News for November 2021
- Average Price of Washington Workers’ Comp Going up Slightly in 2022
- Brightway Insurance Expands into Nevada, Opens More Locations in California
- Texas Surplus Lines Association Names New Executive Leadership
- Louisiana Oil Field Tank Batteries Face New Rules After Explosion Kills Girl
- Lawsuit From Indiana Teacher Fired for Same-Sex Marriage Can Proceed
- MGA CFC Underwriting Launches Tool That Calculates Ransomware Costs
- Ohioans Encouraged to Winterize Property, Review Insurance
- Former Iowa Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud
- M3.0 Earthquake Confirmed in Southern Utah
- Some Lessons Learned from Wildfire That Nearly Destroyed Tahoe
- Where Employers Stand on Vaccines, ‘New Normal’ Workplace, Remote Work, Travel
- Big Fire Gutted Large Commercial Building in California
- OSHA Fines Georgia Grading Contractor $20,480 After Worker’s Death
- Tennessee Approves 5.6% Cut in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs; COVID Impact Uncertain
- Zywave Acquires Insurance Distribution, Quoting Software Firm ClarionDoor
- Lawsuit Alleges Discrimination at Wilmington Fire Department
- Applied Specialty Underwriters Launches New Infrastructure, Construction Practice
- Delaware Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rates to Decrease for Fifth Year
- People Moves: QBE Names Liberty Mutual’s Hunter as Dir. of Canada; Amwins Global Risks Hires Apollo’s Graham for Casualty; Ardonagh Promotes 2 Snr. Leaders
- China’s Regulator Issues New Rules for Risk Management of Insurance Groups
- Convex Gets NAIC Approval to Operate as Reciprocal Jurisdiction Reinsurer in U.S.
- Bain Capital Makes Final Pitch for UK Mutual Insurer LV=
- China Sets Rules to Protect Drivers’ Rights in Ride-Hailing Industry, Requiring Insurance
- Australia’s Westpac Bank to Pay $80.6M in Penalties, Admits Charging Dead People
- Owners of Thai Insurer Syn Mun Kong Explore Sale of Majority Stake
- McGriff Names Two to National Positions
- Georgia, North Carolina Move to Beef up Benefits for First Responders
- Fired Engineers Claim Google Failed to Honor Its Own ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Motto
- Why Jury’s Opioid Verdict Against Pharmacy Chains May Not Survive Appeal
- Takeaways from Our Conversation on State Cannabis Regulations and Their Impact on Insurance
- How Common Are Ransomware Attacks? Lawmakers Want to Find Out.
- Florida Bill Would Extend COVID Liability Protection for Health Workers
- Marijuana Testing Lab Sues Michigan Over Major Product Recall
- Fire Causes Estimated $50K in Damage at Delaware Restaurant
- Oklahoma High Court Rules National American Off Hook in Earthquake Lawsuits
- Massachusetts Lawmakers Weigh New Regulations for Autocycles
- Illinois Hospital to Pay $150,000 Over Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
- U.S. Unlikely to Impose Further Restrictions Due to Omicron COVID Variant, Says Fauci
- NFL Owner to Pay $750 Million over Rams’ St. Louis Departure
- California Turning Down Most Fracking Permits Ahead of 2024 Ban
- Toxic Cables to be Removed from Lake Tahoe Under Settlement with AT&T’s Pac Bell
- Lawsuit Says Dairy Company is Misrepresenting Hawaii Links
- Maryland Attorney General Sues Monsanto, Alleges Harm to Natural Resources
- Allstate Inks $232M Deal to Sell Most of Campus in Illinois
- Universal Raises $100M for Future Growth
- Definity Financial’s CEO Plots Acquisitions After Insurer’s Canadian IPO
- Moody’s Analytics Launches Asset-Liability Management Tool for Insurance Investment
- Chubb Promotes Rayan and Edey for Consumer Lines Distribution and Financial Lines, Respectively; Hiscox Hires Hartford’s Pearsall as Line U/W for D&O
- Collecting $26M Award From White Nationalists May Be Challenging
