News for April 2020
- Washington Extends Deadline for Claims with Building Repairs
- The Perilous Cannabis, Cyber, COVID-19 Connection
- ClearPath Mutual of Kentucky Hires Stoller, Appoints Korsan to New Role
- New LWCC Foundation Commits $1.1M for COVID-19 Recovery in Louisiana
- Michigan Governor: Savings on Car Insurance to Be Higher than Law Requires
- Florida CFO Says China Owes State Financial Restitution from COVID-19 Outbreak
- Wisconsin High Court Won’t Let Unions Join Suit Against Stay-at-Home Order
- New Orleans Won’t Participate in Louisiana’s Partial Business Openings, Yet
- Oklahoma Drilling Contractor to Pay $650K in Age, Disability Discrimination Suit
- Nationwide’s Left the Building. Insurer Makes Remote Work Permanent in 5 States.
- How Cruise Ticket Legal Language May Foil Class Action Suits
- WCF Insurance Names Wall Regional Vice President in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada
- Alaska Villages Prepare for Possible Flooding Evacuations
- Markel Estimates COVID-19 Losses of $325 Million
- Maryland Insurance Administration Approves Temporary Rule Change for Workers’ Comp
- CFC Appoints Groeber as Executive Vice President in New York
- Everest Insurance Names Jafari as Director of Alternative Solutions Group
- NYC Comptroller Urges Major Insurance Companies to Cut Ties with Coal Industry
- Lockton Re in London Taps Aon Re’s Mallon, Neon’s Foxall for North America, Int’l Teams
- Swiss Re Reports Q1 Loss of $225M as Impact of COVID-19 Crisis Begins to Hit
- UK Regulator Probes Events Firms for Failure to Pay Refunds During COVID-19 Crisis
- Top Insurers Face Lawsuit from UK Hospitality Sector on Rejected Biz Interruption Claims
- Georgia Coronavirus Deaths Top 1,000 Amid Reopening Effort
- NTSB: Failure to Heed Warnings Led to Missouri Duck Boat Sinking
- Court Nixes $64M Award Against Fireman’s Fund in Reinsurance Spat with Utica Mutual
- After Crisis, It Won’t Be Business as Usual – It Will Be Business Done Better: Opinion
- Most Firms Have Some Cyber Insurance But Gaps in Coverage Remain: Survey
- Consumer Groups Oppose Immunity for Businesses From Coronavirus Lawsuits
- Nevadans to Receive Premium Relief Refunds for Auto Insurance Policies
- U.S. Economy Hit Hard in Q1 But Worse Contraction Still to Come
- In Louisiana, 1 Month of Unemployment Benefits – 302K Claimants, $561.3M Paid
- Global Reinsurers See Robust Capital Growth of 15% in 2019: Willis Re
- Alabama to Re-Open Retail Stores, Beaches on Thursday
- Company Settles Texas Disability Accommodation Suit for $66K
- Program Management Specialist R&Q Receives Equity Investment of $100M
- Caffeine Bought Online Killed Ohio Teen. Is Amazon at Fault?
