National News for November 2015
- Anadarko’s $160 Million Fine for 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Falls Well Below What U.S. Sought
- XL Catlin Launches Online Data Breach Resource Portal
- Federal Reserve Votes to Retire AIG Bailout Tool
- GM Does Not Have to Turn Over Privileged Ignition Switch Documents: Judge
- Ex-Allstate Exec Lacher Succeeds Southwell as Kemper President, CEO
- Aging U.S. Nuclear Plants Pushing Limits of Life Expectancy
- AIG Reported Considering Sale of Blocks of Business to Narrow Focus
- 19 E.coli Infections Linked to Costco in 7 States
- Federal Transportation Officials Want Self-Driving Cars Sooner
- Thanksgiving Safety Tip: Don’t Rinse That Turkey!
- Highway Death Toll Takes Troubling Turn: Up 8.1% This Year
- Terrorist Activity Boosts Interest in Travel Insurance
- Toy Drones Are Serious Risk to Aircraft: Aerospace Firm
- What Do Thanksgiving and Climate Change Have in Common?
- Philadelphia Insurance Launches Craft Brewery & Distillery Coverage
- Manchester Specialty, Allied World to Offer Miscellaneous Medical Program
- NAIC Elects Missouri’s Huff President; Other 2016 Officers
- Judge Allows NFL Player’s Fraud Claims Against BofA to Proceed
- Uber Drivers’ Class Action Raises Worker Classification, Arbitration, Liability Issues
- Activist Investor Icahn Ups Pressure on AIG CEO Hancock
- Google Compare for Mortgages Launched in California, Other States to Follow
- Fifth Largest AIG Shareholder, Icahn, May Propose New AIG Director
- Missouri Insurance Director Huff Elected NAIC President
- MarketScout Launches Professional Liability Practice, Hires McCormick to Lead
- U.S. to Pursue Covered Agreement with EU for Re/Insurers
- FAA Task Force Recommends Requiring Registration for Most Drones
- Markel Names Gayner and Whitt as Co-CEOs; Crowley as President
- If AIG Is Selling, Greenberg Is Listening, Says Lawyer
- Drone Registry Task Force to Report on Saturday
- States Graded ‘A’ to ‘F’ for Extreme Weather Preparedness
- NFL Defends $1 Billion Concussion Settlement Against Critics in Court
- How Long Will Health Insurers Remain Patient with Obamacare?
- XL Buys Stake in High-Net Worth Insurer PURE
- ACE’s Souza Named Farm, Agribusiness Manager at AAIS
- Cyber, Property Risks Not Easily Separated: Security Expert
- IICF Touts Insurance Industry Volunteer Week Success
- Insurance Industry Not Alone in Missing the Mark with Millennials
- Tower Watson Sweetens Willis Merger Offer by Doubling Special Dividend to $10
- Activist Investor Icahn on High-Yield Bonds, AIG, Interest Rates
- Everest Insurance, AEGIS to Offer Coverage to Energy Industry
- XL Catlin Expands Yacht Insurance Risk Appetite
- Telematics Changing Drivers’ Behavior: Insurance Research
- Willis Weighs Increasing Offer for Towers Watson, Amid Opposition to Deal
- If AIG Won’t Split, Then It Should Sell Pieces: Investor Paulson
- Federal Reserve Pressured to Narrow Emergency Bailout Powers
- Testing Firm Wins FTC Data Privacy Case But Closes Business
- RLI Launches Reps & Warranties Liability Policy
- AIG Eases Bylaws on Nominating Directors
- Wanted by U.S.: Monitor for Takata Air Bag Recall
- Top Cyber Threats for 2016 and Next Five Years
- The Price of Price Optimization in Insurance
- U.S. Clarifies Policy on Prosecutions of Executives for Fraud
- Endurance Partners with W. Brown Associates for U.S. Aviation Risks
- Allianz Specialty Names Christie to Head Global Broker Partnerships
- Robusto to Leave Chubb to Head CNA Financial in 2016, Succeeding Motamed
- Jury Finds Ernst & Young Liable for Faulty Madoff Audits
- Berkshire Hathaway Lowers Investment in Goldman Sachs
- Consumer Groups, Unions Form Coalition to Oppose Health Insurer Mergers
- The Competitive Advantage: Agency Prices
- XL Catlin Expands Equipment Breakdown Insurance Team
- Everest Re Adds Inland Marine Unit to U.S. Specialty Platform
- Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford to Sell North American Business
- More Firms Could Feel Heat from New York AG’s Climate Change Disclosure Win
- Claims Deadline for Sunken Cargo Ship El Faro Set
- Paper Fingers Climate Change for California Wildfires
- It’s 2026, There’s a Food Security Crisis- How Does World Respond?
