U.S. Sees Mandate on Talking Vehicles Cutting Road Crashes, Deaths December 14, 2016 By Alan Levin and Todd Shields U.S. automobile regulators want passenger cars and light trucks to wirelessly stream data about their movements and monitor other vehicles...
Fate of Anthem-Cigna Merger Now in Judge’s Hands December 14, 2016 The first phase of the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit to halt Anthem Inc.’s planned takeover of rival insurer Cigna Corp....
State Marijuana Laws Are Changing But Employer Attitudes, Federal Law Aren’t December 14, 2016 By Bob Salsberg Changing marijuana laws aren’t necessarily making weed more welcome in the workplace. For now, many employers appear to be sticking...
Guy Carpenter Forms Global Strategic Advisory Unit with Bentley as President December 14, 2016 Guy Carpenter & Co. announced a newly created Global Strategic Advisory organization comprised of its Advisory, Analytics, Structured Risk, M&A...
Generali Names Sesana as Italy’s Country Manager; Ryan Named Group CIO December 14, 2016 Assicurazioni Generali’s board of directors has appointed Marco Sesana as country manager of Italy. He will also retain the position...
Reinsurance Prices May Be Bottoming but Outlook Remains Negative: A.M. Best December 14, 2016 The outlook for the reinsurance sector is being held at negative by A.M. Best, which cited continuing market challenges that...
South Carolina Environmental Groups Say Seawalls Harming Turtles December 14, 2016 South Carolina’s environmental protection agency is taking steps to ban experimental plastic seawalls once touted as a way to protect...
Alliant Adds LaBour to Florida Practice December 14, 2016 Property and casualty veteran Mark LaBour has joined Alliant’s growing Florida practice. As vice president within the company’s Alliant Americas...
Top Florida Stories of 2016: The End of Florida’s Hurricane Drought December 14, 2016 By Amy O'Connor In September, Hurricane Hermine broke Florida’s hurricane drought that had lasted since 2005. The category 1 storm hit the Florida...
California’s Surplus Export List Getting Interest Ahead of Upcoming Hearing December 13, 2016 By Don Jergler Ben McKay, executive director of the Surplus Lines Association of California, said his phone has been quite a bit busier...