National News for August 2018
- 6 Small Businesses Share Disaster Recovery Stories
- Markel to Acquire Insurance-Linked Securities Manager Nephila
- A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of PURE Group
- SIAA Promotes Tombarelli and Holmes, Expands Their Roles
- Shareholder Suit Alleges Pizza Chain Papa John’s Hid Executives’ Misbehavior
- Foremost Auto Insurance Business Being Rebranded to Bristol West
- Justice Department Supports Case Alleging Harvard Bias in Admissions
- Calm August No Guarantee of Hurricane-Free September
- Court Asked to Force EPA Reversal of Monsanto Weedkiller Approval
- Marsh’s Parks Joins The Hartford’s Specialty Commercial Sales Unit
- Judge Says FEMA Can End Motel Payments for Hurricane Maria Evacuees
- QBE North America Names Kearns to New Distribution, Engagement Post
- TransRe Buys Certain Renewal Rights from Maiden Re; Talks to Sell Maiden Re Advance
- Ridesharing Workers of Gig Economy: What Census Numbers Show
- Nuclear Defense Facility Safety Board Raises Concerns Over Change in Policy
- Santander Bank Settles Auto Finance, Insurance Claims
- Some Question Independence of Proposed Catholic Laity-Led Sex Abuse Investigations
- Online Insurer CM Select Targets Small Churches, Religious Organizations
- Insurers Looking to Continue Hiring in Very Competitive Labor Market
- Deadline Next Week: Nominate Your Agency as a Best Agency Today!
- Agencies Focus on Growing Larger Accounts: Channel Harvest Survey
- Travelers’ Chapman to Lead IAT’s New Surety Unit After IFIC Acquisition
- Barnes & Noble Calls Fired CEO’s Defamation Claims ‘Lies and Mischaracterizations’
- Lighter, Lower Cost Smart Clothing Shows Potential in Injury Rehabilitation, Prevention
- P/C Insurance Industry Delivered Improved Results in First Half
- 1-in-5 Consumers Say They’d Use Amazon or Google for Home Insurance
- Lloyd’s Provides Insurance for Cryptocurrency Storage
- Goldman Sachs Wants Whistleblower’s Claims Sent to Arbitration
- Finding the Missing Pieces in the Condo Insurance Coverage Puzzle
- Country Financial CEO Bock Plans to Retire in January
- Ban on Publishing Blueprints for 3-D Guns Extended by Judge
- Startup’s Newest Employee Benefit, Stem Cell Storage, Could Last Forever
- Harvard Blasts Plaintiff in Seeking Dismissal of Admissions Discrimination Claim
- Argo Names Duncan to Lead U.S. Specialty Programs
- Allstate to Acquire Identity Theft Protection Firm InfoArmor
- Why Insurance Agencies at Crossroad Are Turning to Aggregators: Viewpoint
- Senate Republicans Prepare Pre-Existing Condition Bill in Case Obamacare Nixed
- Express Scripts, Cigna Shareholders Vote in Favor of $52 Billion Acquisition
- Alcohol in Any Amount Found Unsafe; Linked to 3 Million Deaths a Year: Global Study
- China’s Giant Ping An Insurance Sues U.S. Broker Over Use of Name
- U.S Traffic Fatalities Dip Slightly in First Half of 2018
- Big Insurers Still Taking a Pass on Marijuana Profits
- Bayer’s Monsanto Faces 8,000 U.S. Lawsuits on Glyphosate-Based Weedkillers
- Report Outlines Climate Change Risks Faced by Insurance Sector
- Startup Root Raises $100 Million, Prepares to Go National
- Investors Betting on Workplace Medical Clinics to Help Employers Contain Costs
- Distributors Who Didn’t Get Rich Sue Herbalife Over ‘Circle of Success’ Events
- Commercial Lines Premiums Up 2% in Q2: CIAB Survey
- Brand Name Drug Maker Not Liable for Injuries from Generic Version: Court
- Explaining Medical Errors Cut Liability Claims 66%: Georgia State Research
- Experian’s Hickman Joins Marsh as Global Head of Data Science Unit
- How, Why and Where Insurance Agencies Should Use Data Analytics
- Cincinnati Financial’s Scherer to Retire in Year; Company Announces Executive Changes
- The Hartford to Acquire Specialty Insurer Navigators in $2.1 Billion Deal
- Workers Win $1.9 Million Sexual Harassment Settlement with Uber
- Google Accused of Illegally Tracking, Violating Privacy of Smartphone Users
- 11 Ways to Balance Technology with Personal Touch to Engage Customers
- Repko Joins AIG as AIG Chief Information Officer, Replacing Gallo
- Lafreniere Joins Slice Labs as Chief Growth Officer to Work with Insurers
- Augmented Reality Property Claims Venture Raises $3.9 Million
- Republicans Move to Clarify Tax Provision on Sexual Harassment Claims
- Why Organizations Cover Up Sex Abuse Scandals
- Monsanto Has Another Legally Risky Chemical Product
- Jewelers Mutual Acquires Shipping Software Firm TransGuardian
- Trump Asks SEC to Study 6-Month Instead of Quarterly Corporate Filings
- Swiss Re’s DePiero Joins Sompo Pro’s U.S. Cyber Practice
- As Cyber Insurance Market Grows, Accumulation Risk Is Key Concern: Geneva Assn.