- As COVID Spread, European P/C Insurers Took Hits but Remained Resilient: AM Best
- Activist Group Calls on Insurers to Sue Oil Companies for Climate Damages
- Travelers Weigh Canceling, Delaying Trips as Countries Tighten Rules on Omicron Fears
- Ship Master Spent 50 Hours Sleepless Before Crash off Louisiana
- Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Stepping Down
- Openly Moves into Alabama
- Alabama DOI Relaxing Rate Filing Requirements on Flood Insurance
- Florida Appeals Court Dismisses Lawyer’s Complaint Against CFO in Rubin Saga
- Florida Lawmaker Holds Town Hall Meetings on Insurance Crisis
- When Is Employer Immune from Tort Claims? Florida High Court Could Review
- Organized Fraud Ring in California Sentenced for 15 Staged Collisions
- Memo Cites Lessons from Ransomware Payments by CNA, JBS and Colonial Pipeline
- People Moves: Lemonade Names Burgess Chief Claims Officer; Newfront in California Adds Naranjo
- Flood-Stricken British Columbia Weighs Cost of Climate-Proofing Infrastructure
- Georgia High Court Leaves Truck Insurer on the Hook for Accident
- Louisiana Lawmakers: Medical Marijuana Expansion Too Slow
- Flint, Michigan Home Explosion Kills 1, Leaves 2 Missing
- Minnesota Man Awarded $25 Million in Amputation Lawsuit
- 50 Years Late, Miami Courthouse Gets Inspected after Condo Collapse
- People Moves: New Chief Claims Officers at Lemonade, IAT Insurance Group
- Three Dead, Six Seriously Injured in Baltimore Rowhouse Fire
- Tennessee Governor’s Counsel Warned that Anti-Vax Bills Illegal
- Arizona Attorney General Reaches $14.5M Settlement with JUUL
- New York City Aims to Be First to Rein in AI Hiring Tools
- Insurtech Startup Kettle Raises $25M to Expand Wildfire Reinsurance Protection
- Thai Activists’ iPhones Targeted by ‘State-Sponsored Attackers,’ Warns Apple
- North Carolina Homeowners Premiums to Rise 7.9% on Average
- Louisiana Kicks Off $11 Million Housing Program for Hurricane Laura
- Inflation, Loss Severity May Curb Nonstandard Auto Market’s Positive Momentum
- IncubEx, Led by Industry Veteran Eckert, Buys UK Insurtech Platform Insurwave
- Reuters Special Report: Burnout: Firefighter Trauma Rises in Western States
- Two Experts Debunk Some of the Biggest Myths Around Cyber Insurance
- Wall Street Faces $22 Trillion Ticking Carbon Time Bomb
- Claims Services Provider McLarens Forms Strategic Alliance With Polish Firm Saltex
- Ohio Jury Finds Major Pharmacy Chains Fueled Opioid Crisis
- Investor Warburg Cuts Valuation of Ant Group by 15% to Below $200B: Source
- Washington Paper Mill Fined $140K for Failing to Protect Workers from COVID
- U.S. Gunmakers Claim Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Shows ‘Clash of National Values’
- Study: California Drops to 45th Nation in Highway Conditions
- Report: California Workers’ Comp Covid Claim Volume Trending Down After Summer Surge
- JPMorgan Beats Insurers in Appeal Over $140M Bear Stearns Settlement
- Judge Strikes Florida Tribe’s Plan for Casinos, Sports Betting
- People Moves: Mosaic Launches London M&A Team, Hiring From Liberty Mutual, AIG; BHSI Promotes 2 in UK; Marsh’s Dubreuil to MGA Alta Signa in Brussels
- U.S. Asks Appeals Court to Lift Stay on COVID Vaccine Mandate or Allow Mask Rule
- Guy Carpenter and Marsh to Combine South Africa Facultative Reinsurance Businesses
- Reliance Expands Auto Quote Platform to Tennessee
- Guyana Weighs Raising Requirements for Insurance Cover for Oil Spills: Official
- Indiana Push for Marijuana Legalization Faces GOP Opposition
- Warrants Issued for Woman After False Claims Filed in Georgia
- Uber UK Accused of Undermining Court Ruling on Worker Rights
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Real Estate Insurance Solutions in Utah
