News for January 2022
- California Auto Insurance Fraud Investigation Results in Charges for Couple
- Tesla’s Musk Tweets Off on California Regulator Lara Over Car Insurance
- Wisconsin School District Sued For Pay Discrimination
- FEMA Extends Hurricane Housing in Louisiana
- Insurers Deploy Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Fraud Fight
- Alaska Court Rules Against Youths in Climate Change Lawsuit
- BP Fined $100K for Washington Pipeline Gasoline Spills
- Take This Year’s Agency Salary Survey: Deadline Friday
- Philadelphia Sued by Man Exonerated After 37 Years in Prison
- How Work-From-Home Has Spurred Blue-Collar Americans to Shift Careers
- Insurers Making Waves with Wider Use of IoT Leak, Temp Sensors
- Crypto Exchange Binance Builds $1B Insurance Fund After Industry’s Recent Hacks
- Hackers Seize $80M of Digital Assets From Qubit in Latest DeFi Attack
- Louisiana Accepting Buyout Applications in Flood-Prone City
- First Online M&A Insurance Marketplace Launches in Australia
- Berkshire’s, SoftBank’s Early Investments in India’s Paytm Sour After Stock Rout
- Officials of AstraZeneca China Summoned About Probe of Suspected Insurance Fraud
- Kansas County Sued For Racial Discrimination
- Insurtech Descartes Underwriting Raises $120M to Expand Parametric Product Offering
- Ohio Hotel Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leaves 7 in Critical Condition
- Louisiana Tire Plant Fire Blazes for 10 Days
- Higginbotham Acquires J.M. Insurance in Tennessee
- People Moves: Alabama’s Palomar Names Smitherman CTO; IoA Adds Three
- White House Plan Aims to Strengthen Cyber Defenses for Water Utilities
- Insurance Scion Who’s Out to Save Human Driving
- Washington Contractor Fined $248K After Worker Fell to Death from Bridge
- People Moves: Alliant’s Caterino on Nevada Agent Advisory Council; Venbrook in California Names Reddy Chief Human Resources Officer
- Video Leads to Firing of Massachusetts Fire Official on Injury Leave
- Connecticut Court Rules University Not Liable for Teens’ Abuse
- Berkshire Confirms Omaha Venue for In-Person Shareholders Meeting
- New Lawsuit Alleges Negligence by Michigan School in Mass Shooting
- Tesla Auto Insurance Expands Into Ohio
- Mississippi Pharmacist Sentenced in $180 Million Cream Scheme
- People Moves: NFP Cyber Adds Marsh’s Maugé, WTW’s Cavaliere; Dillman to Head Chubb’s Digital Transformation
- Florida Jury Awards $110M, Largest Yet in Earplug Suits Against 3M
- Gun Rights Group Files Suit Against California City’s Liability Insurance Law
- New York AG Says State to Receive $230M From $26B Opioid Settlement
- Brightway Adds New Franchises in Florida
- Alera Group Acquires Cate-Russell Agency in Tennessee
- Carolina Supreme Court Limits Damages from Needle Stick in Target Parking Lot
- Tesla’s Musk Sees Safe Self-Driving Vehicle This Year and Humanoid Robot Next Year
- Insurtech Accelerant Raises $190 Million
- People Moves: Liberty GTS Expands in Europe; AEGIS London Promotes Yeldham to CUO; Brit Names Argo’s Allen, MAP’s Poynder for Property Facilities Team
- QBE Launches Sustainable Energies Unit to Support Clients’ Transition to Lower Carbon
- Michigan Woman Sentenced For Committing $15,000 in Auto Insurance Fraud
- FERMA Launches Risk Management Tool for Remote Working
- Insurtech MIC Global Receives ‘In-Principle’ Approval to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate
- Arkansas Insurance Commissioner to Chair NAIC Workers’ Comp Task Force
- UK Regulator to Review ‘Crippling’ Post-Grenfell Property Insurance Costs
- Explosion at Louisiana Chemical Plant Injures 6
- Allianz and UniCredit Expand Longstanding Multi-Country Bancassurance Agreement
- Alera Group Acquires Texas’ Heritage Risk Management
- Insurtech Unicorn Bolttech Weighs Raising $300M in Fresh Funds
- Lawyers: LSU Athletics Official Who Sued Department Fired in Retaliation
- Florida Senator Tries Cat Fund Changes to Cut Cost of Property Insurance
- California Insurance Agent Arraigned in Alleged Affinity Group Discounts Scheme
- Families of Crash Victims Want Boeing 737 Settlement Reopened
- Delaware Lawmakers Advance Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
- Maine Finds ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Wells in Kittery Homes
- California Business Owner Couple Nabbed in $4.5M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
- Insurer Looks to Close Insurance Gap for Home-Based Businesses
- Insurers Call California Climate Disclosure Bill ‘Potentially Dangerous’
- EPA to Conduct Unannounced Inspections in 3 Gulf Coast States
- Explosion Damages Louisiana Court’s Power Grid, Contractor Injured
- Insurers Return Nearly $25 Million to Missouri Customers
- Norman-Spencer to Grow E&O Program Through RPG with The Hanover
- Kin Insurance, Omnichannel Pull Plug on SPAC Merger
- Vermont Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs to Drop 4.9% in April
- UK Insurer First Central Weighs Sale That Could Value Business at £600M: Sources
- Georgia Committee Chair Wants More Study on PTSD Workers’ Comp Bill
- Crop Insurance Payouts Rise as Climate Change Worsens Droughts, Floods
