National News for May 2018
- Chubb Names Watson, Porter to Energy Practice Leadership Posts
- How Safe Must Driverless Vehicles Be to Be Accepted? Very Safe.
- Marijuana, Opioids Found in High Percentage of Drivers Killed in Car Crashes
- More U.S. Firms Follow Europeans in Valuing Apprenticeships to Attract Talent
- Rivals Uber, Waymo in Talks About Driverless Ride Hailing Partnership
- ABC Sued by Michael Jackson’s Estate for Music Copyright Infringement
- How to Succeed in Today’s Small Business Insurance Market
- How Airlines Handle Medical Emergencies While in Flight
- Hurricane Maria Death Toll Much Higher Than Official Count Said: Harvard Study
- OneBeacon Creates Modular Medical Technology Product for Life Sciences Risks
- Burand’s State of the P/C Insurance Industry 2018: Pricing Cycle Effects on Agents
- Class Action Alleges Facebook’s Ad Tools Discriminate Against Older Job Seekers
- FBI Urges Rebooting, Upgrading Office, Home Routers After Russian Hacking
- FEMA Reorganizing, Top Jobs Unfilled as Hurricane Season Gets Underway
- Beyond Wedding Cakes: LGBT Lawsuits Challenge Employee, Business, Religious Rights
- Tesla Settles Class Action Over ‘Inoperable’ Autopilot Features
- P/C Insurers Improved Results in Q1
- First Blockchain for Marine Insurance Now Running
- 3 Things Insurance Professionals Should Know in Honor of Wine Day
- J&J Baby Powder Verdict Reaches Almost $26 Million
- What NOAA Forecasts for 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season
- QBE Adds Inland Marine Property Coverage for Construction Risks
- United Airlines Settles with Passenger Over Death of Puppy
- Apple Awarded $540M in Big Patent Win Over Smartphone Rival Samsung
- Professor Says Window to Prevent Dangerous Impacts from Climate Change Closing Fast
- Insurtech Next Insurance Ditching Agency Model to Become a Carrier
- More Large Employers Add Financial Wellness Tools to Benefits Menu
- Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Expands Cargo Coverage
- Microsoft to Extend EU Data Privacy Rights Globally. Facebook, Google Not Quite.
- How Data Privacy Laws Could Hamper Insurance Underwriting
- J&J Loses Second Talcum Powder Trial
- Bond Insurer Assured Guaranty Sues Puerto Rico Again Over Turnaround Plan
- Insurers Welcome Global Regulation Provision in Banking Reform Bill
- What Banks Got, Did Not Get in Dodd Frank Rewrite Passed by Congress
- U.S. Safety Board Urges Seat Belts, Automatic Brakes on School Buses
- Consumer Groups Accuse Tesla of Deceptive Marketing of Autopilot
- Cybersecurity Professional Deploys Insurtech to Simplify Small Business Cyber Market
- New Marsh Coverage Protects Businesses From Pandemic Losses
- House Set to Vote on Dodd-Frank Rollback Today
- Supreme Court Pro-Arbitration Ruling a Big Win for Employers
- American Drivers Grow More Afraid of Driverless Vehicles: AAA
- Ascot US Acquires Inactive Greyhawk Insurance and Specialty
- Congress Considers Tightening Oversight of Foreign Investments
- Why Insurance Industry Should Embrace, Not Fear, Artificial Intelligence
- BP Fears Climate Change Lawsuits in U.S.
- Icahn Sues AmTrust Directors, Claims Privatization Plan Hurts Investors
- Supreme Court Backs Employers on Forced Arbitration, Limiting Employee Class Actions
- XL Catlin’s Benjamin to Head Zurich North America’s Management Solutions Group
- U.S. Cyber Market Grew 32% in 2017 But Most Small-Medium Firms Opted Out: A.M. Best
- Arca Capital Backs Icahn in Trying to Stop AmTrust Privatization Plan
- Lemonade Proposes Open Source Insurance Policy for All to Change, Adopt
- Big Batteries Could Pose Big Fire Risk for Cities
- Gun Lobby Seeks Lending Curbs on ‘Gun-Hating’ Banks
- House Rejects Farm Bill
- S&P Affirms Ratings for AIG with Negative Outlook
- EPA Wants to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Regulations
- Insurers Urge Focus on Safety and Data Sharing in Autonomous Vehicles
- Fitch Sees Small Profit But Still Negative on U.S. Commercial Lines Outlook
- After Tax Cuts, Insurers Shy Away from Muni-Bonds
- Investor Icahn Opposes AmTrust Plan to Go Private
- Age of Insurtechs Poses Unique Challenges for Surplus Lines Insurance Industry
- MGA Boost Provides Insurtechs with Insurer Access, Backend Operations
- Commercial Auto Insurers Catching Up with Telematics
- Lloyd’s CEO Beale Urges Regulators to ‘Keep Up’ with Insurers’ Technology
- Beware of Fake Tweets During Disasters
- The Road Ahead for Autonomous Cars and Auto Insurance
- SEC Public Company Actions, Settlements Continue to Decline
- Worldwide Facilities Creates National Workers’ Compensation Unit
- Reagan Survey Shows 5.6% Organic Growth by Agencies in Q1
- Top 10 Agribusiness Insurance Claims
- More States File Opioid Lawsuits Against Drug Firms
- Weather Analytics Expands with Acquisition of Software Firm Athenium
- Nations with National Regulatory Policies Outpacing U.S. on Driverless Cars
- XL Catlin Shares Executive Changes, Exits in Preparation for AXA Takeover
- Aon Retires Benfield, Risk Solutions Brands; Names Anderson, O’Connor as Co-Presidents
- Ironshore Names Dorneker President of IronHealth
- Judge Scolds Facebook for ‘Faulty Proposition’ Over Privacy Claims
- Uber Drops Arbitration, Confidentiality Requirements for Sexual Assault Claims
- Growing Gig Economy in Search of Health Insurance Options
- Republican Farm Bill Sows Bipartisan Discontent
- High-Flying Drone Business May Leave Smaller Firms, Pioneers Behind
- Puerto Rico Readies for Upcoming Hurricane Season with Lessons from Maria
- Number of Lawyers in U.S. Grew 15% in Past Decade
- Takata Air Bags Linked to 278 Injuries, 15 Deaths in U.S.