- Stanford Study Links Medical Errors to Physician Burnout
- Millennials in Insurance Talk Age and Tech Gaps, Insurance Being a ‘Well-Kept Secret’
- Court Says Trump Administration Must Implement Chemical Safety Rule
- AIR Worldwide Updates Wildfire Model with Event-Based Risk Management Approach
- President Trump Urges U.S. Suit Against Opioid Manufacturers
- Aon Names Wanat U.S. Commercial Lines Broking Chief
- Insurer Downgrades Jumped in 2018 But Were Still Outnumbered by Upgrades: A.M. Best
- Why Not Just Retrain Pedestrians to Make Self-Driving Vehicles Safer?
- States with Best, Worst Home Flood Damage Disclosure Laws
- Why Insurers Should Love, Not Fear, Amazon: Viewpoint
- New Specialty Offering from HUB Targets Cannabis Producers, Distributors, Retailers
- Banks on Alert After FBI Warning of Cyber Attacks on ATMs
- Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Decline to $20 Billion in H1: Swiss Re
- Allianz Global Corporate Adds Setzer, Johnson to Aviation Underwriting Team
- QBE North America Sells Its Personal Lines Business to Safeco
- Investor Sues AT&T Over Cryptocurrency Theft
- Famed Pebble Beach Classic Car Show Attracting New Models
- On the Side, Express Scripts Eyes Distributing High-Priced Specialty Drugs
- Zurich North America Names Cittadino as Leader in Programs Unit of Alternative Markets
- Young Insurance Agents Taking the Lead in Digital Marketing
- Monsanto’s ‘Junk Science’ Appeal of Roundup Verdict Faces Long Odds
- Tower Hill Specialty Expands Into 5 New States, Adds Carrier
- Exxon Loses Bid to Nix Investors’ Suit Over Climate Change Disclosure
- Extraordinary Re’s Extraordinary Idea for Trading Insurance Risks Like Stocks
- Build vs. Buy an Agency: Organic Growth in Rising Interest Rate Environment
- Icahn Halts Bid to Block Cigna’s Takeover of Express Scripts
- Tesla CEO Musk Just Made It Easier for Shareholders to Sue: Viewpoint
- XL Catlin Expands M&A Underwriting Team with Khalidi and Jensen
- Workers’ Compensation Insurers Face Rise in Motor Vehicle Accidents
- How Agent and Carrier Relationships Are Changing in a Customer-Centric World
- Another Use for Drones: Investigating Car Wrecks
- Marsh’s Bogan Joins JLT Specialty’s Life Sciences Team
- AmWINS Targets Marine Insurance with Creation of 2 Specialty MGAs
- U.S. on Lookout for Possible Iranian Cyber Attacks After Reinstatement of Sanctions
- 3 Steps to Help Close Workers’ Compensation Claims Performance Gap
- First Jury in a Roundup Cancer Trial Orders Monsanto to Pay $289 Million
- Liberty Mutual’s Q2 Profit Jumps on Life Unit Sale, Lower Catastrophe Costs
- Workers’ Comp Insurtech Pie Insurance Raises $11 Million
- G2 Insurance Adds Digital Roadside Assistance Platform for High Net Worth Clients
- AIG CEO Duperreault Vows Continued ‘Sense of Urgency’ on Reaching Elusive Profitability
- Court Orders Pruitt’s EPA to Reverse Course and Ban Crop Pesticide
- Swiss Re Corporate Taps Grabowski to be Head of Middle Market Casualty
- NOAA : Fewer Atlantic Storms Now Expected for Rest of Hurricane Season
- Cryptocurrency Platform Omniex Adds Former Regulators Levitt, Bair to Board
- New AI Programs Can Learn How to Beat Best Cyber Defenses
- New Betterview Roof Report Determines Condition, Characteristics
- Workers’ Compensation Results Likely to Weaken Next Year: Fitch
- American Medical Association Claims CVS-Aetna Merger Will Hike Drug Prices