- Renominated Federal Reserve Chair Powell Committed to Addressing Climate Risk
- People Moves: New Hires at Risk Strategies, NFP, Ames & Gough
- U.S. Climate Pledge to Be Tested in Senate
- Police Arrest Suspect in Shootings at Three Baltimore County Buildings
- Generali in Preliminary Talks to Buy Credit Agricole Subsidiary La Medicale
- Trial of Ex-Teacher in Massachusetts Charged with Assault on Student to Start
- Brokers Report Cyber Insurers Requiring Security Steps Along With Higher Premiums
- Talcum Cancer Victims Rebuff J&J’s Push for Settlement Talks
- Australia’s Weather Bureau Declares La Niña for 2nd Consecutive Year
- Des Moines, Iowa Officials to Investigate Pungent Odor from Pork Plants
- Generali Investor De Agostini to Sell Stake, But Will Vote at AGM
- Louisiana’s Entergy Owes up to $4.4 Billion for Ida Storm Restoration
- Alabama Agents Vow to Fight Tax Breaks That Mostly Benefit Two Carriers
- Alera Group Acquires Schwartz Insurance Agency in Arizona
- DoorDash Paying $5M in San Francisco Worker Misclassification Probe
- Southwest Airlines Worker Fatally Shot at El Paso Airport Parking Lot
- ALKEME Acquires H&S Insurance Services in California
- Homeowners of America Introduces Services in Oregon
- Alera Acquires Michigan’s Becker Insurance Agency
- If a Tree Falls on a Porta-Potty, Injury Not Compensable, Tennessee High Court Finds
- GoDaddy Says Security Incident Exposed Data of 1.2M WordPress Users
- Louisiana Department of Insurance Creates Ida Relief Resource Center
- Wisconsin Medical Payments per Workers’ Comp Claim Among Highest in Study
- Deadline Nears for FEMA Aid for Hurricane Ida
- Resilience Cyber Closes $80M Funding Round to Further Expand Into Middle Market
- Colorado Suburb Paying $15M to Settle Elijah Mcclain Suit
- K2 Launches Parametric MGA in California Headed by Carpinteri
- Insurtech Slide Closes $100M Fundraising Round
- New Jersey Man Indicted in Connection with Auto Insurance Fraud Scam
- Biden’s Proposed Inflation Cap on Drug Prices Includes Private Insurance Plans
- Crash Kills 2 Missouri Highway Workers
- Pennsylvania Lawmakers Try Anew to Toughen Penalty for Repeat DUI Drivers
- Habart Named Director of Tennessee’s Surging Captive Section
- Operator of Boat That Crashed in Massachusetts, Killing One, Pleads Not Guilty
- Amazon and Its Algorithms Blamed for Crashes by Delivery Drivers
- Apollo’s Syndicate 1971 to Open for Trading in 2022
- Climate Change Could Fuel Atmospheric Rivers, Which Caused Recent Canada Floods
- Fertilizer-Maker Yara to Debut World’s 1st Autonomous Electric Container Ship
- Wind Turbine Maker Vestas’ Shares Drop as Cyber Attack Risks Output Delays
- Texas High School Band Bus Crash Kills 3
- UK Competition Regulator Ends Probe Into Gallagher’s Planned Purchase of Willis Re
- Report: Texas Still at Risk of Winter Power Failures
- Independent Agents Can Access Tech Training, Tools with Catalyit
- Insureds May be Cooling to Digital Claims Experience
- California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to offer More Commercial Coverage
- AM Best: Credit Ratings of Golden Bear in California Under Review with Negative Implications
- Down Then Up: Florida Litigated Claims Climbed a Bit in October
- Alabama DOI to Hold Hearing on Merger of ProAssurance and Noetic
- Kentucky Contractors’ Self-Insurers’ Fund Returns $27M Dividend
- People Moves: Hiscox Hires Starr’s Buchanan as Casualty Dir.; Sharpe, Griffiths to Inver Re’s Exec Team; Plumptre, Fox Join Blenheim Underwriting’s Political Risk Team
- Florida Supreme Court Suspends Witness-Coaching Attorney for 91 Days
- $5M Settlement in Arizona Suit over Man’s Death During Arrest