- 2 Injured in Explosion at Western Iowa Gas Station, Auto Shop
- Chicago-Area Nursing Home Workers Threaten Strike in Midst of Pandemic
- Velocity Risk Unveils New Coastal Homeowners Product for Florida, Texas
- Lockton Promotes Marrero and Taiym to Key Leadership Posts
- Beazley Expands M&A Insurance Team with 5 New Underwriters, Geographies
- $1.4M to Mother of Homeless Man Killed by Police in California
- Recovered from COVID-19, Wary First Responders Back on Job
- Lippa Insurance Services in California Names Sage Vice President
- California Earthquake Authority Named Administrator of Wildfire Fund
- Hiscox Action Group Gears Up to Take Hiscox to Court over COVID-19 BI Exclusions
- Amid Unemployment Surge, Millions of Remote and Essential Workers Plug Away
- Federal, State Prosecutors Form Delaware COVID-19 Anti-Fraud Coalition
- Guy Carpenter Taps Williams from AIG as Global Head of Client Support Services
- New York AG Raises Concerns About Amazon’s Pandemic Safety Practices
- Insurers Promote Federal Pandemic Insurance Plan to Congress
- Cruise Ship Passengers Seeking COVID-19 Class Action Suits Face Uphill Legal Battle
- Unions Push Back on Trump Plan to Order Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open
- How Coronavirus Shutdown Impacts Bayer Stance in Glyphosate Settlement
- Many Tennessee Restaurants Get Green Light to Reopen Despite Virus Spread
- North Carolina Extends Emergency Order for Insurers to Defer Premium Payments
- Liberty Mutual Estimates Q1 Loss from Coronavirus to Be Like Moderate Catastrophe
- Brown & Brown Reports Q1 Revenue Up; Takes Steps to Anticipate Coronavirus Impact
- DeSantis Declares Parts of Florida ‘On the Other Side’ of Outbreak
- Nashville to Pay $35K to Family of Man Slain at Waffle House
- NICB: Texas Again Claims Top Spot for Hail Claims
- Missouri’s Blunt Named 2020 Outstanding Safety Educator by ASSP
- PERILS Releases Industry Exposure Database 2020, Now Including Australia Motor
- EF-2 Tornado Caused Significant Damage in Western South Carolina
- NAMIC Applauds Repeal of Illinois Workers’ Comp Expansion Rules
- W. Va. Gov. Justice’s Coal Firms to Pay $1M in Fines, Penalties in Mine Contract Dispute
- Berkley Program Specialists Partners with Ohio’s IEPM
- Marsh JLT Specialty Expands Renewable Energy Team in UK, U.S., and Asia
- Texas AG Accuses Largest Egg Producer in US of Price Gouging
- Texas High Court Allows Prompt Payment Claim Against State Farm Lloyds
- Pilot Sues Colorado Hotel Over Dismissed Exposure Charge
- The Doctors Co. in California Names Spadacenta Claims Executive
- Maryland Insurance Administration Announces Apprenticeship Program
- Analysis: Insurers Feel Rising Legal Heat for COVID-19 Business Interruption Exclusions
- Massachusetts’ SecureRisk Insurance Agency Joins Satellite Agency Network Group
- Most Firms Neglected Pandemics in Annual Risk Assessments: Study
- Beazley Hires Underwriting Team to Build Product Recall Insurance Offering
- Zaffino Exits Everest to Join Ascot as Group President
- Inside Connecticut’s ‘Ground War’ Against Coronavirus at Nursing Homes
- Top States, Cities For Insurance Claims for Hail Damage
- Floods Hit Canada’s Oil Sands Hub in Fort McMurray, Forcing Some Evacuations
- AXA XL Launches Virtual Risk Assessment Service Called ‘Remote Risk Dialogue’
- German Economy Relies on Rhine River – But Levels Are Low Without April Rainfall
- Talcum Lawsuits Against J&J Can Proceed with Testimony Limits
- 6 Ways Insurance Brokers Can Be a Resource to Clients During COVID-19 Crisis
- Employers Hope to Limit Liability by Catching Social Distancing Scofflaws on Video
- $3M Claim in Washington Against Shipper for Damage to Marina and Boats
- Washington State Officer Files $10M Claim in Wrongful Termination
- Mississippi Gov Allows Stay-at-Home Order to Expire but Urges Vigilance
- Kemp Tours Storm-Damaged Towns in South Georgia
- Smithfield South Dakota Plant Eyes Reopening as U.S. Issues Meatpacking Guidance
- Texas Attorney General Sues to Halt Deceptive Insurance Marketer
