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Willis Towers Watson Makes 8 Appointments to Florida Risk Management Operations
May 23 2019 // Willis Towers Watson has made a series of personnel appointments across its Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) operations in Florida. CRB’s has focused on delivering innovative products to clients with an emphasis on...
What Might Happen If Congress Fails to Renew Terrorism Reinsurance Program
May 22 2019 // The long-term viability of the U.S. property terrorism insurance market is back in the spotlight as Congress looks at renewing the federal reinsurance backstop, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act...
Testimony Ends in Texas Suit over Harvey-Related Overflow Dams, Floods
May 22 2019 // Testimony has ended in the lawsuit by some Texas residents seeking U.S. government compensation after their land flooded when two federally owned reservoirs overflowed during Hurricane Harvey. Testimony wrapped up Friday...
Employee Charged with Stealing $900K from New Jersey Insurance Broker
May 22 2019 // A former accounting specialist in the Ridgefield Park, N.J., office of an insurance broker was arrested and charged with allegedly defrauding her employer of approximately $900,000, Acting U.S. Attorney William E....
25 New Sexual Harassment Complaints Brought Against McDonald’s
May 22 2019 // McDonald’s Corp. was accused on Tuesday in 25 new lawsuits and regulatory charges of condoning sexual harassment in the workplace and retaliating against employees who speak up. The cases announced by the American...
Oil Tankers in the Persian Gulf Face Highest Risk Since 2005
May 22 2019 // Not since 2005 have the world’s insurers considered shipping in the Persian Gulf so dangerous for oil tankers. The Joint War Committee of London’s Lloyd’s Market Association said Friday that it would...
Boeing Sued by French Widow in U.S. for $276 Million Over Ethiopian Crash
May 22 2019 // A French woman whose husband died in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX airliner in Ethiopia has filed a U.S. lawsuit against the planemaker, seeking at least $276 million in damages. The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302...
Texans in Congress Push for Release of Billions in Federal Harvey Aid
May 21 2019 // After urging the Trump administration for over a year to release billions in long-awaited disaster relief funding to Texas and other disaster-affected states to no avail, Texans in Congress are now taking more aggressive...
U.S. Post Office Testing Driverless Trucks Between 2 Cities
May 21 2019 // The United States Postal Service is going to put mail on self-driving trucks. Starting on Tuesday morning, letters and packages moving between Phoenix and Dallas will travel on customized Peterbilt trucks run by TuSimple,...
Zurich North America Names Winters Head of U.S. Commercial Insurance Sales
May 21 2019 // Brian Winters has been appointed head of Sales and Distribution, U.S. Commercial Insurance, for Zurich North America. Zurich said the appointment is part of its effort to strengthen relationships with customers and...
Supreme Court Sends Merck Warning Label Case Back to Lower Court
May 21 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Merck & Co. a new opportunity to avoid lawsuits accusing the company of failing to properly warn patients of debilitating thigh-bone fractures from taking its osteoporosis drug...
Airlines Urge Nations’ Regulators to Avoid Competing Safety Rules
May 20 2019 // Global airlines urged regulators on Friday not to compete over setting new safety rules, after two crashes led to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX and raised questions about the international influence of the U.S....
Driverless Electric Truck Delivers Freight on Public Road in Sweden
May 20 2019 // Resembling the helmet of a Star Wars stormtrooper, a driverless electric truck began daily freight deliveries on a public road in Sweden on Wednesday [May 15], in what developer Einride and logistics customer DB Schenker...
Scooter Accidents Leading to Big Ticket Claims at Disney Parks
May 20 2019 // Early at the Magic Kingdom entrance, it’s another day of fun about to begin as “Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate’s Life For Me!” blasts on the speakers and the first electric scooters are lined up to go. But...
Cyber Prices Drop, While Demand, Supply, Awareness Continue to Grow: Marsh
May 20 2019 // The message about the need to take cyber risk and insurance seriously is getting through to companies and boardrooms. “As risk awareness has grown, more organizations, particularly those focused on their business...
What to Know About Cyber Defense Best Practices
May 20 2019 // Sixty-one percent of firms surveyed for insurer Hiscox had a cyber attack in the past year, compared to 45% in 2018. Meanwhile, the median cost for cyber incidents losses soared from $229,000 to $369,000. While those...
Video Game Effort Could Help Regulate Future Drone Traffic
May 20 2019 // By Lindsay Whitehurst Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day be crisscrossing the skies above U.S. cities, and a team at the University of Utah is working with regulators to keep that...
The Impact Of State-Level Legalization of Marijuana on the Insurance Industry
May 20 2019 // The changing legal status of marijuana in the U.S. is prompting insurers to begin offering coverages, despite having extremely limited loss data to inform them. While marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, action...
London Marine Insurers Expand Middle East Threat Zone After Saudi Ship Attacks
May 17 2019 // London’s marine insurance market has extended the list of waters deemed high risk to include Oman, the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf after ship attacks off Fujairah, officials said on Friday, in a move that could...
Insurer Says Iran’s Guards Likely Facilitated Saudi Tanker Attacks: Reuters
May 17 2019 // Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) are “highly likely” to have facilitated attacks last Sunday on four tankers including two Saudi ships off Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, according to a...
