National News for February 2016
- Few Rideshare Drivers Have Insurance, But Interest is Growing
- MassMutual Agrees to Buy MetLife Retail Adviser Network for $300M
- DUAL Commercial Launches New Online Cyber Program
- Breckenridge Insurance Forms New Company for Transactional Liability Market
- Buffett Says Pessimism on Economy and America Is ‘Dead Wrong’
- State Farm Reports Investments Overcame Underwriting Loss in 2015
- Presidential Hopeful Trump Vows to Make It Easier to Sue Media
- S&P Responds to Swett & Crawford Sale
- BHSI Launches Portfolio Product for Nonprofit Organizations
- Program Specialists Targeting Emerging Risks and ‘Doing Old Things Better’
- MassMutual Emerges as Potential Buyer of MetLife Retail Group
- Jury Clears BP Manager of Clean Water Act Charge
- Why Buyers, Sellers File Claims Under M&A Insurance: AIG Study
- Aon Announces U.S. Leadership Changes; Mula Named Risk Solutions President
- With Google Gone, What’s the Future for Online Insurance Shopping?
- Supreme Court Justices Signal Flexibility in Patent Infringement Damages
- U.S. Says Coal Mine Companies Should Cover Full Cleanup
- BB&T to Buy Swett & Crawford for $500M
- IronPro Enhances Cyber Policy Risk Management Services
- Startup Lemonade Bets Behavioral Science Can Help Insurance Not Suck
- Kalteux, Deich Head New Great American Executive Liability Offices in Atlanta, Denver
- Investors Shunning Once-Hot Cybersecurity Startups
- Health Insurance Startup Oscar Narrows Hospital Networks to Compete
- Berkley FinSecure Partners with Law Firm to Offer EPL Risk Management Tools
- Insurance Industry Analyzes Google’s Failed Online Insurance Experiment
- BHSI Launches Professional & Pollution Liability Coverage for Contractors
- Credit Card Buyers, Sellers Making Out Like Bandits
- Widow of El Faro Crew Member Calls for More Oversight of Shipping in Bad Weather
- Exclusive: Google to Shut Down Online Insurance Site, Partners Say
- Safety National Forms Safety Specialty Insurance Company
- State Auto Says Corrections Underway After Disappointing 2015
- Revised CDC Report Claims Higher Cancer Risk for Lumber Liquidators’ Flooring
- Startup Zenefits Shows How Hard Hitting Revenue Targets Can Be
- NORCAL Mutual to Expand Med Mal Coverage to 5 Additional States
- Gig Economy Now 6.5% of U.S. Workforce; Provides Extra Income for 10 Million
- RLI to Roll Out New Cyber Liability Unit, Coverage in Q3
- S&P Affirms Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Units’ Ratings
- 3 Examples of How Telematics Can Aid Insurance Claims Handling
- Why Robots Replacing Humans at Work Is More Science Fiction Than Fact
- What to Know About El Nino, La Nina
- ProHost Adds EPLI Coverage to Restaurant Program
- Climate Change’s No Justice, No Pancake, No Fly Zone
- How Employer Joint Liability Is Changing
- Amazon Plan Would Expand Its Uber-Like Delivery Service
- Law Enforcement, Private Firms Look to Evolving Drone Defense Industry for Protection
- Location, Inc. Launches Structure Fire Risk Index for Insurers
- Aon Loss Model Offers Insurers 7.5 Million U.S. Thunderstorm Scenarios
- Gridiron Insurance Releases Nationwide Small Business Program Platform
- Coast Guard Panel Questions If Captain Responsible for El Faro’s Sinking
- FAA Open to Discussing Turning Over Air Traffic Safety to Nonprofit
- Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting to Air Live on Yahoo
- IDT911 Enhances Data Breach Services for Commercial Insureds
- Should Google’s Parent Buy AIG?
- Insurance Marketing Awards Show Now Accepting Submissions
- Coast Guard Probe Into Sinking of El Faro Cargo Ship Gets Underway
- AIG Takes More Off Top: Schreiber, Maag Out
- Top 10 Workplace Discrimination Claims in 2015
- Battered by Long-Term Insurance Losses, Genworth Eyes Asset Sales
- AIG Ex-CEO Greenberg Agrees with Current CEO Hancock, Not Icahn
- Everest’s Crop Insurance Unit Partners with Global Ag Risk Solutions
- Bankruptcy Would Be ‘Huge Mistake’ for Puerto Rico, Says Bond Insurer
- Senators Hit Firms for ‘Dire Consequences’ Claim on Retirement Advisor Rule
- AIG Reports $1.8 Billion Q4 Net Loss on Weak Underwriting, Investments
- Activists Icahn, Paulson Land Seats on AIG Board; Now What?
