National News for September 2021
- Approval of Funding Until Dec. 3 Averts Government Shutdown, Renews Flood Program
- Workers’ Compensation Underwriting Results Again Beat Other Lines in 2020
- People Moves: Marsh’s Bauer to bolttec; Chubb’s Bryant to Resilience; Hartford’s Cromly to Insureon; Disney’s Singer to Acrisure
- Construction Fintech Built Nabs $1.5B Valuation; Growth Plans Include Insurance
- Boy Scouts Preparing for Abuse Victims’ Vote on $1.6 Billion Compensation Fund
- Amazon Reaches Private Settlement With Workers Who Criticized Warehouse Conditions
- Citigroup Asks Appeals Court to Let It Recoup $504M Lost in Revlon Loan Pre-Pay Error
- Flood Insurance Program Expires Tomorrow Unless Congress Acts
- Flow Insurance, Chaucer Group to Offer Residential Flood Insurance
- ‘Once Traffic Goes Away, People Speed.’ Study Analyzes Pandemic’s Fatal Crashes.
- Why This Is Not a ‘Standard’ Hard Market and Other Views on Today’s Insurance Market
- 3 Largest Opioid Distributors to Pay Native American Tribe $75M to Settle Claims
- Workers’ Comp Pays More Than Group Health to Treat Similar Injuries: NCCI Study
- Cyber Insurance and Security MGA Coalition Raises $205M
- Religious Partners Fear Boy Scouts’ Bankruptcy Plan Leaves Them Unprotected
- Omaha National Raises $45M, Will Transition to Being Direct Workers’ Compensation Writer
- Annual Financial Crime Compliance Costs Rise to $49.9B for Financial Institutions
- Colonial Surety Launches Cyber and Fiduciary Package for Retirement Planning
- Shell Plans Mid-October Post-Hurricane Restart for Louisiana Refinery
- States Struggle to Recruit and Retain Cyber-Security Pros
- EPA Urged by 21 States to Toughen Vehicle Emissions Rules
- Biden to Restore Legal Foundation for Limits on Mercury Pollution, Discarded by Trump
- People Moves: Zurich’s Charles to SiriusPoint as Head of Americas P/C Insurance; Amwins Promotes Bernacki to New Role of Chief Underwriting Officer
- Millions Risk Losing Homeowners Insurance in Fire-Ravaged California
- Lawsuit Accuses United Airlines of Refusing Employee Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate
- AXA XL Launches Benchmarking Service for Subcontractor Default Risks
- MGU SageSure Secures $125M in Bank Financing to Support Continued Growth Plans
- Middle Market Firms Miss Out on Agents as Risk Management Resource: Survey
- Biden Cybersecurity Officials Support Breach Incident Reporting Mandate
- $480M Gift From Insurance Leader Ryan, Wife Is Northwestern University’s Largest Ever
- Q&A: New Director Criswell Prepares FEMA for a Hot, Chaotic Future
- JPMorgan to Pay $15.7M to Settle Spoofing Class Action
- Biden Multi-Agency Plan Seeks to Address Extreme Heat Stress
- U.S. Road Travel Up 11.5% in July
- U.S. Insurance Regulator Hosting Another Climate Summit
- Private Flood Insurance Market Small But May Grow With New NFIP Rating: AM Best
- Insurance M&A Activity Slowed in P/C Sector in First Half of 2021
- Just Insure Raises $8M to Grow Pay-Per-Mile Auto Insurance Platform
- Robots Take Over More Jobs Where Humans Are Aging
- Key Hearing on Fate of Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Underway
- Religious Exemptions Grow as COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Rise
- Otso, Assurely, Accelerant Partner to Offer Insurance for Lease Security
- Broker/Fintech Provider Acrisure Buys New York-Based Tempo Title