- Texas Crane Company to Pay $24,000 to Worker Who Refused to Violate Law
- Son of Black Man Killed by California Police Settles Lawsuit for $1.3M
- Lawsuit Says Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire in New Mexico Movie Set Shooting
- California Couple’s $86M Award in Monsanto Pesticide Case Stands
- Brit Completes $380M Loss Portfolio Transfer With Legacy Specialist RiverStone
- Live Nation, Apple, Travis Scott Face $2 Billion Suit Over Astroworld Crush
- Damp Jersey Shore Town Ponders a Fix for ‘Sunny Day’ Floods
- Women Sue Yale Over Fentanyl Switch-Up at Fertility Clinic
- Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Judith M. Flynn Agency
- Swiss Re and China Tech Giant Baidu Partner to Advance Autonomous Driving Industry
- State Farm and Generali Join Investors in Computer Vision Startup Nexar
- New U.S. Rule Requires Banks to Promptly Report Cyber Incidents
- Australia’s Corporate Regulator Sues MLC Life for Causing Financial Harm of $13M
- Canada Insurer Definity Surges on Market Debut After $1.6B IPO Backed by Swiss Re
- Insurers Cut Their Appetite for Cyber Cover as Ransomware Losses Mount
- Victims of Indianapolis FedEx Shooting Seeking $2.1 Million From City
- Russia Missile Test Creates New Belt of Space Junk, Escalating Threat to Satellites
- BRP Group to Acquire Missouri’s Brush Creek Partners
- Staying Focused on Surplus Lines: Amwins’ President Drinkwater
- Insuring Cannabis Summit: Brokers Advise on EPLI, Exclusions, Lounges, Labs
- NAIC Report Outlines Ways to Address Climate-Related Risks
- Proposed Ohio Law Would Expand Medical Marijuana Capacity
- Vertafore Acquires Ohio-Based Insurtech AgencyZoom
- Federal Juries Give Different Verdicts in Massive 3M Earplug Litigation
- Louisiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Insurance Companies
- Zurich North America Doubles Down on Apprenticeship Program
- Willis Appoints 4 Directors, Including Former Lloyd’s CEO Beale, After Activist Pressure
- People Moves: Changes at the Top at Marsh McLennan, Marsh and Guy Carpenter
- Michigan Man Pleads Guilty in $1.6 Million Unemployment Insurance Scam
- People Moves: SiriusPoint Appoints Bernina Re’s Kull as CRO; Hiscox Names Breeze Interim CFO; Tysers’ Simpson Leads BMS’ Terrorism, Political Violence Team
- Kansas School District to Pay $295,000 to Family of Girl Stalked by Teacher
- 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southeast Missouri
- Where Insurance Prices Will Moderate in 2022. And Where They Probably Won’t.
- Hair Affair: Carolina Man Claiming Hair in Burger Charged with Insurance Fraud
- Transgender Woman Sues in California After Cell Beating
- Boston Police Detective Who Alleged Sex Discrimination Awarded $2M
- New York Man Charged with Murdering Woman in Murder-for-Hire Scheme
- People Moves: Accelerant Taps Data Scientist
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Massachusetts’ Pope Insurance Agency
- Risk Strategies Acquires Connecticut’s TriPoint Insurance
- Jury Acquits 4 Coal Officials in Dust Collection Tampering Trial
- North Carolina Attorney General Sues E-Cig Makers
- Insurer Sues Florida Mom of Boys Killed by Husband
- China’s Ant Group Reports 39% Rise in Profits on Investment Gains
- Finance System Is Getting More Dangerous, Not Safer: Allianz CEO
- ‘Extraordinary’ Storms Cut Off Road, Rail Access to Vancouver
- Oklahoma Attorney General Joins Suit Over Health Vaccine Mandate
- India’s Paytm Tumbles in Market Debut, as Investors Question Lack of Profits
- Update: Zurich Insurance Will No Longer Underwrite New Oil Exploration Projects
- P/C Insurer Definity Raises $1.1B in Largest Canadian IPO of 2021
- Former Montana Women’s Basketball Coach Sues for Discrimination