- Emergency Order Allows Oil Wells to Shut Down in Oklahoma
- AXIS Capital Estimates $235 Million of Coronavirus-Related Claims During First Quarter
- 11 Arkansas Counties Declared Disasters after April 12 Tornadoes, Storms
- McClain Appointed as Arkansas’ New Insurance Commissioner
- Suit Filed Against Smithfield Over Working Conditions at Missouri Plant
- FBI Investigates Missouri Islamic Center Fire; Offers $5K Reward
- Chicago Transit to Pay $3M to Man Who Lost Leg After Being Hit by Bus
- Supreme Court Backs Insurers Over $12 Billion in Obamacare ‘Risk Corridor’ Payments
- Aon Executives, 70% of Employees Taking Pay Cuts Amid Coronavirus Uncertainties
- Lawsuit Says Oregon Restaurant Served Man Fatal Enchilada Meal
- Small Earthquake Confirmed in Southern Oregon
- Man Beaten in L.A. Dodgers Parking Lot Sues Team for Negligence
- Coronavirus Business Interruption Insurance Claimants Seek to Consolidate Lawsuits
- Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration’s View of Clean Water Act
- Three More Lawsuits Filed Against Virginia Tech in Hazing Case
- Auto Insurers Will Return Approximately $32M in Premiums to N.H. Consumers
- Worldwide Facilities Hires Caplan as an Assistant Vice President in New York
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Connecticut’s Martin & Rowland Insurance
- UK Insurers Urged by Treasury Committee to Pay Coronavirus Claims
- Generali Confident of Rebuffing Takeovers Thanks to Strong Capital, Financial Position
- UK Insurers Expected to Pay $1.5B in Coronavirus Claims: Association of British Insurers
- North Carolina Gov Extends Stay-Home Order for 2 Weeks, Unveils Reopen Plan
- Tennessee Insurance Claims from Deadly March Tornadoes Top $1B
- How Chubb Is Navigating Coronavirus and Its Impact on Growth
- U.S. Issues New Coronavirus Safety Guidance for Meat, Poultry Plants
- Employees Go Back to Work and Get Covid-19. What’s the Liability Picture?: Opinion
- McGriff Insurance Services Hires Cabrera as National Pharmacy Practice Leader in Florida
- Oregon Extends Emergency Order for Insurance Deadlines
- French Court Keeps Limits in Place for Amazon Deliveries, in Victory for Its Workers
- AXA Announces Death of Stefan Lippe, AXA Director, Former CEO of Swiss Re
- Illinois Business Groups Sue Over Expanded Workers’ Comp Eligibility Rules
- Trump ‘Disagreed Strongly’ with Georgia Gov.’s Plan to Reopen State
- Surplus Lines Pioneer Hall Remembered as Well-Respected Leader
- Florida Tourism, Hospitality Industry Plans to Ease into Reopening
- Illinois Manufacturer to Pay $275K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
- Louisiana Businesses Back ‘Stay Home, Safe at Work’ Approach
- Update: At Least 7 Dead After Storms in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana
- XPT Specialty Acquires Texas MGA, LP Risk
- Some of World’s Largest Companies Warn About Security of Zoom Conferencing App
- K2 Insurance Agrees to Acquire Pioneer Underwriters’ Portfolio
- Alaska Native Group Sues Neiman Marcus Over Coat Design
- Randall & Quilter Completes Loss Portfolio Transfer with Repwest in Arizona
- Former XFL Commissioner Sues Claiming Wrongful Termination
- Court Approves GM’s $120M Ignition Switch Lost Value Claims Settlement with Owners
- Parents of UConn Student Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit for $1M
- The Concord Group Announces Plan to Return $2.4M to Policyholders During Pandemic
- Pennsylvania Outlines Temporary Licensure Process for Insurers During COVID-19
- Reinsurance Rendez-Vous de Septembre Canceled due to Coronavirus Crisis
- Some Auto Insurer Premium Discounts Should Be Bigger, Say Consumer Groups
- Insurance Premium Discounts, Other Relief Offered During Coronavirus Crisis
- College Sports Lack Options of Pro Sports for Getting Back in the Game
- Pennsylvania’s PMA Companies Names Bell as Senior VP, Chief Financial Officer
- Everest Re Estimates $150 Million in Pandemic-Related Losses During First Quarter
