News for January 2021
- Illinois Bill Adds Prejudgment Interest to Recoveries in Personal Injury Cases
- Minnesota Lawmaker Files Meatpacking Worker Safety Bill
- National General Expands Beyond Floods Product Into 13 Additional States
- Texas Governor Vows to Fight President Biden’s Energy, Climate Agenda
- Bjornson Named Chief Financial Officer at Lockton’s Mylo
- SolarWinds Attackers Focused on Cyber and Tech Firms
- $650M Going into Massive Hawaii Flood Project
- Cryptocurrency Crime Drops in 2020 but ‘Decentralized Finance’ Losses Rise: Study
- AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Kemper P/C Group and Its Subsidiaries
- Lawsuit Over 2017 Connecticut Training Flight Crash Is Settled
- Brazil Reinsurer IRB Rises 18% as Some Retail Investors Mimick GameStop
- Judge to Rule on Maine Property Boundary Dispute
- Court Rules New Jersey Transit Due $300M in Sandy Damage Coverage
- Insurtech Trov Partners with UFODRIVE to Insure London-Based Electric Vehicles
- Dutch Court Orders Shell Nigeria to Pay Damages from Oil Pipeline Leaks
- China Emphasizes Communist Party Leadership in Governance of Insurers, Banks
- Businesses Should Take the Lead on COVID-19 Recovery, Climate Crisis: UN Chief
- Coalition Adds 5 Hires to Middle Market Production Underwriting Team
- Low-Level Jobs, Less School Could Mean Costly Auto Policies
- Industry Underestimating COVID-19 Biz Interruption Losses: RenRe CEO
- Tornado Hits Florida’s Capital City; Damages, Closes Airport
- Society Insurance Adds Travelers’ Aranas to Launch Restaurant, Bar Program in Georgia
- Texas Holiday Inn Owner Sued for Firing Pregnant Employee
- Citizens Immune from Bad Faith, Not Liable for Non-Contractual Damages: Court
- Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck Names Thompson Law Partner in California
- Utah Dealership Launches Larry H. Miller Insurance Services
- North Dakota Bills Would Shield Businesses from Virus Lawsuits
- Lawsuit Alleges Negligence in Deadly Ohio Medical Helicopter Crash
- Suit Dismissed Against Nebraska Shop That Sold Alcohol to Minor Who Died
- Deadline for Late-Filed Texas Surplus Line Policy Corrections: Feb. 15
- Unlicensed California Agent Fined $20K Following Cease and Desist Order
- California Passes 103K COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claims for AY 2020
- Companies to Face Tougher Mining Regulations, Costs in Wisconsin
- Duke Energy, North Carolina Reach Deal on Coal Ash Removal Costs
- Alabama Education Association Urges COVID Vaccinations for Teachers After 39 Deaths
- Governor Promises Help After Killer Tornado Devastates Alabama Town
- Florida’s Citizens Seeks to Stem Flow of New Policies with Drastic Rate Changes
- W.R. Berkley Reports Record Q4 Net Income
- M&T Bank’s Batt, Beazley’s Ingrassia Join AmTrust Cyber Insurance Team
- UK Chancellor Sunak Seeks Deeper UK Insurance, Banking Ties with Switzerland
- Luxembourg Signs Restitution Agreement for Holocaust Victims
- Mother of Teen Who Died Suing Center in Oregon for $13M
- Aon, Willis Announce Leadership Team for Post-Merger Brokerages
- Vermont Man Charged in Eight Arsons Arrested by Federal Agents
- Saxe Doernberger & Vita Promotes Clifford, Johnson to Of Counsel
- AXA XL Names Colao as Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Cyber
- USAA, Serving Military and Veterans, Enters Small Business Insurance Market
- China Urges International Cooperation on Financial Services, Technology Regulation
- China Approves Allianz Bid to Open Insurance Asset Management Firm in Beijing
- Trump Health Secretary Rule Slows COVID Court Claims Against Nursing Homes
- GEICO Loses Appeal that Sought Coverage From Another Insurer for Lamborghini Crash
- Texas Surplus Line Insurance Premium Neared $8B in 2020
- Judge Rules Former CBS Shareholders Can Sue Over ViacomCBS Merger
- Hogeboom Looks Back on 46 Years Helping Shape California Insurance Landscape
- Topa Insurance in California Names Kim Controller
- Before Starting an Independent Agency, There Are Many Questions to Weigh
