shows
- California State Fund Launches Telehealth Services
- Disastrous 1969 Spring Flood Recalled by Minot, North Dakota, Residents
- Gallagher CEO Signs Pledge for Workplace Diversity, Inclusion
- 20 Ohio Counties Eligible for Federal Aid After Storms
- Woman Says T-Shirt Cannon Broke Finger; Sues Astros for $1M
- Two Texas Companies Charged in Separate Workers’ Comp Fraud Cases
- Arkema NA, Executive Now Face Assault Charges From 2017 Texas Chemical Plant Fire
- Mother Sues Vegas Police Over Teen Son’s Shooting Death
- Southwestern Montana Hit with Earthquake, Aftershocks
- Charges Issued Against Pennsylvania’s Hooked Inc. for Illegal Towing Practices
- New York City Orders Mandatory Vaccines for Some Amid Measles Outbreak
- Records Show Sensors Linked to Boeing 737 Max Crashes Vulnerable to Failure
- How Real Are ‘Ethical Artificial Intelligence’ Efforts by Tech Giants?
- French Court Rules Bayer’s Monsanto Weedkiller Liable for Farmer’s Health Problems
- Everest Insurance Hires Poopor as Vice President Based in New Jersey
- Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners Acquires Florida’s Lykes Insurance
- Senate Committee Passes Bill Impacting Florida’s Surplus Lines Insurance Industry
- North Carolina Survey: Many Coastal Homeowners Have No Plan to Mitigate Storm Damage
- Lloyd’s Syndicate Ascot Insures Farmers in 16 Nations Against Crop-Price Volatility
- Insurtech Lemonade Raises $300 Million; SoftBank, Allianz, Alphabet Among Investors
- Zurich, CoverWallet Launch Online Insurance Platform for Smaller Firms in Switzerland
- Zurich Canada Names Aon’s Royer as Head of Liability
- Ant Financial Aims to Disrupt Health Insurance with New Chinese Health ‘Collective’
- EU Gives Britain 6-Month Brexit Extension, Despite French Resistance
- Southeast States Push Industry Over Cleanup of Toxic Coal Ash Ponds
- Top 10 Causes of Most Serious Workplace Injuries
- States, Congress Questioning Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Role in Drug Prices
- California Committee Passes Bill to Require Large Insurers to Report Supplier, Governing Board Diversity
- Cavignac & Associates in California Names Snelling Account Manager
- California Insurance Producer Charged with Fraud, Burglary And Grand Theft
- Applied Systems Acquires Agency CRM System TechCanary
- Generali Appoints Zuanella from RSA as Group Chief Digital Officer
- U. of Kansas Business School Creates Insurance, Risk Management Program
- Aleman Joins Alliant Employee Benefits Group in Chicago
- 161 Died in Work Zone Crashes in Texas in 2018 Despite Decrease in Incidents
- Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Declares $51M Policyholder Dividend
- Contractors: Company Knew About Valve Leak Before Texas Chemical Plant Fire
- Lloyd’s Cracks Down on Drinking Culture in Market
- Missouri University Scientists Using AI to Design Flood Evacuation Plans
- Months After Big Alaska Quake, Many Businesses Remain Closed
- Landslide Alerts Issued for a Large Portion of Oregon
- 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
- Massachusetts Bill Aims to Strengthen Natural Gas Pipeline Safety
- Cross Insurance Partners with Connecticut’s DiMatteo Insurance
- Terrorism, Populist Politics Raise Risks for European Businesses: Aon Report
- The Hilb Group Acquires Connecticut’s eBenefits Group Northeast
- Chubb Expands Insurance Coverage in Canada for Private Equity Firms
- Cook Maran Hires Erickson as Client Advisor in New Jersey
- India’s Shriram Capital Plans to Merge Its Units to Boost Insurance, Lending Businesses
- Global Floods Cause $8B in Economic Losses During March: Aon Catastrophe Report
- Digital Commercial Lines Broker Embroker Raises $28 Million
- Combined Agents of America Expands into Colorado, Adds 7 New Agencies
- 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
- Judge Says Security Company Not Liable in Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub Shooting
- NCDOI: State’s Captive Insurance Program Continues Steady Growth
- Florida Could Expand Self-Driving Car Law
- Mississippi Funeral Home Sued for Giving Families Wrong Bodies
- Senators Seek Probe of Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Pricing Practice
- Progress Report on California Workers’ Comp Independent Bill Review
- Chubb Names Kennett as Head of Financial Institutions for UK, Ireland and Global Mkts.
