June 6, 2022 Programs Directory, Volume I Markets: Public Entities & Schools

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In this Issue

• Features
  Bill Would Let California Parents Sue for Social Media Addiction
  California could hold social media companies responsible for harming...
• Features
  Report: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium for 2021 Down 2%
  California written premium for 2021 was 2% below 2020 and 14% below...
• Features
  UCLA to Pay Nearly $700M in Doctor Abuse Lawsuits
  The University of California system announced it will pay nearly $375...

National Coverage

• Editor's Note
  Cyber Hygiene Confidence Low, Again
  Nearly three quarters of global cyber risk decision makers recently...
• Features
  Global Re/insurers See Average Premium Increases of 11% in Q1
  Premium growth during the first quarter of 2022 saw an average...
• Features
  Cyber Insurance Premiums Up 27.5% to Lead All Lines in Q1: CIAB
  According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers' (CIAB)...
• Features
  Legal Malpractice Claims Severity Keeps Rising
  Almost all insurers that participated in a recent survey said they...
• Features
  P/C Industry Posts 2021 Underwriting Loss but Surplus Hits $1 Trillion
  Full-year net income for U.S. property/casualty insurers increased...
• Features
  J.D. Power: Auto Insurance Customer Satisfaction Has Eroded
  J.D. Power found in a recent survey that auto insurance customer...
• Features
  Home, Commercial Rate Hikes Not Enough to Offset Construction Costs
  To counteract rising construction material costs that have increased...
• Features
  U.S. Traffic Deaths Jump 10.5% in 2021 to Highest Number Since 2005
  U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5% in 2021 to 42,915 -- the highest...
• Features
  Schools and Underwriters Do Their Cyber Security Homework
  Since Remote Classes, $1 Million Ransomware Claims Have Become the...
• Features
  Memo to Brokers; Stick With Loyal Insurers/MGAs, Price Isn’t the Only Differentiator
  Instead of oscillating between extreme hard and soft markets, the...
• Features
  Munich Re Issues Green Bond in U.S. Market — a First for European Insurer
  Following its successful placement of green bonds in 2020 and 2021,...
• Features
  7 Questions Job Seekers Ask About Remote Jobs
  For a long time, the burden to prove the concept of work-from-home...
• Features
  Preparing to Sell the Agency
  There has been a frenzy of agency acquisitions for many years now,...
• Features
  Logic & Language and Forms & Facts; Folklore Is NOT Fact
  Two of my pet peeves involve certain types of coverage questions that...
• Features
  Platforms Are Having a Moment
  Platforms are having a moment. Should insurance companies care?...
• Features
  Allyship: The Next Step Toward an Inclusive Industry
  Today's insurance industry has evolved significantly from when I...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  National Commercial lines insurer Starr Insurance Companies added...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  East Choice Financial, Fonner Insurance Choice Financial Group has...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Perfect Storm "A perfect storm of record-high replacement costs,...