National News for November 2021
- Where Employers Stand on Vaccines, ‘New Normal’ Workplace, Remote Work, Travel
- Zywave Acquires Insurance Distribution, Quoting Software Firm ClarionDoor
- 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
- How Common Are Ransomware Attacks? Lawmakers Want to Find Out.
- U.S. Unlikely to Impose Further Restrictions Due to Omicron COVID Variant, Says Fauci
- Allstate Inks $232M Deal to Sell Most of Campus in Illinois
- Collecting $26M Award From White Nationalists May Be Challenging
- Travelers Weigh Canceling, Delaying Trips as Countries Tighten Rules on Omicron Fears
- Memo Cites Lessons from Ransomware Payments by CNA, JBS and Colonial Pipeline
- Insurtech Startup Kettle Raises $25M to Expand Wildfire Reinsurance Protection
- Inflation, Loss Severity May Curb Nonstandard Auto Market’s Positive Momentum
- Two Experts Debunk Some of the Biggest Myths Around Cyber Insurance
- Wall Street Faces $22 Trillion Ticking Carbon Time Bomb
- Ohio Jury Finds Major Pharmacy Chains Fueled Opioid Crisis
- U.S. Gunmakers Claim Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Shows ‘Clash of National Values’
- JPMorgan Beats Insurers in Appeal Over $140M Bear Stearns Settlement
- U.S. Asks Appeals Court to Lift Stay on COVID Vaccine Mandate or Allow Mask Rule
- Renominated Federal Reserve Chair Powell Committed to Addressing Climate Risk
- U.S. Climate Pledge to Be Tested in Senate
- Brokers Report Cyber Insurers Requiring Security Steps Along With Higher Premiums
- Talcum Cancer Victims Rebuff J&J’s Push for Settlement Talks
- GoDaddy Says Security Incident Exposed Data of 1.2M WordPress Users
- Resilience Cyber Closes $80M Funding Round to Further Expand Into Middle Market
- Biden’s Proposed Inflation Cap on Drug Prices Includes Private Insurance Plans
- Amazon and Its Algorithms Blamed for Crashes by Delivery Drivers
- Insureds May be Cooling to Digital Claims Experience
- State Farm and Generali Join Investors in Computer Vision Startup Nexar
- New U.S. Rule Requires Banks to Promptly Report Cyber Incidents
- Insurers Cut Their Appetite for Cyber Cover as Ransomware Losses Mount
- 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
- Zurich North America Doubles Down on Apprenticeship Program
- People Moves: Changes at the Top at Marsh McLennan, Marsh and Guy Carpenter
- Where Insurance Prices Will Moderate in 2022. And Where They Probably Won’t.
- Aspen Institute Report Calls for Regulation, Local Media to Fight Internet Misinformation
- P/C Insurers’ Increased Reliance on Reinsurance Portends Premium Hikes
- Insurance Technology: LineSlip Aids Property Underwriting; Bold Penguin Adds 2 Products:, Cowbell Assesses AWS
- 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
- 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
- Cargo Theft Cases Down in Q3 Compared to Highs of 2020: CargoNet
- Former Coach, ESPN Commentator Gruden Sues NFL Over Leak of Emails
- Want Wearable Tech With That Workers’ Comp Policy? Kinetic Teams With Nationwide.
- Hedge Funds Turn Lawsuit Bets Into a $39 Billion Industry
- Will Forever Chemicals, PFAS, Lead to Never-Ending Lawsuits?