- Michigan InsurTech Accelerator Welcomes 3 New International Startups
- AM Best: Most Homes in Midwest States Uninsured for Flooding
- London’s Electronic Placing Platform Gains Traction, Binding More Than 50,000 Risks
- When Cyber Attack Hit Norsk Hydro, It Was Already Handling a Major Upheaval: RMS
- Wyoming’s Opioid-Related Deaths Low, But Still A Concern
- Report Ranks California Top of Nation’s in Dog-Related Injury Claims
- Insurers Oppose Premium Tax to Fund Washington’s Wildfire Prevention
- Axa XL Expands Inland Marine Coverage with Contractor’s Equipment Offering
- Liberty Mutual Names Edem as Chief of Staff for Global Risk Solutions
- Criminal Charges Filed Against 25 in Western Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Sweep
- 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
- Redmer Reappointed for Another Term as Maryland Insurance Commissioner
- How to Keep Big Pharma from Winning Drug Price Wars: Joe Nocera
- Meeting Between Regulators, Employees Helped Set Stage for Wells Fargo CEO Exit
- Arthur J. Gallagher Completes Acquisition of UK Specialist Broker Stackhouse Poland
- UK Joins Global Backlash Against Tech Firms that Fail to Control Harmful Content
- Why Has Texas Decided to Break Tradition and Immediately Sue Industrial Polluters?
- Hoppe Joins BevCap Management in Texas as Claims, Risk Management Director
- Insurers Pitch Quick-Paying Parametric Disaster Insurance to Public Sector
- Uber, Before IPO, Joins Others in Adjusting Timeline for Driverless Cars
- Florida Legislature Considers Reforms to Non-Admitted Insurance Market
- Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners Acquires Lykes Insurance of Florida
- North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: March
- Judge Rejects Lawsuit from Florida Sheriff Fired After High School Shooting
- Workers Injured at Texas Chemical Plant Damaged by Fire File Suit
- Missouri’s Nichols Insurance Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
- Focus Turns to Insurance Investor’s North Carolina Political Donations After Indictment
- Doctor, Early Advocate for Opioids, to Testify Against Drug Makers: Reuters
- Starr Appoints Capitano to Lead Primary General Casualty-Risk Management
- Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Elects Lowe to Board of Directors
- AIG Offers to Settle 7 Defamation Claims Against Cosby; Comedian Asserts Innocence
- Judge Orders Vermont’s Hermitage Club Owner to Pay Member $2.1M
- Audit Says New York Health Inspectors Go Easy on Restaurant Violations
- MIT Researcher Exposing Bias in Facial Recognition Tech Triggers Amazon’s Wrath
- FERMA Criticizes Cyber Insurance Guidelines Proposed by Int’l Standards Organization
- Explaining Europe’s Growing Money Laundering Scandal
- Chinese Authorities Shut Industrial Park After Chemical Blast Kills 78 People
- Insight: Problems on Doomed Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Started Seconds After Takeoff
- BHSI Offers Transactional Liability in Asia/Middle East; Pembroke’s Harwood Leads Team
- Washington Commissioner’s ‘Insurance Fraud Most Wanted’ Suspect Extradited
- Jury Sides with J&J in Latest Talcum-Cancer Claim
- Nationwide Insurance CEO Rasmussen to Retire After 10 Years at Helm
- Jackson Sumner & Associates Adds Bull as North Carolina Marketing Rep
- Former N.C. Insurance Chief Goodwin Denies Aiding Indicted Political Donor
- Congressman Wants Probe of Fire at Historic Tennessee Social Justice Center
- Arkansas Judge Refuses to Dismiss Claims Against Opioid Drug Makers
- Report: North Dakota Oil Region Has Majority of Truck-Involved Crashes
- Kansas Lawmakers OK Bill Allowing Farm Bureau Non-ACA Compliant Health Plan
- Chemical Plant Fires Renew Safety Debate in Oil-Friendly Texas
- Defective Electrical Panel Caused 2017 Wildfire in California’s Butte County
- AM Best Downgrades Ratings of Tokio Marine GRV Re in Oklahoma City
- Wagner Joins Leavitt Group as Insurance Advisor in Montana
- Oklahoma Lawmakers not so Happy About Purdue Pharma Settlement
- Missouri Proposal Would Limit Local Tax Breaks for Flood Zone Development
- Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Launches Commercial Package in Pennsylvania
- Despite Explosion, Company Will Keep Using Toxic Chemical at Wisconsin Refinery
- In Modernization Effort, Texas Revamps Insurance Licensing, Call Center Response