- Louisiana Governor Seeking $3B in Hurricane Aid From White House
- Highway Safety Advocates Urge Nebraska to Tighten Slack Seat Belt Law
- Arkansas Judge Dismisses Bars’ Virus Curfew Challenge
- Airlines Seek WHO Approval of Quarantine-Free Travel After Vaccines
- California’s State Fund Launches COVID Regulations Resource Center
- Washington Fruit Grower Fined $150K for Virus Violations
- South Carolina County Suffers Cyberattack Against Computer Network
- Florida Introduces Bill to Protect Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits
- Purmort & Martin Insurance Agency Acquires Jeff DeJongh & Associates of Florida
- Title Insurer First American to Exit P/C Insurance with Transfers to Safeco, Heritage
- Iowa AG: Consumer Complaints UP 24.4% in 2020
- What Biden’s First Year Might Mean for Job Creation
- Bluefire Now Offering Auto Insurance in Illinois
- Cost of Laura, Delta, Zeta Insurance Claims Up to $7.7B in Louisiana
- Seattle OKs Virus ‘Hazard Pay’ for Grocery Workers
- World Economic Forum: Allianz CEO Says Europe Must Alter Capital Rules for Climate
- Utility Paying $2B Settlement in Deadly 2018 California Fire
- Investor Sues Drugmaker Astrazeneca Over Coronavirus Vaccine Testing Claims
- Parents of Maryland Teen Who Died in Class File Lawsuit
- Beacon Mutual Names Hanover’s Tumeinski as Chief Financial Officer
- If Tokyo Olympics Canceled, Loss for Insurers Would Be ‘Mind-Blowingly’ Big
- SterlingRisk Insurance Promotes Larocca to Chief Strategic Relations Officer
- China’s Central Bank Says Ant IPO Could Resume Once Problems Resolved
- Volkswagen Wants U.S. Supreme Court to Nix ‘Staggering’ Diesel Claims by Counties
- Tennessee Reports Highest Number of Boating Deaths in 37 Years in 2020
- Hay Joins Sedgwick in Tennessee as Global Chief People Officer
- The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers in California Adds James
- Allstate to Sell Life Insurance Company to Blackstone for $2.8B to Grow in P/C
- Everest Re Cites Social Inflation for $400M Prior-Year Reserve Charge
- Eurapco and B3i Introduce Unity, a Risk Transfer Service Built on Blockchain
- Pandemic-Related Business Interruption, Cyber Top Business Risks for 2021: Allianz
- Auto Theft Jumped in 2020
- Oklahoma AG Seeks $1.8M from Vendor After Failed PPE Order
- Kansas Governor Extends Pandemic Disaster Declaration
- Texas Governor Urging Protections for Businesses from Virus-Related Lawsuits
- California Alerts Residents in Burn Areas About Flood And Mudslide Coverage
- Real Estate Developer The St. Joe Co. Forms Watersound Insurance Agency in Florida
- FEMA OKs More than $1B for Hurricanes Delta, Laura Recovery in Louisiana
- Brown & Brown Revenues, Profit Jump in Q4
- Georgia Spending $200K a Year on Indicted Insurance Chief
- Houston’s Skyward Specialty Names Burkhart President of Specialty Lines
- Judge Strikes Down North Dakota ‘Pore Space’ Law Backed by Oil, Gas Group
- Ratings of Ohio’s Wayne Mutual Insurance Upgraded
- Survey Shows Gains in Rural Economy of Midwest, West States
- Montana Virus Liability Bill Advancing Through Legislature
- Arizona Sees Recreational Cannabis Sales Start
- California May Prioritize Age Before Essential Workers for Vaccine
- Two Women Found Dead After Row Home Fire Causing Estimated $250K in Damage
- New York’s NFP Hires Beaudette as Senior Vice President
- New Jersey’s American Global Hires McGill to Lead National Project Risk Practice
- Consumers Open to Sharing Personal Data with Insurers But Worry About Data Security
- European Researchers Turn to AI to Build Better Weather Data
- Olympics Board Expected to Focus on Safety; Unlikely to Cancel Tokyo Games
- Bankruptcy Judge Approves Weinstein Co. Plan With $17M for Sex Abuse Claims
- Ex-Rep Hayes Pardoned by Trump for Role in North Carolina Insurance Bribery Scheme
- WestPro Insurance Partners with Obsidian on Bars, Taverns, Restaurants Program
- Pirates Are Attacking Ships in Gulf of Guinea. Here’s Why and the Impact.
