National News for July 2017
- At-Home Medication Errors Leading to Serious Medical Outcomes on the Rise
- Investments, Specialty Business Counter Weather Losses, Reinsurance in Q2 for W.R. Berkley
- Wells Fargo’s Latest Scandal: Selling Customers Auto Insurance They Didn’t Need
- At Labor’s Urging, House Bill to Speed Self-Driving Vehicles Exempts Trucks
- New Side ‘A’ D&O Policy Available from Starr Companies
- Insurers Await Trump Decision on Health Insurance Cost Subsidies
- Senators Question If Trump Adviser, AIG Investor Icahn Plays Role in ‘Too Big to Fail’
- Senate Republicans Fail in Bid to Repeal Obamacare
- Wells Fargo Insurance Accuses Failed Bidder Alliant of Poaching Executives
- Viewpoint: Employers Rejecting Marijuana Users Will Pay a Price
- From Here to Autonomy: Morality and Retirement Timeline for Auto Insurance Pros
- Federal Class Action Securities Fraud Filings Set Historic Pace
- AmWINS Launches Site Pollution Liability Program for Small Auto Servicing Firms
- Report: Climate Change May Pose Threat to Nation’s Electric Grid
- Marsh & McLennan Reports Q2 Revenue Growth
- Senate Republicans Eye ‘Skinny’ Repeal of Obamacare
- Zurich North America’s Cunningham Adds Captive Unit Responsibilities
- XL Catlin Enhances Cyber & Technology Coverage
- SEC Commissioner Blasts Labor Department’s Fiduciary Rule
- Investors in Giant Rabbit That Died Inflight Sue United Airlines
- Trump Labor Department Moves to Undo Obama Overtime Rule
- U.S. Transportation Safety Board Calls for More Traffic Cameras
- ProSight Specialty Launches All-lines Marine Contractors Insurance Program
- Chubb Net Income Up 79% in Q2; P/C Combined Ratio at 88
- Markel to Acquire State National for $919 Million
- Lau Joins Kemper as Chief Data and Analytics Officer
- Republican-Led House Votes to Block Rule Allowing Consumer Class Actions
- Surplus Lines Insurance Premium Up Nationwide
- Jury Orders Punitive, but No Compensatory, Damages in AbbVie Drug Liability Test Trial
- Senate Begins Debate, Kills McConnell Health Bill, Schedules ‘Vote-a-Rama’
- NAPSLO, AAMGA Members OK Merger; New Wholesale & Specialty Association Is Born
- Meadowbrook Promotes Browning to Chief Underwriting Officer
- Senators, Including Ailing McCain, Expected to Begin Vote on Health Bill Today
- Progressive Unveils Online Homeowners Insurance Comparison Shopper
- U.S. Building Owners Reviewing Structural Materials After London Tower Blaze
- MetLife’s ‘Too Big to Fail’ Lawsuit on Agenda for U.S. Regulators
- FDA Chief Gottlieb Eyes Overhaul of Opioid Regulation
- Answer Financial Expands Insurance Comparison Site Into Homeowners Segment
- Q2 Insurtech Funding Rises to $1B: Willis Towers Watson/CB Insights Report
- Brit Global Specialty Assumes Renewals for Legacy Catlin’s U.S. Yacht Business
- Insurers Pummeled by Car Dealers’ Claims for Hail-Damaged Vehicles
- Ride-Hail Firm Lyft Enters Race to Manufacture Autonomous Cars
- Chipotle Keeps Getting Served Lawsuits by Customers, Investors
- Deutsche Bank ($77M), JPMorgan ($71M) to Settle Libor Claims in U.S.
- Super Regional Carriers Urged to Educate ‘Suspicious’ Regulators on Big Data Use
- Exclusive: California Broker Plans Parametric Quake Product That Pays Even If No Damage
- Chubb Launches Multi-line Practice for Large Transportation Clients
- GOP Senate Health Bill Would Substantially Raise Deductibles, Number of Uninsureds: CBO
- O.J. Simpson Faces $58 Million Wrongful Death Damages After Release from Jail
- ‘Specialize and Diversify,’ Industry Veteran Markel Tells Super Regional Insurers
- Fired OSHA Whistleblower Claims Investigator Turns Whistleblower
- Travelers Says It’s ‘Where It Needs to Be’ to Compete; Q2 Results Dampened by Weather
- Ban on Consumer Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Faces Challenges
- Catastrophes Cost Insurers $22B in 1H 2017; Economic Losses Totaled $53B: Aon
- Jury Clears GM of Liability in First Trial Over Updated Ignition Switch
- Chubb Names Farrow Practice Leader for Life Sciences Industry in North America
- Sullivan Brokers Enhances Healthcare Provider Program, Adds Cybersecurity Coverage
- House Committee Advances Bill to Let Autonomous Vehicles Bypass States
- Starr Buys Stake in Small Business Insurtech CoverWallet
- Farmers Names Fernandez to Head Business Insurance; Kappler to Lead Bristol West
- Ron Lockton Succeeds Spencer as CEO, President at Lockton Inc.
- London MGA Nexus Acquires U.S.-Based Treaty MGA from ZON Re
- Tillerson’s State Department Reorganization Sidelines Cybersecurity Unit: Report
- Blind Americans Want to Participate in Future of Driverless Vehicles
- Norman-Spencer Agency Adds Professional Liability Division
- Senate GOP Fails with Obamacare Repeal Effort
- Travelers Launches Usage-Based Insurance App for Personal Auto Customers
- Novarica: Commercial Insurers Prioritizing Tech Advancements
- Marsh Hires deLaricheliere to Lead U.S. Banking and Capital Markets Practice
- Natural Disaster Claims Drop 40% to $19.5B in 1st Half of 2017: Munich Re
- GOP Senate Leader Backs Repealing Obamacare Without Replacement
- Automakers See Takata’s Bankruptcy As Liability Shield In Air Bag Claims
- Titleist’s Fight Against Logo Parody: Infringement or Free Speech?