- Aspen Institute Report Calls for Regulation, Local Media to Fight Internet Misinformation
- People Moves: Alliant Names Johnson Managing Director in Oregon; XPT Adds Mansfield in Washington
- P/C Insurers’ Increased Reliance on Reinsurance Portends Premium Hikes
- Archdiocese of New Orleans to Pay More Than $1 Million Over Katrina False Claims
- Idaho Lawmakers Advancing Vaccine Workers’ Comp Legislation
- Cyclist Paralyzed in Crash to Get $24M Payout from California City
- Florida Legislature Passes Anti-Vaccine Bills
- West Virginia High Court Slams St. Paul Fire, Blocks California Suit
- LPGA’s Hannah Green Wins Aon Risk Challenge Prize of $1 Million
- Uninsured Premises Exclusion Bars Coverage in Home Misrepresentation Suit
- Insurance Technology: LineSlip Aids Property Underwriting; Bold Penguin Adds 2 Products:, Cowbell Assesses AWS
- Carolina Public Adjuster, a Candidate for Congress, Accused of Mishandling Payments
- Houston Officials Choose Internal Review of Astroworld Festival Crush
- Cleveland Guardians Settle Lawsuit with Roller Derby Team
- Judge Rules Kobe’s Widow Must Turn over Therapy Records in California Lawsuit
- Adjacent Condo Construction Triggered Surfside Collapse, Lawsuit Charges
- USI Opening San Diego Office to Expand Southern California Presence
- Eight Dead from COVID, 89 Infected at Connecticut Nursing Home
- Massachusetts Gig Worker Ballot Measure Backers Submit Signatures
- BKS Partners Enters Agreement to Acquire Construction Risk Partners
- Demex and Vave Offer Parametric Extreme Temperature Insurance for U.S. Businesses
- Tesla Seeks Retrial, Cut in ‘Staggering’ $137M Award in Racial Bias Workplace Case
- Rise in Insurance Demand Likely to Break Premium Records in 2022: Swiss Re
- Allianz Becomes First Wholly Foreign-Owned Life Insurer in China
- FAA in Talks With Telecoms Over Aviation Safety Concerns of 5G Wireless
- 6th Circuit to Hear Consolidated Lawsuits Challenging Biden Workplace Vaccine Rule
- Supreme Court Rejects VW Bid to Halt State, Local Emissions Scandal Suits
- Lexington’s Levinson on Why E&S Is More Relevant Now Than Ever
- South Africa Sued Over Plans to Construct New Coal-Fired Power Plants
- ‘Storm of Century’ Halts Traffic at Canada’s Biggest Port, Adding to Supply Chain Woes
- People Moves: Sompo Names QBE’s Reid Head of Casualty Int’l; AXA XL Promotes Shing to Lead U/W Mgmt, UK & Lloyd’s; Jensten’s Siggery to Oneglobal for Risk & Compliance
- Smithfield to Pay $13,494 Over Coronavirus Hazards at South Dakota Facility
- Austin-Based Landlord Insurer Steadily Raises $31 Million
- Willis Towers Watson to Acquire Israeli Broker Leaderim
- India Shuts 5 Coal-Fired Power Plants to Combat Air Pollution in New Delhi
- Settlement Bans Coal Storage in California City by 2027
- California Officials Promising Improved Response After Oil Spill
- Cargo Theft Cases Down in Q3 Compared to Highs of 2020: CargoNet
- SoftBank-Backed Fintech Raises $761M in India IPO. Now Comes the Hard Part.
- Jury Awards $42 million to South Dakota Woman Injured at Work
- Infrastructure Package Could Deliver Louisiana Billions in Repairs, Coastal Storm Risk Management
- Man Charged With Arson in Austin Synagogue Fire
- Michigan Governor: Drivers to See More Savings Under Auto Insurance Reform Law
- Georgia Man Wanted for Submitting Fake Police Report on Insurance Claim
- Brown & Brown Acquires Another Agency in Florida
- People Moves: Barner, Johnson to Builders
- Working From Home Could Hurt Women’s Careers: Bank of England’s Mann
- 9-Year-Old Boy Dies From Astroworld Festival Crush
- SullivanCurtisMonroe Acquires Stan Burns in California
- Former Coach, ESPN Commentator Gruden Sues NFL Over Leak of Emails
- Want Wearable Tech With That Workers’ Comp Policy? Kinetic Teams With Nationwide.