- Top Trading Firms Vow to Help Merchants Sailors Stuck on Ships Due to Coronavirus
- Propel Insurance in Washington Names Hub’s Fusaro CFO
- Biden Withdraws Trump Chicken Slaughter Rule Industry Says Is Safe
- Top Insurance Regulatory Developments of 2020: Part 2
- Spanish Court Orders VW to Pay $20M to Buyers in Diesel Cheating Case
- ‘Spotter’ in New Orleans Staged Crash Schemes Sentenced to Prison
- The Results Are In: How NFL QBs/Insurance Salesmen Mahomes, Rodgers, Mayfield Rate
- Teen Accused of Stealing Nearly $1M from Georgia Supermarket
- Former Kentucky Mine Safety Director Pleads Guilty to Dust Monitor Tampering
- Arkansas’ Tyson Foods to Pay $221.5M to Settle Price-Fixing Claims
- Keeping Up with Changes in Florida’s Growing Private Flood Market
- Nebraska Supreme Court Says Suit Against MUD in Omaha Fire Can Proceed
- Insurance Industry Veterans Launch Upland Capital Group in Dallas
- IMA Adds Maier as VP in Houston Energy Practice
- Unions File OSHA Complaint Over No Mask Mandate at Iowa Capitol
- Heinz Joins Lockton from Aon as Partner in Transaction Liability Practice
- Insurance Journal’s 2021 Agency Salary Survey Open
- Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against NRA, Gunmaker, Shooter Over Synagogue Attack
- New York Court: Uber Drivers Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Insurance
- Man Pleads Guilty to Deaths of 36 in California Warehouse Fire
- Las Vegas Gym Sued over Gymnastics Coach Abuse Allegations
- DuPont, Chemours Reach Pact Over Liability for ‘Forever Chemicals’ PFAs Pollution
- S. Africa Insurer Santam Begins Processing 4,000 Business Interruption Claims
- MyFloodInsurance.com Expands Flood Tool to Real Estate Agents, Homebuyers
- Fire on Prudence Island Destroys Three Homes
- Pennsylvania Water Customer in Arrears Burned Workers with Acid
- Libor Remains a Big Problem, But At Least It’s Getting Smaller
- Foley’s SPAC in $7.3B Deal to Take Blackstone’s Benefits Firm Alight Public
- Australian Securities Regulator Suffers Cyber Security Breach
- Nearly Two-Thirds of Global Catastrophe Economic Losses Unaddressed by Insurance
- ‘Totally Destroyed’ Indonesia Jet in Java Sea Makes Search Almost Impossible
- United Airlines CEO Urges Employers to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines
- Volkswagen Talks Damages Claims Against Chip Suppliers Over Shortages
- Brazil Miner Vale, State Authorities Narrow Differences in Disaster Settlement: Reuters
- Tennessee Insurance Dept. Makes Multiple Leadership Changes
- California Construction Worker Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
- Jumpstart Parametric Earthquake Firm on Move in West
- Alabama Transgender Driver’s License Policy Ruled Unconstitutional
- Biden Revokes Keystone XL Pipeline Permit; Construction Halted
- Homeowners Claims, Delays Top Louisiana 2020 Storm Complaints
- Victoria County, Texas, Flood Maps Ready for Review: FEMA
- Insurer Hallmark Financial Explores Splitting Off Its Specialty Commercial Lines Business
- North Dakota Senate Won’t Hold Oil Execs Liable for Environmental Damage
- Attune to Offer General, Professional Liability Products Through Hiscox
- Farmers Launches Direct-to-Consumer Policies in Mississippi
- Lloyd’s Appoints Aviva’s Tiernan to New Chief of Markets Position
- Biden Orders OSHA to Step Up COVID Workplace Safety Guidance, Enforcement
- California OKs Using Moderna Vaccine After Illness Reports
- Pardon for Ex-Google Exec Who Took Self-Driving Car Secrets to Uber
- How do NFL QBs Rodgers, Mahomes and Mayfield Rate as Insurance Salesmen?
- Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Acquires Aegis Surety, Sells XPro
- Falls Kill Two Long Island Men in Separate Workplace Accidents
- Investors Suing Bayer Blame Drop in Stock on Buying Monsanto, Roundup
- China Says Its Fintech Antitrust Moves Not Targeted at Private Banks, Insurers
- Deadline Approaches for New York-Bermuda InsurTech Early Stage Competition
- Spanos Joins Core Specialty Insurance E&S Group as VP
- TÜV SÜD Hit by ‘Significant Damages’ Claim in Germany Over 2019 Brazil Dam Tragedy
- Mexico’s Pemex Plan to Cut Refinery Jobs Presents Safety Risks, Document Shows
- George Petersen in California Names Five New Principals
- In Third Lockdown, England Seeing ‘No Evidence of Decline’ in COVID-19 Cases
- CoStar and Warburg Are Said to Be Competing to Buy CoreLogic: Bloomberg
- Prioritizing High-Risk Individuals for Vaccines May Not Be Necessary, Research Says
- Top Insurance Regulatory Developments of 2020: Part 1
- United Valley Insurance Services in California Adds Peck
- Hub Acquires Assets of Alabama-Based Shields Insurance Agency
- Michigan’s McLaren to Pay $7.7M to Resolve Alleged Drug Violations
- Ohio Suspends Pharmacy After 890 Vaccine Doses Wasted
- Biden’s Climate Accord Move Welcomed by World Leaders
- Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Schutz with NIF Group is a ‘Cannabis Ninja’
- The Villages Insurance Partners of Florida Adds Allstate Agent Sheats
- Banker Enns to Succeed Retiring Chubb CFO Bancroft
- U.S. Charges 2 Oil Workers With Allowing Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills
- Analysis: Fight Over Mississippi Flood Control Project Continues
- Kansas Insurance Agent to Repay $86K After Guilty Plea
- N.Y. Court Takes Contrary Position on Insurers’ Right to Recoup Defense Costs
- Fire Official Says Arcing Power Lines Caused Big Nevada Brush Fire
- Deal Offers More Financial Services for California Cannabis Firms
- Judge Approves Settlement in Annapolis Housing Discrimination Lawsuit
- Travelers Insurance Profit Soared in Q4 on Fewer Claims, Investment Gains
- China’s Top Financial Regulator Rejects ‘State Monopoly’ Criticism
- Trump Order Allows Government to Block Use of U.S. Cloud Services in Foreign Countries
- Maryland Insurance Agencies Accuse Erie Insurance of Discriminatory Practices
- French Car Rental Firm’s Credit Insurance Woes Send Warning to Speculators
- Japan’s Automakers Adding Safety Technology for Often-Isolated Older Drivers
- Bage Appointed CEO at MAX Insurance in Kansas
- Alera Group Acquires CSNW Benefits in Oregon
- Poms & Associates in California Adds Fontelieu and Toland
- 2020 Could Make 2021 the Year of Insurance Agency E&O Lawsuits
- Why Now May Be the Best Time to Start an Insurance Agency: Viewpoint
- Hub Acquires Assets of MPE Employee Benefit Services of Mississippi
- 14 Tanks Burn in Explosion at North Dakota Oil Tank Battery
- DuPont Spinoff Will Contest Charges Over Deadly Gas Leak at Texas Plant
- Corps Could Pay $2.1B Louisiana for Hurricane Protection System
- Oklahoma Dairy Recalls Contaminated Milk Given to Children
- New Delay in Getting Vaccine Worries Nebraska Workers
- DuPont, Former Employee Charged in 2014 Fatal Release at Texas Plant
- Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Policy Count Down, Financial Position Up