- Federal Safety Board to Investigate Fatal Texas Chemical Fire
- Midwest States Want More Control Over Missouri River After Floods
- Fixing Errors in Autonomous Cars’ Perceptions Before They Hit the Road
- North Dakota Seeks Public Comment on Proposed State Reinsurance Program
- Hub International Acquires Assets of Minnesota’s Corey Steinbach Insurance Agency
- Judge: 4 African Americans Rejected from Louisiana Parish Jury Can Seek Damages
- Opioid Trial Winds Down; Insys Execs Deny Bribing Doctors, Duping Insurers
- Motel 6 Pays $12 Million to Settle Suit Over Providing Guest Lists to U.S. Immigration
- Family of American Killed in 737 Max Crash Sues Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines
- QBE’s Zortman Joins AIG to Lead Private Client Group
- New Hampshire Health Fair Addresses Concerns Over Chemicals in Water
- Fire Warning Issued for Southern New England Due to Winds, Dry Conditions
- Pennsylvania Gas Liquids Pipeline Owner Agrees to Safety Study, New Fine
- UN Shipping Agency Seeks to Clamp Down on Rogue Shipping Companies
- Prime Minister May Seeks Another Brexit Delay, Setting Up Battle With EU
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Canada’s Keyser Benefits Corp.
- California Weighs Catastrophic Wildfire Fund as Way to Protect Utilities
- Japan Post Holdings’ Insurance Unit to Sell Shares Worth $3.7B in Global Offering
- Fallout Grows from Swedbank’s Money Laundering Scandal as Chairman Quits
- UK Financial Services Firms Fail to Improve Gender Pay Gap
- Google Will Require Contractors to Offer Benefits, Minimum Wage
- Here’s the ‘Unlucky 13’ Forecast for the 2019 Hurricane Season
- Trump Deregulation Plan Facing Court Challenge by 3 States
- Oklahoma Alters Suit Against Opioid Drugmakers Before Trial
- Washington Woman Charged with Insurance Fraud
- Sorry, Laws Protecting Doctors Who Apologize Don’t Lessen Litigation
- White-Power Symbol Found Near Fire at Historic Tennessee Social Justice Center
- Hub International Acquires Assets of Mississippi-Based M.B.I. Group
- Miami’s Rising Seas Force ‘Underwater Homeowners’ to Mobilize
- Morones Promoted to Director of Claims at CompWest
- Woman Accused of Insurance Fraud, Setting Fire to Nebraska Bar She Was Buying
- Texas Insurance Department to Seek Input on Rules that Need to Be Updated
- Louisiana Charter School Bus Services Firm Accused in Insurance Fraud Scam
- J.M. Wilson Adds Lloyd as Assistant Transportation Underwriter in Ohio
- New Texas Homeowners Policy From The Woodlands Insurance Includes Flood Coverage
- Microsoft Insurer Loses Bid To Recoup $175M from Xbox Chipmaker Hit by Fire
- Prosecutors Say New Jersey Couple Stole from Storm Victims, Subcontractors
- Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Rhode Island Tech Company of $500K
- Gramercy Risk Holdings Acquires New York’s Executive Insurance Company
- New York-Based SterlingRisk Insurance Hires JLNY Group’s Bocanegra
- Why Insurance Claims in Renewable Energy Industry Are Rising
- UK-Based MGA EPUL Launches Coverage Solution for Unorthodox Property Risks in UK
- Commercial Auto Market Should Improve This Year But Not a Lot: A.M. Best
- AXA XL Promotes Minors to Product Line Leader, Bermuda Professional Lines Business
- Bayer Detects and Covertly Monitors Cyber Attack – Before It Removes Threat
- Tech Firms Face Fines and Jail for Failure to Remove Violent Content in Australia
- Ethiopian Airlines’ Pilots Followed Proper Boeing Procedures: 1st Official Crash Report
- UK Parliament Votes to Block Damaging No-Deal Brexit as Deadlock Continues
- How Insurtech Will Revolutionize Inland Marine by Cutting Costs
- Hub International Acquires Assets of Illinois’ Premiere Risk Management
- U.S. Safety Agency Nixes International Car Window Rules Proposed Under Obama
- IA Capital Group Raises $150 Million for Insurtech Investing
- Mercury Insurance Expands Cyber Coverage to Georgia Homeowners, Renters
- Officials Open Mississippi Floodgate to Handle River Flooding
- Florida Gov to Form Opioid Task Force
- 4 Indicted in North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Bribery Scheme
- California Dam’s Spillway Gets First Use Since 2017 Flooding Crisis
- Virtus Adds Olson to Lead Expansion into Colorado
- Beck Launches ‘Open Checkbook’ Site to Show Georgia Insurance Dept. Spending
- Texas Insurance Commissioner to Industry: Watch Your Language!