- In Changing Housing Market, Home Insurers Struggle with Customer Loyalty: Study
- Honeywell and Asbestos Trust Countersue Over Disputed Claims of $2.3 Billion
- Karen Clark & Co. Releases Version 1.0 of U.S. Wildfire Model
- Biden Administration Targets Crypto Pipelines in Fight Against Ransomware Attacks
- Here’s Why Auto Safety Investigators Are Still Probing Takata Air Bag Inflators
- Damage from Hurricane Ida to Cut Shell Oil Production Until Early Next Year
- RIMS Adopts Full Vaccination Requirement for In-Person Events
- National Transportation Safety Board Probes Deadly Tesla Crash in Florida
- Union Sues to Overturn Trump-Era Rule that Narrowed Definition of ‘Joint Employer’
- SEC Must Increase Cryptocurrency Oversight, Investor Advocates Say
- Russia-Linked Ransomware Group Hits Iowa Grain Cooperative, Violating Biden Warning
- Stanford Ponzi Scheme Recovery Tops $1 Billion With Help From Insurers
- ‘Build Back Better’ Plan Aims to Expand, Better Direct Health Care Investment
- Twitter Agrees to Pay $810M to Settle Shareholder Lawsuit Over Growth Prospects
- People Moves: AXA XL Names Clark as Marine Liabilities Global Practice Leader; Hamilton Hires Ironshore’s Marzec as Head of Management Liability for E&S
- Cover Whale Partners With E&S Insurer Everspan to Offer Commercial Trucking
- Ford, Walmart and Self-Driving Startup Argo AI to Launch Autonomous Vehicle Delivery
- Insurtech Foxquilt Raises $8M to Expand Small Business Offering in U.S. and Canada
- ‘Cyber Bullets’ Are Part of War on Hacks, Says U.S. Cyber Director
- Great American Introduces Home-Based Business Coverage
- People Moves: Wuller Promoted to CEO of RSG Underwriting Managers, Replacing Clark
- Benefits Firm Unum to Offer Digital Vaccination Verification Tool
- Financial Services Firms Beware, Outsiders Are Cracking the Code
- Demand Outpacing Supply in One of Best E&S Markets in 50 Years, Industry Veteran Says
- U.S. Surplus Lines Industry Grew Premium 17.5% in 2020
- Moody’s Closes on Acquisition of Risk Modeler RMS for $2 Billion
- E&S Insurer Ategrity Raises $75M, Plans Further Expansion
- What One State’s Tough Stand Against Biometrics Says About Digital Privacy
- States Curtail Public Health Powers for This Pandemic and Future Diseases
- Judge Likely to Rule for Boy Scouts in Trademark Case With Girl Scouts
- Insurance, Housing Groups Urge Renewal of Flood Program That Expires Sept. 30
- Nominations for ‘Best Agencies to Work For’ Award Closes Tomorrow
- P/C Mutual Insurers Continued to Grow Premiums in 2020 Despite Givebacks
- SEC to Focus on Companies Instead of Investment Firms in Climate Disclosure
- Rarely-Used Emergency Workplace Rule Is Key to Biden Vaccine Plan
- The Hartford Agrees to Pay $787M to Settle Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Claims
- People Moves: Lockton’s Reese Joins Cowbell Cyber; Optio Expands Political Violence Unit with Kirby; AXIS Names 3 to U.S. Renewables
- Most Commercial Lines Continuing to Win Healthy Price Increases
- How Biden Vaccine Mandate Will Test OSHA
- Judge Approves Purdue Pharma’s $7M Executive Bonus Plan
- Genworth Targets $3B Valuation in Mortgage Insurance Unit’s IPO
- What Smart People Get Wrong About Climate Change Extremes: Opinion
- Republicans Blast Biden Vaccine Mandates While Businesses Look to Implementation
- Biden’s Vaccine Plan Puts OSHA in Spotlight; Expected to Trigger Legal Challenges
- AIR Says Hurricane Ida Insurance Losses Could Reach $30 Billion