- Canadian Storms Force Shut-Down of Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline
- People Moves: New Hires at XPT, InsurBanc, Distinguished Programs
- Swiss Re CEO Mumenthaler Appointed Chairman of Geneva Association
- Liberty University Responds to Ex-Spokesman’s Suit, Seeks Gag Order
- Rochester Mayor Declares Emergency Amid Gun Violence Spike
- Rare November Tornadoes Hit Connecticut, Rhode Island
- People Moves: WTW Names Aon’s Wegbrans as Head of Broking; EmergIn Risk Hires Occam’s Paraskeva; Aon’s Norris to Gallagher Re as Cyber ILS Broker
- Shipowners Make Payments to Free Vessels Detained by Indonesian Navy: Sources
- Markel Corp. Puts Retrocessional ILS Fund Manager Into Run-Off
- 7.7% Workers’ Comp Decrease Recommended in Missouri
- New History Project Documents New Orleans Mid-Century Black Insurance Companies
- Hedge Funds Turn Lawsuit Bets Into a $39 Billion Industry
- Pharmacies Defend Actions as Ohio Opioid Trial Nears Its End
- Washington State Blames Drug Distributors in $95 Billion Opioid Trial
- Will Forever Chemicals, PFAS, Lead to Never-Ending Lawsuits?
- 9/11 Victim Fund Director Feinberg to Help Mediate in Talcum Fight
- People Moves: Topa in California Names Lay Director of Programs; Newfront Adds Pierce
- Samsung Fire & Marine to Underwrite Canopius U.S. Admitted Specialty Lines
- Louisiana’s Citizens Increasing Commercial Coverage Limits
- Dixen Forms MGA Focused on Workers’ Comp
- Insurance Technology: Agents and Multi-Factor Authentication; TA Invests in Insurity Again; GCube Touts AI in Renewable Energy
- People Moves: Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Appoints 5 to Leadership Team
- GenX Chemical from Chemours Plant Not Found in Blood, But Other Compounds Present
- Florida OIR Approves 4.9% Comp Rate Cut; NCCI Drops Cat Fund Idea
- Insured Severe Weather Losses in U.S. Already Top $20B for 2021
- New York Issues Final Guidance to Insurers on Managing Risks of Climate Change
- U.S. Severe Weather Insured Losses Surpassed $20B After Rough October: Aon
- AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Selective Insurance Group, Subsidiaries
- Vermont Company to Pay $34M in Chemical Contamination Lawsuit
- Aston Lark Continues Buying Spree With Purchase of UK Broker Philip Williams & Co.
- Commercial Auto Insurers Improved Results in 2020: AM Best
- Auto Safety Regulators Looking into Complaint from Michigan Tesla Driver
- USI Acquires Washington-Based Griffin MacLean
- Alera Group Acquires California’s McSherry & Hudson Insurance Services
- CVS, Walgreens, Walmart to Make Closing Arguments in Ohio Opioid Trial
- Big Europe Reinsurers See Strong 9M Earnings Despite High Natural Disaster Losses
- COP26 Climate Agreement Targets Fossil Fuels as Key Driver of Global Warming
- Louisiana Apartment Complex Still Reeling From Laura Damaged by Tornado
- Insurers to Hike Private Market Investments; Environmental Focus Grows: BlackRock
- Berkshire Hathaway General Reinsurance Unit Launches Mideast Office in Dubai
- Paytm’s IPO Oversubscribed but Doesn’t See Blow-out Demand From Investors
- Louisiana Seeks Takeover of Pair of Regional Insurance Companies Facing Insolvency
- Insolvency Pool Can’t Yet Seek Reimbursement from Injured Worker
- Time Limit and Gap in Comp Benefits Not Unconstitutional, Florida Court Says
- From Baby Powder to Implants: J&J’s Biggest Legal Liabilities As It Prepares to Split
- Former Governor Focuses on Saving California Forests from Wildfires
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