- Guy Carpenter Names Hettinger to Lead U.S., Canada Advisory Services
- Major Cyber Attack Could Cost Global Economy $53 Billion: Lloyd’s
- Insurers Beat Other Industries on Shareholder Value – But Can It Last?
- Trump Administration to Sign Insurance Regulation Pact with European Union
- How Mapping Disasters Can Help Devastated Communities Rally
- Adultery Site Ashley Madison to Pay $11.2 Million for User Data Breach
- Starr Companies Enhances Crime & Fidelity Endorsement
- Panel-Maker Arconic Sued in U.S. Over Losses Linked to London Tower Fire
- Insurance Underwriters See Risks, Opportunities in Speeding Up Infrastructure Projects
- Big ‘I’ Expands Symington’s Role to Include Industry Relations
- Chubb Names New Leadership in Casualty Major Accounts for North America
- FCC Expands Bandwith for Radar Used in Collision Avoidance Systems
- Consumer Protection Bureau Vows to Defend Mandatory Arbitration Ban
- Developing News: Case over Monkey’s Copyright Heads Back to Court
- Everest Taps Farr to Lead Environmental Unit in North America; Adds McVay for Monoline
- It’s Not True that Marijuana Dispensaries Increase Crime, Say Researchers
- Hamilton’s Macia Returns to AIG to Head Tech-Driven Subsidiary
- Esurance Co-Founder Wallace Joins Crowdsourced Insurer Reviewer Clearsurance
- Update: GOP Senate Leaders Unveil Revised Health Insurance Bill
- Silicon Valley Fund Has $120M to Spend on Transportation Tech Including Insurance
- Nonstandard Auto Insurance Market Continues on Downward Path: A.M. Best
- The Hartford Expands Management Liability Coverage to Nonprofits
- Brandt Succeeds Evans as Trusted Choice Executive Director
- States See Mixed Results from Reforms Targeting Physician-Dispensed Drugs: WCRI
- XL’s Reynolds, Travelers’ Rea Join Hiscox USA Professional Risks Unit
- Senators Discussing Bipartisan Health Insurance Bill
- Agents Seek Better Grasp of Carriers’ Commercial Lines Underwriting Likes
- Robo Advisers Gaining as Insurance Sales Agents: Chart
- 3 Automakers Recalling 2.7 Million More Takata Air Bag Inflators
- Individual Health Insurance Market Stabilizing, Not Collapsing: Kaiser
- Soft Rates Begin to Hit Results – But Pain Continues at Mid-Year Renewals: Willis Re
- Willis Towers Watson Announces New Leadership for North America Brokerage Unit
- Insurers Say Legal Malpractice Claims Hold Steady But Defense Costs Rise
- Silicon Valley Honors Munich Re US and Mozeika for Insurtech Leadership
- Wells Fargo Nears $142 Million Consumer Settlement Over Fake Accounts
- Banks Blast Rule Exposing Them to Consumer Class Actions
- More Senior Citizens Working Past Retirement Age
- Insurity Names Giglio CEO to Succeed Founder Glazer, Who Becomes Chairman
- June Catastrophes Cost Global Economy $5 Billion; U.S. Storms Dominate: Aon
- Deluges Follow Droughts as ‘Hydrological Extremes’ Become ‘New Normal’
- Returning from Recess, Senate Republicans Worried Obamacare Repeal Will Fail
- Burand’s State of P/C Insurance Industry Part 2: How to Pick Winners as More Carriers Consolidate or Waste Away
- AmTrust Signs $400M Reinsurance Agreement with Premia
- Days of Cyber Insurers Avoiding Costly Claims May Be Numbered: Expert
- Republican Leader McConnell Hints at Bipartisan Action If Obamacare Repeal Fails
- Munich Re US Launches Commercial Drone Operator Liability Endorsement
- Truck Speeding Fix Among Safety Rules Halted by Trump Anti-Regulation Order
- 5.4M U.S. Homes at Risk from Sea Level Rise, Report Using Census Data Shows
- Startup Auto Insurer Root Expands by 2 States, Pairs with Lyft on Rental Coverage
- Zurich North America Names Ironshore’s DeLong VP of Cyber Underwriting
- Doyle Named to Succeed Departing Zaffino as CEO of Marsh
- Fed Gives AIG, Pru More Time to Submit ‘Living Wills’
- How Tesla’s Model S Fared in Insurance Safety Test
- Failed Fyre Festival and a Lesson in Events Insurance
- How Whirlpool Risk Manager Addresses Issues Before They Become Problems
- Marsh CEO Zaffino Joins AIG as Global Chief Operating Officer
- Liberty Mutual Prevails in $3.6M ‘Guaranteed Cost’ Workers’ Comp Premium Case
- How Consumers Pay Their Insurance Bills: Aite Group
- DeSimone Joins AXIS to Lead Primary Casualty in Northeast, Midwest Regions
- Investor Icahn Eases Demand to Split AIG, Giving New CEO Room to Act
- Fearless Brokers on Disruption by Insurtech: ‘Bring It On’
- Facebook Escapes U.S. Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking
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