- The Hilb Group Acquires Michigan’s Owen Moore Insurance
- Supreme Court Rejects Merck’s Bid to Reinstate $2.5B Damage Award Against Rival
- California COVID-19 Benefits Fraud, Cyber Attack Could Reach $9.8B
- Florida’s Property Insurance Market Is ‘Spiraling Towards Collapse’ Due to Litigation: Report
- Future of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Looks Increasingly Uncertain
- Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Vetoes Sweeping Climate Change Bill
- ProSight to Become Private Company After Being Acquired by Investors
- Maine Court Says Tourette’s Patient Can Sue for Being Denied Procedure
- Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Rhode Island Man Injured in Moped Crash
- AXIS Insurance Hires Aon’s Boswell Brown, Aviva’s Whelan as Renewable Energy U/Ws
- Insurance Agency M&A Deals Surged 20% in Year of Pandemic: OPTIS
- Aon CEO Greg Case Recognized as Top Ally of LGBTQ+ Employees and Individuals
- Liberty Specialty Markets Launches German Terrorism Insurance Coverage
- AkinovA Granted Bermuda License to Operate as Electronic Insurance Marketplace
- Viewpoint: Cyber Insurance Policies Are Challenging to Underwrite. AI Can Help.
- AXA in Talks to Sell Singapore Unit Which Could Raise $700 Million
- Kentucky High Court Orders Online Poker Site to Pay State $1B for Illegal Gambling
- INSUREtrust Makes Multiple Personnel Changes After Merger
- Tennessee Touts 2020 Growth of Insurance Industry, Consumer Efforts
- Bearley Promoted to President of Great American’s P/C Group Bond Unit
- Brown & Riding in California Names Nam CFO
- Safety Agency Orders Ford to Recall 3 Million Vehicles Over Takata Air Bags
- Supreme Court Hears Baltimore’s Climate Change Damages Claim Against Energy Firms
- Specialty Insurer Hallmark Financial CEO Anand Resigns; AM Best Maintains ‘A-‘ Rating
- Veteran Awarded $1M in Kansas VA Hospital Abuse Case
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Atlas General Insurance Services in California
- Hallmark Financial CEO Resigns; AM Best ‘A-‘ Rating Maintained
- Causey Sworn in for Second Term as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner
- UNC Chapel Hill Must Release Sexual Assault Discipline Records
- Steen, Webber Promoted at Burns & Wilcox in New Orleans
- Texas Extends Workers’ Comp Insurer COVID-19 Data Call to June
- Kirke Named President of BevCap Management’s Healthcare Division
- Holmes Murphy Names Cornett, Spencer, Reavis to New Leadership Roles
- Hurricane-Force Winds Caused Extensive Damage in North Dakota
- 40 La Crosse, Wisconsin, Wells Contaminated with PFAs, Tests Show
- Startup Loop Wins Funding for Fairer Auto Insurance Rating Model That Uses AI
- Hamilton Appoints AXA XL’s Scully as Head of Casualty Insurance in Bermuda
- Business Startups Surged Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
- USI Insurance Services Acquires CB Insurance in Colorado
- Insurance Veterans Lead Confianza, Big Data Analytics Startup for Smaller Insurers
- How Climate Change May Affect Hurricane Risk and Losses: AIR, Brookings, AXIS
- Vermont’s Winooski Insurance Adds Heaslip to Its Leadership Team
- Cross Insurance Partners with Connecticut’s Daigle & Travers Insurance
- NYPD Adopts Clearer Penalties for Excessive Force, Racial Bias
- Applied Specialty Underwriters Names Black to Lead Middle Market Surplus Lines