- U.S. Safety Rules Key to Driverless Car Future: Google
- Markel Reports $197M Q4 Net Income
- QBE North America Names Kearns to Lead Financial Institutions Practice
- 2,000 Agents Can’t be Wrong: They’re About to Tell Us What They Want from Carriers
- La Nina Likely Waiting in Wings to Follow El Nino: U.S. Climate Center
- How Supreme Court Could Upend Obama Clean Power Plan
- 1 in 5 Vehicles Needs Recall Repair: Carfax
- Kemper P/C Group Executive Lynch Exits
- Judge Challenges Regulators’ Lawyer Over MetLife SIFI Tag
- Registered Drones Now Outnumber Planes
- U.S. Traffic Deaths Up 9%
- P/C Retail, Wholesale Agency 2015 M&A Highlights by Region, State
- Obama Budget Calls for Increased Cybersecurity Funding, New High-Level Post
- U.S. Again Warns Airlines Against Carrying Lithium Battery Cargo
- U.S. Victims of Mexican Drug Gangs Sue HSBC Bank Under Anti-Terrorism Act
- Software Qualifies as a Driver, Says U.S. Safety Agency on Google Self-Driving Car
- Safety National Adds Safe Patient Handling Program for Healthcare Clients
- $14 Million Settlement Would End ‘Happy Birthday’ Copyright Dispute
- Judge Sets May Trial for ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Claim
- NAIC Fills President-Elect Post; Mum on New CEO as Nelson Exits
- Insurance Agency Growth, Profits Slipped in 2015 on Oil Bust, Soft Market: Reagan
- Leading Reinsurers Line Up for Lemonade, the P2P Insurer
- Court Hears MetLife’s Challenge to ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Designation This Week
- AIG Scaling Back on Investments in Hedge Funds
- CEO Exits As Tech Startup Broker Zenefits Confronts Culture, Compliance Bugs
- CEO Greenberg Confident Most Top Talent, Agents Will Stay with New Chubb
- ‘Cadillac’ Tax Opponents Unimpressed with Obama Budget Fix
- Esurance Wins Super Bowl Social Media Battle
- U.S. Court Says Foreign Wealth Funds Not Always Immune from U.S. Fraud Claims
- Aon Launches Lloyd’s Lead Facility for U.S. Casualty Risks
- Hartford Steam Boiler Launches Cyber Product for Mid-Size Companies
- 12.7 Million Sign Up for Coverage on Health Insurance Exchanges: HHS
- Ironshore Promotes Shapiro to Head Public Entity Practice
- P/C Commercial Rates Fell 4% in January
- P/C Insurer Results: Profit Inched Up in First 9 Months of 2015
- In MetLife Breakup, Who Gets Snoopy the Dog?
- California Commissioner Explains Call for Insurer Divestment from Coal
- Hartwig to Leave I.I.I. for University of South Carolina Faculty Post
- XL Catlin Promotes Elder to Chief Marine Underwriting Officer for Americas
- Major Railroads Say They’ll Again Miss Safety Deadline First Set in 2008
- Surge in Auto Claims Dampens Allstate Q4 Profit
- Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Leads Rock Legends to Courthouse
- Long Hours for Surgeons Not Higher Risk to Patient Safety: Research
- XL Catlin Unveils Workplace Violence Coverage for Mid-Size Companies
- Rival Insurance Pros Assess Super Bowl Risks and Probability of Loss
- Data Conversion Startup Captricity Gets White Mountain Insurance Backing
- Officials Expect Zika Virus in U.S. by April; Outdoor Spraying Called Ineffective
- Attorney Moves to Undo GM Ignition Switch Settlement
- How Gene Testing Becomes Motivator in Corporate Wellness Program
- Chubb’s Stoik Joins Great American as Senior VP
- U.S. Mine Safety Rule to Curb Black Lung Goes Into Effect
- Schinnerer Launches Online Flood Program for Residential, Commercial Properties
- Applied Client Network Names Langerman as CEO
- Arthur J. Gallagher Names Cavaness to Replace McGurn as Head of U.S. Wholesale Business
- Yahoo Hit with Suit Over Mass Firings, Performance Review Metrics
- Why Google’s Not So Smart or Fast and Insurance Agents Aren’t Dead… Yet
- Zika Virus Concern Boosts Travel Insurance Sales: Reuters
- Are Tattoos Copyrightable? NBA Video Game Maker Sued for Using LeBron, Kobe Body Art
- Glatfelter Expands Commercial Ambulance Program to Additional States
- ISO Launches Management and Professional Liability Unit
- Icahn Doesn’t Buy AIG’s Strategy; Readies Slate of Directors
- Karen Clark & Co. Announces 2 Additions to Senior Management Team
- How Automation Will Whack Up to 25% of Insurance Jobs: McKinsey
- How to Keep Peace Over Politics in the Workplace
- EEOC Seeks Input on Workplace Retaliation Guidance
- Obama Administration Advances Retirement Advisor ‘Fiduciary’ Rule
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