- 9/11 Victim Fund Director Feinberg to Help Mediate in Talcum Fight
- Samsung Fire & Marine to Underwrite Canopius U.S. Admitted Specialty Lines
- Insurance Technology: Agents and Multi-Factor Authentication; TA Invests in Insurity Again; GCube Touts AI in Renewable Energy
- Insured Severe Weather Losses in U.S. Already Top $20B for 2021
- Commercial Auto Insurers Improved Results in 2020: AM Best
- Insurers to Hike Private Market Investments; Environmental Focus Grows: BlackRock
- From Baby Powder to Implants: J&J’s Biggest Legal Liabilities As It Prepares to Split
- FDA Seeks More Tests of Foam Used in Philips Ventilators
- Federal Court Continues Stay on OSHA’s COVID Vaccine/Test Mandate on Businesses
- Airbnb Bets on Remote Work With New Tools Including Insurance
- Insurtech Funding on Track for New Record After Hitting $5.3B in Q3
- Insuring Cannabis Summit: Too Many Operators View Coverage as Compliance Check Box
- Boeing Reaches Compensation Terms With Victims of Ethiopian Airlines Crash
- Risky Business: Climate Change Turns Up Heat on Insurers, Policyholders
- Pork Plants Allowed to Operate Faster in Trial Program
- Westfield Insurance to Buy Argo’s U.S. Specialty Property Renewal Rights
- A Look at Military Veterans’ Earnings, Employment After Active-Duty Service
- Coalition Enters Executive Risk Insurance Market for Small Business
- P/C Insurers Turn In Solid First Half Performance
- Houston Concert Tragedy Follows Other Major Crowd Disasters Around the World
- Auto Safety Whistleblower Receives Maximum Award of $24 Million
- Ruling in Opioid Marketing Case a Setback for States Arguing Public Nuisance
- Lemonade to Acquire Auto Insurer Metromile in Merger of Insurtechs
- How J&J Shaped Report on Talc’s Links to Cancer
- Robinhood Reports Data Breach and Extortion Payment Demand
- Judge Upholds United Airlines’ COVID Vaccine Mandate for Employees
- Top 20 Cyber Insurers in U.S. Including Loss Ratios: NAIC
- EagleView and Verisk Agree to End Litigation; EagleView’s Patents Affirmed
- People Moves: Pancoast Moves to Ironshore E&S; PwC’s Coggins Leads Actuaries; McLean Joins Lockton from Willis
- Justice Department to Escalate Fight Against Cybercrime, Ransomware: Interview
- Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Losses Continued in Q3 on Catastrophes, Pandemic
- Boeing Directors Reach $237.5M Settlement of Shareholders’ 737 MAX Safety Lawsuit
- SolarWinds Investors Suit Alleges Board Knew About Cyber Risks
- Court Stays OSHA’s COVID Vaccine Mandate on Business With 100+ Employees
- AIG’s Strong Q3 ‘Validates Strategy,’ Says CEO Zaffino
- Boeing Shareholders Near Settlement Over 737 Safety Oversight: Reuters
- Why Millions Have Left Workforce During Pandemic
- Liberty Mutual Is Moving Its 2,200 Exclusive Agents to Its New Digital Agency
- Biden COVID-19 Vaccine Rules for Businesses Prompt Republican Backlash
- Reports from U.S.-based Group Will Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Terrorism
- Insuring Cannabis Summit: More Market Growth Through the Year and Beyond
- ‘American Way of Life’ at Risk From Cyber Attacks, Top U.S. Official Warns
- OSHA Unveils Details of Workplace Vaccine Mandate Rule with Deadline After Holidays
- FAA Refers 37 Fights on Flights to FBI as Cases Rise
- SEC Makes It Easier for Shareholders to Get Votes on Social Issue Proposals
- Insurance Regulators: Mitigation, Solvency Are Keys to Surviving Climate Change
- CNA Boosts Q3 Profit Despite Catastrophes; Sees ‘Favorable’ 2022 Ahead
- Insurtech Lemonade Enters ‘Green’ Auto Insurance Business
- Judge Dismisses Chemours Shareholder Suit Over DuPont Spinoff Liabilities
- Clock Is Ticking for Contractors and Workers Resisting Vaccine Mandates
- Facebook Says It’s Removing Facial Recognition System
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Transgender Rights Case
- Where U.S. Insurers Are in Integrating Environmental, Social, Governance Issues
- AIG Completes Sale of Stake in Life & Retirement Unit to Blackstone
- Judge Finds Drugmakers Not Liable in First Trial Win in Opioid Litigation
- Investor Research Firm ISS to Acquire Discovery Data
- FAA Raises Aviation Safety Concerns Over 5G Network Plan
- Searching for Realistic Ideas That Could Help Tame Big Tech
- Hylant, Obsidian Launch Program for Restaurant Delivery Drivers
- OSHA Seeks Input for Worker Safety Rule on Heat Hazards
- States Sue to End Biden COVID Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors
- J&J Spends $800M to Settle Most Risperdal Lawsuits
- Report Sounds Alarm Over Workers With Long-Term COVID-19 Symptoms
- Supreme Court to Weigh Curbing Federal Power to Limit Carbon Emissions
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