National News for May 2020
- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Launches Parametric Product for Hail-Prone States
- Insurance Survey Asks: How Is Pandemic Affecting Your Life, Your Work, Your Industry?
- U.S. Court Says State Courts Are Proper Forum for Climate Suits Against Big Oil
- Farm Workers Getting Sick, Spreading Coronavirus As Peak Produce Season Begins
- U.S. Warns Partners, Industrial Firms About Russian Hacking Operation
- Federal Reserve Finds Businesses Not So Optimistic About Economy
- Trump Plans Legislation Targeting Social Media Immunity
- AAIS, Berkley Re Solutions Launch Cyber Protection Product for Families
- Workers’ Compensation Insurtech Pie Raises $127 Million With Plan to Acquire Carriers
- Thieves Find Unattended Autos Easy Targets During Coronavirus Sheltering-at-Home
- Driving Hasn’t Found Its New Normal Yet: Opinion
- Trump Executive Order Aims to Shrink Liability Shield for Social Media Giants
- NY Stock Exchange Partially Reopens Trading Floor; Traders, Staff Sign Liability Waivers
- Top 100 Cities: 6 in 10 Homes in High-Risk Flood Zones Lack Flood Insurance
- Wells Media Names Huebner as Web Team Lead
- Join the Big Coronavirus Survey for the Entire Property/Casualty Insurance Industry
- Lawmaker Details Federal Reinsurance for Pandemic Business Interruption, Event Losses
- SEC Pursues Coronavirus Fraudsters With Help From Whistleblowers
- P/C Insurance Underwriting Profits Up 21% for Q1: AM Best Analysis
- Property Damage – Is It Because the Government Says It Is?
- Lockton Affinity to Offer Coverage for Architects, Engineers through GenStar
- Times Square to Go Dark to Shine Light on Fight Over Business Interruption Insurance
- Workers’ Lawsuit Against McDonald’s Seeks Safety Measures, Not Damages
- As Hurricane Season Starts, Coronavirus to Impact Disaster Preparedness
- Space Explorers Should Beware of Viruses From Outer Space: Opinion
- NFL Player Sues Airline, Says Attendants Failed to Stop Sexual Harassment by Passenger
- CFC Launches Standalone Licensing Agreement Liability Product for IP Risks
- What’s a Life Worth? America Weighs Costs, Benefits of Social Distancing
- Workers Worry Over Enforcement of Meatpacking Plant Safety Recommendations
- Not All Homes in Wildfire Zones Are Uninsurable. Here’s How Insurers Can Tell.
- Insurers, Agents Propose Pandemic Business Relief Plan; Plaintiffs Offer BIG Compromise
- Some of Hand Sanitizer Purell’s Claims Called Misleading, Draw Lawsuits
- SelectQuote Raises $350M in IPO; Shares Jump 40% in Market Debut
- Federal Coronavirus Business Interruption Suits Now Top 100; Many More Expected
- Report: Financial Community Sees Climate Risk as Improperly Priced
- Cyber Seller Coalition Counters Insurtech Funding Dip, Raises $90 Million for Expansion
- COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Proving Not Much of a Help Thus Far
- Safety Probe Cites ‘Poor Safety Culture’ for Fatal Air Ambulance Crash
- Woodruff Sawyer CEO Barrengos Named CEO, Chairman; Loar Now Chairman Emeritus
- Roads Are Emptier But Riskier During Coronavirus Quarantine. Fatality Rate Up 14%.
- States Sharing of COVID-19 Patients’ Data With First Responders Sparks Privacy Concern
- OSHA Vows More Work Safety Inspections for Coronavirus as Businesses Reopen
- Insurance Is Not A Company’s Primary Line of Defense in a Crisis
- Altamont Capital Deal to Acquire Topa Insurance Called Off
- Please Place Your Masks in Upright Position. Airlines Stress Safety to Lure Passengers.