- IRS Proposals Clear Way for Trump Tax Cut for Insurance Brokers
- Uber Revs Up Freight Business After Closing Self-Driving Truck Unit
- IIHS Tests Expose Risks of Semi-Autonomous Driving Systems
- Merger Deals Now Include #MeToo Sexual Harassment Clauses
- Frey to Replace Benet as CFO at Travelers
- First Jury Weighs Cancer Claims Against Monsanto’s Roundup
- Ford F150 Pickup Trucks’ Seat Belts Probed for Fire Risk
- One Drugmaker Sues Another to Pay Damages from Opioid Marketing Lawsuits
- SEC: No Action Against Exxon Over Climate Disclosures to Investors
- Aligning Sales and Marketing to Go from ‘Just Dating’ to ‘Happily Married’
- Embroker Launches Direct-to-Customer Online D&O Policy for Startups
- Starr to Acquire Aspen’s Aviation Insurance Renewal Business
- PEAK6 Acquires Aon’s National Flood Services
- Icahn Warns Cigna Shareholders to Vote Against ‘Overpriced’ Express Scripts Deal
- Catastrophe Bonds – A to Z
- Tokio Marine to License Metromile’s Connected Intelligence Platform
- AIG Names Wismer as SVP, Deputy Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer
- What Will Buffett Do with Berkshire’s $111 Billion Cash Pile?
- Ironshore Enhances Designers, Contractors PL Coverage
- New AIR Reinsurance Cat Modeling Software Estimates Insurer Loss Potential
- Petrilli Named President of AmWINS Group’s Underwriting Division
- As Underwriting Pain Increases, Insurers Pull Back from Underperforming Lines
- Mortgage Startup Blend Labs Enters Homeowners Market With MetLife
- Hurricane Maria Likely Killed 1,139, Far More Than Government Tally: Penn State Study
- Casualty: The Next ILS Frontier?
- Dust from Sahara Desert Moves West, Puts Brakes on Atlantic Hurricanes
- Berkshire’s Q2 Insurance Profit Rises to $943M Compared to Loss of $22M in Q2 2017
- Laptop Battery Fire in Checked Luggage Could Bring Down an Airliner: Study
- Atlantic Hurricane Season Had Early Start, but Fewer Storms Are Expected
- Concerns Mount over Data Privacy Guidelines Set by Genetic-Testing Companies
- Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $2.09B to Settle U.S. Probe into Mortgage Sales Abuses
- Cigna Confident About Express Scripts Deal, Despite Icahn Opposition
- AIG’s Q2 Profit Drops 17% as General Insurance Fails to Improve
- QBE, Jorgensen & Company to Offer E&O Coverage to RIAs
- AIG Names McElroy from Arch as CEO of Lexington Insurance Co.
- 3 Ukrainians Arrested for Costly Cyber Attacks on U.S. Firms: Justice Department
- Investor Icahn to Oppose Cigna-Express Deal, Fearing Amazon Threat: Sources
- This Month and Today In Particular Are Deadliest for Auto Crashes
- Willis Towers Watson Launches Captive Financial Modeling Tool
- U.S. Appeals Court Takes Up American Family Agent/Employee Classification Case
- AIG, Carlyle Group Partner to Build Reinsurer, Run-Off Firm for Complex Risks
- Anderson Assumes Role as CFO for CNA
- U.S. Seeks More Cooperation with Private Sector to Fight Cyber Attacks
- Insurers Being Asked About Asbestos-Talcum Exposure After J&J $4.6 Billion Verdict
- Judges Issues Temporary Halt to Distributing Plans to Make 3-D Guns
- S&P Probes If Reinsurers Are Ready for Another Year of Active Natural Disasters
- Beazley Launches Consortium at Lloyd’s for Wage & Hour Risks
- FEMA Grows Its Flood Reinsurance Plan with $500 Million Cat Bond
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