- Top 25 Workers’ Compensation Insurers
- Robots, Drones Changing How Oil Firms Handle Dangerous Offshore Work
- NRA Sues New York, Alleging First Amendment Violations in Insurance Crackdown
- XL Catlin, Nature Conservancy Eye Coastal Wetlands Investments for Storm Mitigation
- NFL Cheerleaders Could Test Joint Employer Liability Rule
- Password Stolen; Create a New One. What If Your Retina Scan or Fingerprint Is Stolen?
- JLT Specialty Names USI’s Bantz as Senior VP, Life Sciences and Manufacturing
- Top 10 Causes of Serious Workplace Injuries: Liberty Mutual Index
- How Insurer Execs, Workers View Artificial Intelligence and Future Work
- Allianz Expanding Climate Strategy, Doesn’t Want to Insure Coal Operations
- Lloyd’s Ends Ties with NRA Insurance Programs
- Aon’s April Catastrophe Report: Storms Deal Blow in U.S.; Floods Take 78 Lives in Africa
- White House Hosts Meeting on Future of Artificial Intelligence
- U.S. Cyber Market Is $2 Billion, Growing Fast, Profitable: Fitch
- U.S. Selects 10 Drone Test Projects
- AXA Raises $2.75 Billion in Year’s Biggest IPO
- AIG Shareholders Approve $43 Million Compensation for CEO Duperreault
- Drugs in Workforce at Highest in Decade But Opiates Decline: Quest Diagnostics
- Insurers See Some Obstacles to Expanding Use of Advanced Analytics
- Cyber Insurance Startup At-Bay Secures $13 Million in Funding
- Shareholders to Decide If AIG CEO Should be Paid $43 Million
- Uber Hires Ex-Regulator for Safety Advice; Website Says Software Flaw Caused Accident
- Chubb Names Williams Executive VP, Manufacturing Industry Practice Leader
- Nationwide Ventures Backs Drone Data Startup Betterview
- Court Approves Patriot National Bankruptcy, Reorganization
- Insurers Seeking Major Premium Hikes for Obamacare Plans in 2019
- Weinstein Sues Chubb Seeking Legal Defense Coverage in 11 Sex Harassment Suits
- The Safest and Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S.
- Activist Icahn Breaks Up with AIG, Sells Shares
- Buffett Says Healthcare Venture CEO Pick Coming Soon
- Marsh & McLennan Names Gustfason to New Chief Public Affairs Post
- Great American, Grundy Insurance to Offer Classic Car Restoration, Repair Program
- NRA Sues Insurance Broker Lockton Over ‘Carry Guard’
- Commercial Insurance Renewal Prices Rose in April Except for Workers’ Comp: IVANS
- XL Catlin’s Goldstein Joins Travelers as Investor Relations Senior VP
- Auto Insurers Turn to Improving Digital Experience as Competition Intensifies
- Buffett Not Eager for Berkshire to Be Cyber Insurance Leader
- Wells Fargo to Pay $480M to Settle Investors’ Suit Over Fake Accounts
- Berkshire Hathaway Reports Q1 ‘Accounting’ Loss But Insurance Profit
- American Family, Main Street America Reveal Plan to Merge
- Drugmakers Balk at Funding Opioid Epidemic Fix; Counting on Court Wins
- New Accounting Rule Could Serve Up Surprises at Buffet’s Berkshire Annual Meet
- AIG CEO Vows to Improve Bottom Line by Year End
- With Flood Risk Rising, Coastal Real Estate Looks a Lot Like a Junk Bond: Viewpoint
- Southwest Air Jet Engine That Failed Was Inspected 7 Times
- Insurer Sees Growth in Insurance Market for Telemedicine Providers
- FM Global’s Chief Operating Officer Hall to Retire; 2 Leadership Appointments Announced
- State Auto Venture Fund Backs 3-D Media Startup
- Cat Losses Cut Into AIG Q1 Profit
- Lawsuits Seek to Hold Opioid Makers Responsible for Insurance Premium Hikes
- New York Fines Lockton Over NRA Insurance; Continues Probe of Other Players
- U.S. Safety Chief Contradicts Tesla Safety Claims on Autopilot
- AAIS Files Cannabis Businessowners Insurance Policy in California
- SoftBank Talks Over Buying Stake in Swiss Re Stalled: Bloomberg
- Drive to Autonomous Vehicles Slows After Series of Accidents
- The Hartford Reports Big Profit Gain in Q1; Record New Commercial Business
- Amazon, Lowe’s, Tesla Make ‘Dirty Dozen’ Unsafe Workplace List
- Insurtechs Haven’t Yet Made Impression on Public
- Dedicated DocuSign Investor Turned $18 Million Into $700 Million in 12 Years
- Purviance Takes Helm from DeCarlo at AmWINS; Other Management Changes Take Effect
- U.S. Transportation Agency Sets Process for Approval of Drone Taxis
- Beazley, Lloyd’s Broker, Bitfury Creating Blockchain Registry for Crisis Coverages
- Supreme Court to Consider Google Privacy Payments to Third Parties
- Crop Insurer NAU Country Insurance Enhances Crop Management Platform
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