- U.S. Health Care Cost Increases at Lowest Rate in Nearly 20 years: Aon
- Allianz Launches Transportation Unit in North America
- Doctors Seek to Block 2 Health Insurance Mergers
- Supreme Court Justices Question Tyson Claims Against Damages Formula
- U.S. Charges 3 in ‘Securities Fraud on Cyber Steroids’ Scheme
- Drone Registry Could Be Paper-Free and Fee-Free for Owners
- U.S. Must Hold Takata Accountable for Air Bag Recall: Senators
- Volkswagen Offers Diesel Owners $1,000 ‘Goodwill’ Payment
- Liberty International Names Finnegan Chief Underwriting Officer for U.S.
- Trying to Fit In at Work, Veterans Downplay Military Service, Injuries
- Kate Becomes 4th Atlantic Hurricane of 2015
- BHSI Launches Homebuilders Liability Coverage
- RLI Launches Personal Jewelry Insurance Product
- V3 Insurance Launches Management Liability Package
- Many Have Died in ‘Subpar’ Atlantic Hurricane Season
- Judge Rules Punitive Damages Possible for GM in Ignition Case
- Supreme Court in Bind Over Insurer’s Right to Insured’s Damages Money
- A Conversation on Innovation and the Industry’s Future with ACORD’s Hartnett
- Kinsale Launches New Law Enforcement/Police Professional Product
- Forrest T. Jones Launches Accountants Professional Liability Program
- ‘Best Practices’ Agencies Continue to Build Value: Big ‘I Study
- Cyclone-Heavy Hurricane Season Not Over Yet
- Gender Gap in Risk Manager Compensation Closing: Survey
- House, Senate Transportation Bill Compromise to Address Auto Safety
- Supreme Court to Review Religious Groups’ Claims Over Obamacare Birth Control Benefit
- AAIS Releases New Builders’ Risk Coverage Form
- CITA Insurance Services Launches Insurance Agents E&O Program
- Independent Agency Profitability, Organic Growth Dipped in Q3: Reagan Consulting
- 5 Recent Reports on Businesses and Cyber Security, Liability and Insurance
- Toyota $1B Research Labs Near Stanford, MIT to Develop Autonomous Vehicles
- Credit Markets Oppose Splitting Up AIG
- ACORD Names 2 Insurance Innovation Challenge Winners: Livegenic, Insurity
- OneBeacon Names Garganigo as Senior VP, Professional Liability
- Technology Enables Insurers to Verify Garaging Location, Mileage and More
- Top 10 Market Conduct Actions Against P/C Insurers
- AIG CEO to Employees: Expect Fewer Lifetime Jobs
- Ironshore Launches Product Liability Endorsements for Manufacturers
- CAMICO Broadens Protection for Continuously Renewing CPA Policyholders
- Penn National Insurance Adds Cyber Security Coverage
- Best Agency to Work For – Overall: Rogers & Gray Insurance
- The Case for Independent Agency Optimism
- Treasury Names 12 to Federal Insurance Advisory Committee
- Automatic Brakes to Be Part of 5-Star Safety Ratings
- Allstate Profit Down in Q3 as Auto Claims Rise
- AIG CEO Hancock Rejects Icahn’s Breakup Plan
- ACE Launches Small Business Online Service Portal
- Marsh Launches Excess Casualty Coverage for Product Liability Risks
- Supreme Court Justices Divided Over Spokeo Internet Injury Class Action Case
- Buganski Named Chief Operating Officer for Willis Personal Lines
- Agent, Cyber-Educate Yourself – and Your Clients
- Odyssey Partners Completes Acquisition of Broker Integro
- Top 25 Workers’ Compensation Insurers
- As Activist Investors Circle, AIG Posts Q3 Loss; Plans to Cut 400 Jobs
- Moody’s Says Splitting Up AIG Would Be Credit Negative
- Ace Names North American Claims Team with Chubb’s Miller, Ace’s Poetzsch as Executive VPs
- Fireman’s Fund’s Skrynecki Joins QBE North America as VP Agriculture
- Insurance Journal’s Jergler Wins Folio Award; Carrier Management Recognized
- El Faro Owner Seeks U.S. Maritime Liability Limit on Death Claims
- Supreme Court to Hear Spokeo ‘Non-Injury’ Class Action Today
- Big Health Insurers Still View Obamacare as Big Opportunity
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