Recent Insurance Industry News

Trump’s EPA Rollbacks Will Reverberate for ‘Decades’

• Judge Awards Applied Systems Preliminary Injunction Against Comulate

• People Moves: Aon Appoints Peiser CEO of Risk Capital; Liberty Mutual Announces Leadership Transition in Global Risk Solutions

• Palo Alto Chose Not to Tie China to Hacking Campaign on Retaliation Fear: Sources

• Investors: Trump’s Rollback on Greenhouse Gases to Cause Confusion, Could Add Costs

• BMW Recalls Hundreds of Thousands of Cars Over Fire Risk

The $10 Trillion Fight: Modeling a US-China War Over Taiwan

• BMW Recalls Hundreds of Thousands of Cars Over Fire Risk

• Portugal Deadly Floods Force Evacuations, Collapse Main Highway

• AXIAN Bets on Insurance to Deepen Risk Underwriting in Africa

• People Moves: Marsh Risk Canada Promotes Lewis to President, Succeeding Robson

• Canada Police Name 18-Year-Old Suspect in Shootings That Killed Nine

Gun Accessory Company to Pay $1.75 Million to Buffalo Supermarket Shooting Victims

• Former Pitt Women’s Basketball Players’ Lawsuit Alleges Abusive Coaching

• People Moves: Gavlick Named IICF Northeast Chair; Lawley Grows Benefits Division

• Summit Now Offers Workers’ Compensation in Pennsylvania and Delaware

• Chinese Insurer Owner to Sell NYC’s Waldorf Astoria After Acclaimed Renovation

• New York’s Mid-Hudson Insurance to Acquire Hanover Fire of Pennsylvania

Bus Crash Involving Iowa College Baseball Team Leaves One Dead, 32 Injured

• People Moves: Unison Risk Advisors Names O’Sullivan as Chief People Officer

• Illinois Sees ‘Unprecedented’ Budget Pressure From Trump Cuts

• EPA Identifies Spilled Chemical Compound That Affected 260 Cars in Kansas

• Trump Threatens to Block Detroit-Canada Bridge in New Row

• Kansas Jury Awards $8M to Family of Teen Who Died at Juvenile Intake Center

Alliant Acquires Laredo Commercial’s For-Hire Trucking Portfolio

• People Moves: Smart AutoCare Names Murphy President

• Drones, Drugs, Laser Beams Stir Confusion Over Texas Skies

• Texas AG Sues Snapchat for Alleged Inappropriate Material and Addictiveness

• OSHA Fines Nebraska Manufacturer $148K Over Fatal Explosion

• Texas’ Equal Parts Raises $23M to Support Acquisition Strategy

Florida Engineers: Winds Under 110 mph Simply Do Not Damage Concrete Tiles

• Florida Insurance Costs 14.5% Lower Than Would Be Without Reforms, Report Finds

• How One Fla. Insurance Agent Allegedly Used Another’s License to Swipe Commissions

• Fingerprints, Background Checks for Florida Insurance Execs, Directors, Stockholders?

• Tennessee Approves Smallest Drop in Workers’ Compensation Costs in Years

• West Virginians Could Soon Lose Access to 28% of Affordable Housing

California Attorney General Investigating Eaton Fire Emergency Response

• Wildfire Risk Scoring Transparency Bill Passes Washington Senate

• Privacy Activists Call on California to Remove Covert License Plate Readers

• Digital MGA Honeycomb Insurance Launches in Oregon

• ‘Structural Shift’ Occurring in California Surplus Lines

• California Smoke Damage Act Would Enable Wildfire Victims to Expedite Claims