- French #MeToo Milestone: Court Orders Dentist to Pay Damages for Sexual Harassment
- 5 North Carolina Food Processors Have Employees Infected by COVID-19
- Bouknight Joins Insurance Office Of America in South Carolina
- Disease Experts Are Better Than the Covid-19 Contrarians: Opinion
- 5,000 Meat, Food Plant Workers Exposed to Coronavirus, Union Says
- LP Insurance Services Adds McGinty to Nevada Commercial Team
- Mississippi Windstorm Insureds Eligible for Fortified Roof Replacement
- Patriot Growth Adds Florida Southern Insurance to Platform
- California Workers’ Comp Report Shows Written Premium Down 6% in 2019
- Louisiana Hospital Cheers as 1,500th Virus Patient Released
- Firm ‘Devastated’ by Fire at Large Ohio Egg Farm, Official Says
- Deadly Tornadoes Slam Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
- Missouri Sues China Over Coronavirus Pandemic
- Brit Global Specialty Adds Stodolski to U.S. Cyber Team
- Everest Insurance Promotes 4 as Regional Leaders on Commercial Casualty Team
- Runyan Joins Homeowners of America Insurance in Texas as CFO
- State Auto, Rural Mutual Unveil Auto Insurance Policyholder Relief Plans
- Key Lawmaker Eyes Ban on Mergers to Protect Small Firms During Coronavirus Crisis
- More States Making Plans to Lift Coronavirus Restrictions
- Earthquake Hits Croatia, a Month After Another Tremor Causes Damages of $6B
- Woman Run Over While Sleeping on Sidewalk in Oregon Sues for $450K
- Light Shaking as M3.7 Earthquake Hit South Los Angeles
- White House Vows Liability Protections for Businesses Facing Coronavirus Claims
- Tyson Foods Halts Work at Large Iowa Pork Plant to Curb Coronavirus Spread
- Specialist MGA Lions Gate Expands Canada Offering with Environmental Insurance Cover
- China’s Ping An Reports Q1 Profit Drop of 42.7% on Coronavirus Business Disruption
- Obsidian Insurance Holdings Hires Larkin as Chief Underwriting Officer
- Preferred Mutual Launches Relief Program for Auto Customers During Pandemic
- Brokerslink Network Expands in Latin America with Two Broker Affiliates
- New York Charges Mallinckrodt with Insurance Fraud Over Opioid Claims
- SCOR Global P&C Sees Price Increases of 6.6% During April Renewals
- China Slams Coronavirus Lawsuit Brought by Missouri as ‘Very Absurd’
- Governor Aims for South Carolina to Recover ‘More Quickly Than Any Other State’
- Oregon Fines Aerospace Company $70K for Waste Mishandling
- Georgia Gambles on Reopening Business Amid Pandemic
- Travelers, W.R. Berkley CEOs Sound Alarm Over Coronavirus Lawsuits, Workers’ Comp
- Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Names Burgess Regional VP of Marketing for Rocky Mountains
- Georgia Businesses May Be Slow to Reopen Despite Governor’s Encouragement
- CoreLogic: Rebuilding Costs from Southeast Tornado Outbreak Total Nearly $3B
- North Carolina Regulator Offers Agent Licensing Options During Shutdown
- AssuredPartners Acquires Transportation Insurance Advisors of Florida
- Texas to Insurers: Credit Score Exemption Rules Apply During Pandemic
- Analysis: It’s Not the Whole Texas Economy, But Energy Is a Critical Piece
- How COVID-19 Impacts the Surplus Lines Insurance Industry
- Wisconsin Governor Issues Emergency Order Due to Wildfires
- Despite Virus Outbreak, Midwest States Work to Keep Meat Plants Open
- Chipotle to Pay $25 Million, Implement Safety Plan to End Foodborne Illness Charges
- Wisconsin Real Estate Company to Pay $75K Fine in Iowa Asbestos Case
- Some Onsite Agent, Adjuster Licensing Exams Now Available in Texas
- Chubb Reports Q1 Net Income Drop; Sees ‘Meaningful’ Coronavirus Impact Ahead
- PG&E’s Bankruptcy Plan Heads Toward Approval in California
- Families Sue Helicopter Company in California in Kobe Bryant Crash
- Insurtech ‘Babel Cover’ Collaborates with Maltese Insurer Atlas to Offer Bicycle Insurance
- First Pitch: Fans Sue Major League Baseball Teams, Ticket Vendors for Refunds
- Putting Autonomous Driving Back on the Road: Roundtable
- Broker NFP Buys UK’s Johnson Fleming Group Ltd.