- Insurer to Pay $325K in Wisconsin City’s Harassment Suit Settlement
- Michigan’s AmeriTrust Group Names Crumley Chief of Staff
- Louisiana Pledges $80M for Bayou Chene Floodgate
- SageSure, IMF Partner on Texas Coastal Homeowners Insurance Product
- One Dead, 2 Critically Injured in Another Houston-Area Chemical Fire
- UK Financial Services Business Flows to EU to Avert Possible Brexit Disruption: Report
- Nationwide Expands Small Business Insurance Direct Platform
- Tokio Marine Kiln Names Curran as Head of Reinsurance, Succeeding Huckstepp
- UK Specialty MGA Nexus Buys an MGA and a Broker – All in One Day
- Arizona Man Another Death Linked to Faulty Takata Air Bag
- Judge Tells PG&E to Hold Dividends to Pay to Help Reduce Wildfire Risks
- Massachusetts Auto Repair Shop Owner Charged in $170K Vehicle Fraud Scheme
- Twitter CEO Agrees with Facebook CEO, Supports Regulation of Social Media Platforms
- FDA Probing Reports of Seizures by Users of E-Cigarettes
- New York Judge Dismisses Some of Levine’s Claims Against Met Opera
- Root of Brexit Crisis Is that No Good Compromise Exists: Opinion
- 3 Major Automakers Partner to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Safety Standards, Testing
- Purdue’s Sackler Family Asks Judge to Toss Massachusetts Opioid Case
- Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd. Acquires UK MGA Axiom Underwriting
- Momentum Grows for Electronic Placement of Risks Among London Brokers: LIIBA
- Hub International Acquires Canada Broker Del Fisher Insurance
- 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
- North Carolina Orders Duke Energy to Excavate All Coal Ash
- Synergy Professional Associates Expands Lawyers PL Program to 3 New States
- Section of Tennessee Highway Bridge Collapses, Injures 1
- New Atlanta-Based Multicultural Women’s Network to Tackle Industry Leadership Gap
- California Lawmaker Introduces Resilient Homes Initiative
- California Jury Rules Chevron Must Pay $21M for Cancer Claims
- Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Lovitt & Touché in Arizona
- Gristina Joins Great American as Fine Art Specialist in Fidelity/Crime Division
- Michigan Commission: THC Level Not a ‘Reliable Indicator’ of Driving Impairment
- U.S. Investigators to Begin Search for Cause of Texas Petrochemical Disaster
- Year 2000 Fort Worth Tornado Triggered Development Boom
- Omaha, Nebraska, Officials Reviewing Flood-Control Measures
- Corvus Insurance Opens Location in Dallas, Hires Wagner as VP, Cyber Underwriting
- Forklift Operator Killed in California Workplace Accident
- Risk Strategies Names Holden to Oversee Western Region Operations
- Doctors, Insurer Propose Tracking Patients’ ‘Social Conditions’ for Referrals
- Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Says He Backs Regulation of Internet Content, Privacy
- EU Financial Services Chief Warns of Market Disruption from No-Deal Brexit
- Everest Insurance Hires King to Life Sciences Team in Massachusetts
- Loss-Cost Reduction for Workers’ Comp Insurance Approved in Pennsylvania
- Hutchinson Rejoins Hub Northeast as Executive Vice President of Commercial Lines
- Government Relief Bypasses Farmers Who Lost Stored Crops in Floods
- NSM Insurance Group Acquires Embrace Pet Insurance
- Beazley Adds Products to Broker E-Trading Platform for UK Businesses
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