- Indonesia Earthquake Leaves Thousands Homeless, Killing at Least 84 People
- Here’s How European Satellites Can Help Predict the Next Weather Disaster
- BGC Insurance Rebrands as Corant Global
- World’s Biggest Shipping Line Demands Action Against Piracy Surge Off West Africa
- Zurich Insurance to Stop Insuring Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Project: Sources
- 21 Georgia Counties Approved for Federal Aid for Zeta Cleanup, Repair
- Sierra Specialty in California Names Sunderland Senior Underwriter
- Lawmakers Sought to Ban Facial Software Being Used to ID Capitol Attackers
- AM Best, Moody’s Rate Personal Lines Insurance Market Outlook as Stable
- Constellation Affiliated Partners Acquires INSUREtrust; Haase to Retire
- Bender in California Names Guillen Vice President of Alternative Risk
- Newfront in California Adds Parker as Employee Benefits Producer
- AXIS Capital Decides to Stop Insuring Arctic Oil and Gas Projects
- Wisconsin Suspends License of Pharmacist Accused of Spoiling Vaccine
- Louisiana Bars Lose Appeal in Fight Against Forced COVID-19 Closures
- Despite Pandemic, North Carolina Traffic Deaths Climb to 1,500 in 2020
- Sompo Int’l Hires Generali’s Brown to Lead New London & International Property Team
- 2 W. Virginia Bus Drivers Who Attended Trump Rally Sue Over Suspension
- AM Best Assigns ‘A’ Rating to Nebraska’s Summit Specialty Insurance
- Tug Hits, Damages Louisiana Railroad Bridge
- Hub Acquires Assets of Texas’ Commercial Insurance Brokers
- Initial Reactions to UK Supreme Court’s Ruling on Business Interruption Claims
- Bus Driver Placed on Probation After Plea in Fatal Accident
- Navajo Nation Reaches Settlements with Mining Companies
- Drone Maker Settling for $25M in Military Gear Parts Suit
- Expecting the Unexpected: Cyber Lessons from COVID and What Could Be Ahead
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Bush Insurance Agents & Brokers
- MMG Insurance Company Promotes Dill to VP of Marketing, Business Development
- Delivery Company Offers Gig Workers $25 to Get COVID Vaccine
- Lemonade Eyes Sale of 3 Million Shares in Secondary Offering
- As Production Declines, Coal Miner Fatalities at Historic Low
- UK Insurance Ruling Is ‘Massive Boost’ for Businesses: Hiscox Action Group
- UK Supreme Court Rules Businesses Should Be Insured for COVID-19 Claims
- Risk Placement Services Hires Neligan as Marine Producer in Chicago
- Outgoing Administration Moves to Lift Safety Restrictions for Some Autonomous Vehicles
- Moment of Change: How the Insurance Industry Can Bridge the Diversity Gap, Be an Ally
- LP in Nevada Adds Cantlon, Ennis, Garcia, Rossi to Ownership Group
- World Insurance Associates Acquires J.W. Edens & Company, Inc.
- North Carolina Retaining Wall Collapse Injures Construction Workers, Kills 1
- ISC Acquires California Contractors Insurance Services
- Some Rideshare Drivers Sue Over California Ballot Measure
- American Family Insurance to Acquire Small Business Insurtech Bold Penguin
- Texas Oil/Gas Drilling Permits Down But Well Inspections on Track
- FEMA Urges Hurricane Zeta Victims in Louisiana to File for Assistance
- How COVID Effect on Workers’ Compensation Claims Has Varied by State, Industry
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