- Massachusetts’ C&S Insurance Hires Quealy, Trabulsie, McLaughlin to Executive Team
- Pennsylvania’s Erie Insurance Announces $200M in Relief for Customers
- New Jersey-Based AIG Director Delaney Joins Board for Virginia’s Invest
- Sompo Int’l Forms Agricultural Insurance Partnership with Portuguese MGA ATLAS
- Hannover Re, Parent Firm Talanx Withdraw 2020 Profit Guidance on Virus Uncertainties
- Aon’s Reinsurer Trading Portal, ABConnect, Receives Accreditation from Lloyd’s
- Conspiracy Theorists Set Fire to Europe’s 5G Network Towers, Claiming Link to COVID-19
- Brokerslink Network Strengthens African Presence with Broker in Republic of Congo
- Georgia Governor Gives Certain Businesses Green Light to Reopen Friday
- Florida Dive Shop Alleges Insurer Breach of Contract, Bad Faith in BI Denial Suit
- Arizona Insurer of Physicians Declares $12M Dividend to Help in COVID-19 Pandemic
- North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance to Give Insureds 20% Dividend on Auto Premiums
- What Companies Need to Disclose on Coronavirus Infections: Q&A
- Latest Class Actions Over Business Interruption Target 6 Insurers
- Alera Group Acquires Barkley Risk Management & Insurance in California
- Houston-Area Manufacturer to Pay $225K to Settle Hiring Discrimination Suit
- South Gets Slammed Again by Severe Storms, Tornado Suspected in Mississippi
- Travelers Sees Q1 Profit Fall From Storms; It’s Watching COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claims
- SLTX: New Surplus Lines Complaint Notice Required Starting May 1
- Missouri’s Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Creates Scholarship for Rural Communities
- TWFG Acquires Personal, Commercial Business of Texas’ Panoptic Insurance
- Iowa Beef Plant Reopens After 177 Workers Test Positive for Virus
- California Workers’ Comp Bureau to Restrict COVID-19 Experience, Payroll in Rating
- North Dakota Insurance Commissioner: Online Producer License Testing Now Available
- Nuclear Plants Allowed to Extend Workers’ Hours, Delay Inspections
- California Details Nursing Homes with COVID-19 Outbreaks
- AXA XL Forms New Leadership Team, Aims to Restructure with Regional Business Units
- The Hilb Group Hires Tarmey as a Producer in Rhode Island
- Businesses Press Congress for Immunity When States Lift Coronavirus Lockdowns
- Investigation Begins into Cause of Massive Paper Mill Blast in Maine
- From Google to Webex to Teams to Zoom: How to Choose a Videoconferencing App
- New York Nurses Sue State and Two Hospitals Over ‘Inadequate’ Virus Protection
- Travelers, Insured Law Firm Spar Over Civil Authority Business Income Loss Claim
- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Appoints Grass as CFO, Succeeding Mueller
- Beazley Gets Approval to Launch Malaysia Company to Build Asia Pacific Distribution
- UniCredit Hackers Try to Sell Employee Data on Cyber-Crime Forums
- Ferrari Provides Coronavirus Tests so Employees Can Return to Work
- Danish Insurer Tryg Expects Wave of Travel Claims as Customers Cancel Holidays
- UK Insurance Industry Leaders Form Steering Group to Propose Pandemic Response, Chaired by Catlin
- 4 Tyson Foods Poultry Workers in Georgia Die of Coronavirus
- South Carolina: Hurricane Response Plan a ‘Good Question’ Amid Virus Outbreak
- On the Front Lines: Georgia Insurance Commissioner Deployed by National Guard
- States Easing Path to Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Coronavirus Workers
- COVID-19 Will Have Biggest Impact on Cannabis Space, Poll Shows
- California State Fund to Accept All Essential Worker COVID Claims; Adds to Safety Fund
- ‘Diesel Brothers’ TV Show Appeals Utah Air Pollution Fine
- Alera Group Acquires Cambridge Benefit Solutions in Arizona
- More Storms Hit South, Tornadoes Threaten Region