- Chubb Names McLaughlin Chief Underwriter for North America Retail Commercial
- Chubb’s McNab Joins QBE North America as Chief Human Resources Officer
- U.S. to Mandate Safety Management for Aircraft Manufacturers
- Judge in Las Vegas Shooting Case Seeks State Ruling on Gun Makers’ Immunity
- McDonald’s Faces Class Action From Workers Over COVID-19 Safety
- Johnson & Johnson to No Longer Sell Talc-Based Baby Powder in U.S., Canada
- Work From Home Is Fine . . . For Now: Opinion
- Show Them the Money: Cyber Attackers Desire Financial Gain More Than Espionage
- P/C Insurers Back a Federal Pandemic Loss Fund But Not a Backstop Like TRIA
- How Coronavirus Has Affected Auto Insurance Shopping
- Aon Promotes Petrevski to Data, Analytic Services Leader
- Risk Managers Expect Prolonged Recession From COVID-19: World Economic Forum
- When Insurers Deny Claims, Brokers Are Next in Line for Allegations of Wrongdoing
- U.S. Employers Shying Away From Using Coronavirus ‘Immunity’ Tests in Reopening
- OSHA Releases First Coronavirus Guidance for Nursing Homes
- AM Best’s Stress Testing Indicates Most Insurers Can Withstand Pandemic Hit
- Insurance Comparison Website SelectQuote Hopes IPO Will Raise $342 Million
- The Facts About Supposed ‘Illegal Acts’ Exclusions
- Economy Will Need More Government Help to Recover, Says Fed Chair Powell
- Talc Miner Imerys to Forfeit North America Units to Settle 14,000 Cancer Lawsuits
- Citing 9/11 Victims Fund, Lawmakers Eye U.S. Compensation Pool For COVID-19 Workers
- U.S. Completes Overhaul of Biotech Farm Product Regulations
- Study Finds State, Local Measures Have Reduced Coronavirus Cases by 34 Million
- U.S. Issues Maritime Advisory on Sanctions for Ship Owners, Insurers
- Few Coronavirus Liability Lawsuits Have Been Filed Thus Far
- Business Interruption Claimants Like How Some Localities Worded Emergency Orders
- AIG Shareholders Approve Insurer’s Executive Compensation Plan
- Workers Protesting the Virus May Be Just the Start: Opinion
- Trump Administration Rule Changes Allow Trucker Work Day of 14 Hours
- Aon Forms Intellectual Property Liability MGA; Taps Lewis to Lead
- Here’s What Happened to Commercial Insurance Renewal Premiums in April
- SEC Accuses Two Companies of Making Misleading COVID-19 Claims
- Applied Underwriters’ Centauri Files $30M ‘Poaching’ Suit Against Wellington Insurance
- Lloyd’s Expects US$4.3B in COVID-19 Claims – On Par with Costs of 9/11 Terror Attacks
- Financial Trade Group, Stock Exchanges Resolve Broker Liability Database Dispute
- Fitch Sees Little Stress on Insurer Ratings From Pandemic. Thus Far.
- Coronavirus Health Effects Could Last for Years for Some Survivors
- WeWork Directors Move to Protect Right to Sue Owner SoftBank Over Nixed Tender Offer
- RBS Risk Manager Gets Day in U.S. Court Seeking Whistleblower Payout
- Trump Safety Regulator Blocks Washington State’s Crude Oil Train Rules
- Debate Over Business Liability in Pandemic Turns to OSHA Regulation, CDC Guidelines
- FCCI Insurance Terminates CEO Johnson Days After His Arrest
- Workers’ Comp May Need Backstop as Presumptions Push Claim Costs into Billions
- Why We Can’t Wait Until It’s Safe to Lift Lockdowns: Opinion
- Proxy Firms Offer ‘Cautionary Support’ for AIG Executive Pay Before Shareholder Vote
- Homeland Security Intelligence Officer Glawe Named CEO of Insurance Crime Bureau
- Small Businesses See Coronavirus Effect Lasting 12-16 Months
- REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT on Police Immunity: For Cops Who Kill, Special Supreme Court Protection
- Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Conservative Bias at Google Ends Quietly
- Willis Towers Watson Forms Risk Services Group for Distressed Organizations
- Axon Launches Cyber Insurance Program for SMEs