- U.S. Hurricane Ida, Haiti Quake, Multiple Major Wildfires Among August’s Disasters: Aon
- Wells Fargo Fined $250M for ‘Unacceptable’ Failure to Honor 2018 Consent Order
- 9/11 Remembered: 20 Years Later, the Pain Still Lingers
- Voices of 9/11 Survivors 20 Years After the Tragedy: ‘It Never Goes Away’
- Offshore Energy Firms Warned of Insurance Limits for Ida Losses
- Biden Calls for COVID Vaccine Mandate or Test for Two-Thirds of U.S. Workers
- Zurich and Swiss Re Leaning Even Greener, While Gen Zers Covet Climate Jobs
- Teen Drivers Might Benefit Most From Assisted Driving Technology: IIHS
- Biden Administration Unveils Steps to Lower Drug Prices
- Cognizant Expects Insurers to Cover Bulk of $95M Settlement with Shareholders
- 17 of 32 NFL Teams Have Vaccinated 95% of Players as Season Begins
- Beyond the Headlines: Workplace Violence and Workers Compensation Claims
- People Moves: AIG CEO Zaffino Adds Chairman Role; C&F Names Sussman President of Credit; CRC’s Dadi Joins AXIS
- Employers Watching Cases of Colleges, Teachers with Disabilities Over Remote Work
- Users Want Self-Driving Vehicles That Drive Like They Do, Sort of
- Commercial Auto Insurance Profitability Still Way Down the Road: S&P
- Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers CEO Clark Departs for Personal Reasons
- INSIGHT: How Big Tech Ethics Panels Are Putting Brakes on AI
- Judge Rules Boeing Directors Must Face Shareholder Claims Over 737 MAX
- Despite Police Officer, Firefighter Deaths, Some Still Resist COVID Vaccines
- Weather Catastrophes Growing in Numbers and Damages But Taking Fewer Lives
- Obstacles to Wider Acceptance of Usage-Based Auto Insurance Remain
- In COVID Automation Boom, Robots and Apps Find Work at Services Firms
- Kraft Heinz, 2 Execs to Pay $62M to Settle Charges of False Accounting
- Large Insurers Embrace Digital Exchanges, Selling Their Own and Other Policies
- Drug Distributors Signal $26B Opioid Settlement with States to Proceed
- AM Best Assigns ‘Excellent’ Ratings to Insurtech Next Insurance
- Review: In Netflix Drama ‘Worth,’ Feinberg Grapples With Personal Losses of 9/11
- What’s an Employer to Do If Workers Avoid COVID Vaccine?
- Biden Administration Seeks Views on Climate Risks in Insurance, Financial Markets
- Judge Says Apple Must Face Siri Privacy Lawsuit
- AIR Worldwide Estimates Insured Losses for Hurricane Ida Could Be Up to $25 Billion
- Amazon’s Solution to Delivery Driver Shortage: Recruit Pot Smokers
- Traffic Deaths Up 10.5% in First Three Months of 2021
- Newly-Public Ryan Specialty Group Reports Strong Q2 Results
- SEC Sues Founder of Closed BitConnect Exchange Alleging $2B Fraud Scheme
- Ida’s Inland Path May Reveal Hidden Risk, Test Mapping Methods of Hurricane Floods
- Safety Regulator Reports 12th Tesla Autopilot Car Crash Involving Emergency Vehicle
- Judge Will Approve Purdue Bankruptcy Plan, Freeing Sacklers From Future Liability Suits
- Society of Actuaries Launches Research Arm
- States’ Contact Tracing Struggling to Keep Up With Latest Surge in COVID Cases
- Pushing Boundaries: Are NFTs the Next Frontier for the Fine Art Market?
- Insurers Pull Back as Risks of Satellite and Space Debris Collisions Surge
- Wells Fargo Could Face New Regulatory Sanctions Over Pace of Restitution
- VW Asks Supreme Court to Reverse State Court Diesel Emissions Ruling
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