- Florida to Grant Temporary Agent Licenses Amid Testing Freeze
- More White Collar Employees Starting to Face Pay Cuts, Layoffs
- More Midwest Insurers Offering Auto Premium Relief to Insureds
- 10 Years Later: Oil Drilled Deeper; Rules Relaxed After BP Oil Spill
- Positive Tests Mount After Virus Outbreak at North Dakota Wind Turbine Plant
- Missouri Lawsuit: Christian Ministries Aliera, Trinity Healthshare Pushed Deceptive Plans
- Supreme Court Sides with BP Unit to Curtail Montana Superfund Cleanup Suits
- British Court Awards $11 Million to EY Whistleblower Who Exposed Money Laundering
- UK Insurers in Talks with Government About Creating Trade Credit Backstop
- Oregon Nursing Home Reports 14 Virus Deaths, State Finds Violations
- Lawsuit Seeking Greater Protections for Washington Farmworkers
- Layoffs, Small Business Exits Likely Major Coronavirus Effects on Workers’ Comp: NCCI
- Next Up, Locusts? Maine Had Five Potential Disasters in a Week
- Massachusetts’ Miniter Group Hires Adams as VP of Operations and Tracking
- Equifax to Pay $18M Over Data Breach Affecting Nearly Three Million Mass. Residents
- Employers May Exclude Payroll to Employees Not Working for Workers’ Comp: NCCI
- Lloyd’s Gathers Business Interruption Data for UK Regulator
- Amazon Extends French Warehouse Closures on COVID-19 Safety Dispute with Workers
- Notre Dame Restoration Halted by France’s Coronavirus Lockdown
- CyberCube Releases New Edition of Cyber Accumulation Model
- Pandemic Crisis Story: Moving 1000-Plus Employees in 7 Countries in Just 2 Weeks
- Mississippi Disaster Declaration Approved for Easter Storms
- TDI Modernization Efforts Paying Off During Pandemic, Commissioner Says
- New E-Book, Online Guide Aims to Help Insurance Agencies Deal with Disruptions
- Businesses Fear Lawsuits from Sick Employees, Patrons After Reopening
- White House Moves to Weaken EPA Rule on Toxic PFA Compounds in Consumer Products
- South Carolina Insurance Dept. Makes Staff Changes, Names New Deputy Directors
- Cowbell Cyber Adds Social Engineering Coverage, Opens Platform to Non-Insureds
- California Workers’ Comp to Exclude COVID-19 From Rating, Payroll
- Who Got Money in Small Business Paycheck Protection Program?
- Washington Commissioner Says Most Business Insurance Policies Exclude Pandemic, Virus Coverage
- Utah School District Sued in Teacher Sexual Misconduct Case
- South Carolina Reports Damage to 900 Homes from at Least 16 Tornadoes
- Florida Nursing Home COVID-19 Cases Top 1,300; 30 Test Positive at Tampa Bay Facility
- Carnival CEO Says Company Followed Safety Protocols in Outbreaks on 2 Cruise Ships
- North Carolina Diocese Faces 2 Suits Over Alleged Priest Abuse
- Louisiana’s Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Promotes Treigle; Adds Chou, Jones
- South Dakota COVID-19 Cases at Meat Plant Top 1,000; One Worker Dies
- Company Sued Over Massive Dust Cloud From Chicago-Area Demolition
- Coronavirus Confirmed on Offshore Oil Platforms in Gulf
- Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Stallard as Agency Development Specialist
- Tyson Foods: 2 Iowa Pork Plant Employees Dead After Virus Outbreak
- Louisiana Extending License Renewal Dates for Insurance Agents, Adjusters
- Hacking Attacks Against Corporations Double as Employees Work From Home
- 4.2 Magnitude Aftershock Hits Utah
- New Mexico Mom Suing Company for Overturned Bounce House That Trapped Children
- California Nursing Home Reports 154 Virus Cases, 8 Deaths
- Unico in California Offering Covid-19 Suspended Operations Insurance
- Mass. Attorney General Calls on Division of Insurance to Lower Auto Premiums
- Insurers’ Pause of Dividends Likely Shows Caution, Rather Than Credit Risks: S&P
- Explosion Causes Significant Damage to Maine Paper Mill; No Injuries
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