- U.S. Businesses, Patients Sue China Seeking Damages From Coronavirus Outbreak
- For Global Insurers, Pandemic Likely to Erase Profits Until 2021 Second Half: Fitch
- Companies Need Safety From Lawsuits If They Protect Workers: Opinion
- 70,000 Crew Members Remain Quarantined on Ships in U.S. Waters
- COVID-19 Hits Already-Troubled Nursing Home Insurance Market; Brokers Try to Help
- As Deaths Rise to 20,000, Nursing Homes Seek Immunity from Lawsuits
- Q1 Insurtech Fundraising Drops 54% on COVID-19 Disruption: Willis Towers Watson
- White House Quashes ‘Overly Specific’ CDC Guide for Reopening of Economy
- Trump Administration Revises Sexual Assault Response Rules for Schools
- April’s Killer Tornadoes Cost Insurers Billions in Claims: Aon Report
- NFL Kicks Off Plan to Reopen Team Facilities; MLS Soccer Allows Player Workouts
- Billions Will Experience ‘Sahara’ Like Heat in Next 50 Years, Report States
- Ben & Jerry’s Scoops a Win in ‘Happy Cows’ Lawsuit
- How Caterpillar, Deere Kept Equipment Making Plants Open During Coronavirus Outbreak
- U.S. Tells Auto Makers They Don’t Have to Recall 56 Million Takata Air Bag Inflators
- Progressive Q1 Results Reflect ‘Significant Impact’ from Coronavirus, Restrictions
- How to Manage Two Disasters at Same Time
- Willis Paints COVID-19 Insurance Loss Big Picture: It’s a Wash or Historic Catastrophe
- Buffett Says Berkshire Would Write Pandemic Insurance. That Is, If the Price Is Right.
- Opinion: What If Public Employees Could Sue Government Over Covid-19?
- Allstate Credits Risk Management During Q1; Eyes Second Coronavirus Driver Refund
- Meat Workers Taking Leave, Quitting as Plants Reopen Amid Coronavirus Scare
- Goodbye Open Plan Office? Hello 6-Feet Social Distancing Workspace?
- What to Expect in Workers’ Compensation Costs From COVID-19: NCCI
- Transparency Is Key for Insurance Agents Handling Coronavirus Claims
- Analysts Tally Workers’ Comp Cost of Exposure to COVID-19
- CNA Records Q1 Loss Tied to Market Volatility from Coronavirus
- Marsh & McLennan Revenue Grew 14% in Q1
- Back to Work: How Businesses Are Trying to Make Workers Feel Safe
- Drugmaker Questioned for Nearly Tripling Price of Potential COVID-19 Drug
- Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Micro-Captive Insurer Tax Case
- AIG Takes Hit from Coronavirus in Q1; Sees Industry’s ‘Biggest CAT Loss Ever’ Ahead
- Insurers’ Loss Estimates Linked to Coronavirus Range Widely: Analysis
- Neptune Doubles Lloyd’s Capacity to Expand Private, Commercial Flood Product
- Berkshire Discloses Q1 Insurance Results; Buffett Talks Coronavirus Impact
- Zurich North America Adds Chubb/ACE Veteran Wells as U.S. Head of Middle Market
- Senators Seek to Address Privacy Concerns Over Tech Firms’ Covid-19 Contact Tracing
- Paragon Completes Acquisition of Trident Public Risk Solutions from Argo
- Republicans Rally Around Call for Legal Immunity for Businesses When They Reopen
- Self-Driving Vehicles, Robots Showing What They Can Do in Contactless Deliveries
- The Hartford Reports Q1 Net Income Drop; Minor Coronavirus Impact Thus Far
- S&P Expects States to Lose Bids to Mandate Coronavirus Business Interruption Coverage
- Updated: Insurance Premium Discounts, Other Relief Offered During Coronavirus Crisis
- Virtual ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’ May Show How Buffett’s Handling Coronavirus
- Willis Towers Watson Extends Specialized Broking Program to Financial Institutions
- Non-Life Insurance Claims from Pandemic to Surpass 9/11 Claims: Willis Towers Watson
- CEO Musk Replaces Tesla’s D&O Policy with ‘Personal Coverage’
- States Under Pressure to Lift Coronavirus Restrictions as Unemployment Grows
- Trump Administration Defends Workplace Safety Record During Coronavirus Crisis
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