- Los Angeles County Faces Lawsuits Over Deadly Fire Station Shooting
- Everest Re Group Signs UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance
- Relation Acquires Former Nationwide Agency, Hodge Ethridge, in South Carolina
- Evacuations Lifted for Wildfire on California Coast
- First Light Dives in With Marine N-Surance Acquisition
- Climate Risk Is Top London Market Challenge, IUA Survey Shows
- Update: Marsh McLennan Q4 Net Income Jumps 100%; 6,000 Employees Added in 2021; Cyber Still Growing
- People Moves: AEGIS London Names Powell CEO, as Croom-Johnson Retires; Corvus Hires Zurich’s Delvos as 1st Head of Int’l; HDI’s Jackson to Lead Aviation at Apollo
- BlackRock Agrees to $300M Loan for Root Insurance
- UK Business Closures Jump 14% as Pandemic Takes Brutal Toll on Small Firms
- Generali to Raise Stake in Indian P/C Insurance Joint Venture to 74%
- How Insurers Can Build Operational Resilience With Low-Code Application Programs
- Alera Group Acquires Gales Agency in Michigan
- Appeals Court Rules Farm Bureau Must Pay in Full for Second Fire in Home
- People’s Trust Must Hand Over Underwriting Manuals in Claims Litigation, Court Says
- Police Officer’s Immunity Does Not Extend to New York County Employer: U.S. Court
- Connecticut Court Rules Women-Only Gym Areas Violate State Law Against Gender Bias
- New York Will Require Employers to Disclose Monitoring to New Hires
- Biden Administration Officially Withdraws Employer Vaccine Rule
- People Moves: Allied American Names Altrock Program Manager; WTW Adds Knox in California
- California Insurance Agent Sentenced in Burial Policy Scheme
- Takeaways from Our Conversation on EPL Challenges in Cannabis
- Oklahoma Oil Tank Battery Explosion and Fire Injures 2
- Only 38% of 2021’s Natural Disaster Losses of $343B Were Covered by Insurance: Aon
- Biden Administration Hit for Delay in Creating New Cybersecurity Board
- Buffett’s Berkshire Plans In-Person Shareholders Meeting For April
- Relation Acquires Texas’ Davenport
- Abuse Victims View Settlement Payouts as Unequal at Two Michigan Schools
- OakBridge Continues Regional Expansion with McNeal Agency in Georgia
- Progressive Q4, Full Year Net Income Drop Over 40%
- Ohio, Volkswagen Settle Emissions Case For $3.5 Million
- California City Votes to Require Gun Liability Insurance
- Massachusetts Crash Victim Sues Uber for $63 Million
- Las Vegas Police Paying $2.35M in Jail Restraint Death
- Harris Confirmed as New York Financial Services Chief
- Tennessee Doc Pleads Guilty Then Sues Insurer After Clinic Burns Down
- Some U.S. Businesses Wary of Sanctions on Russia, Urge Safe Harbors, Exemptions
- Arizona Judge Rules Google Should Face Jury in State’s Location Privacy Lawsuit
- China Strengthens Anti-Money Laundering Rules for Financial Services Firms
- AllianzGI Creates Unit Focused on Investing in Companies With Measurable ESG Impact
- Generali Loses Third Board Director in Less Than 2 Weeks
- Louisiana Court Disbars Attorney Who Allegedly Mishandled Client’s Claim Case
- Mother of Kansas City Woman Killed in Firetruck Crash Sues
- Owners of High-End London Restaurants Sue AXA Over Failure to Pay COVID Claims
- People: Smyth Moves to Summit; McDonald New Captive Head at South Carolina
- Weston Companies Merge to Form Cat-Focused P&C Insurer
- World’s First Crypto Mortgage? Homeowners’ Insurers Don’t Hate It
- Initial Probe of Fatal Train Crash at Crossing in Massachusetts Cites Employee Error
- U.S. Surplus Lines Premium Up 22% in 2021
- Wildfire on California Coast Now 45% Contained
- California Bill Would Require Insurers to Disclose Fossil Fuel Dealings
- Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas Among States With Highest Frozen Pipe Claims
- TWIA Invites Public Comment For Catastrophe Modeling Services Vendor Recommendation
- Mississippi High Court Faults Evanston Exclusion Policy in Plant Explosion
- People Moves: Peak Re Appoints Echo Re’s Nowakowski to Lead P/C Underwriting; Gallagher Re Hires EMEA Dir. for Public-Private Initiatives; Pool Re’s Enoizi to Work With Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
- People Moves Alliant Adds Waldhoff; OMSNIC Names Nielsen CEO
- Loss Costs Outpace Increase in Premiums for U.S. P/C Industry Through Q3
- OSHA Cites Connecticut Manufacturer for 48 Safety Violations After Fatality
- Insurance Technology: Great American, Assurely Offer D&O for Tech Startups; Tractable AI Assesses Building Damages; Pie Offers Pay-As-You-Go
- In 2021, Risk Managers Median Salary Hit $135K in U.S.; $120K in Canada
- Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Confirmed in Southern Alaska
- Black Man in Nevada Arrested as White Felon Twice His Age Suing
- Mother Says California Teachers Manipulated Child to Change Gender Identity
- Italy OKs Treasury Taking Control of Credit Insurance Agency SACE
- California Utility’s Criminal Probation Ending Amid Ongoing Safety Worries
- Georgia Commission Continues to Pursue Ethics Charge Against Oxendine
- Now Safe Drivers Can Get a Break on Life Insurance
- Hilb Adds Another Florida Broker Firm
- Comp Software Firm Zenjuries Raises $2 Million in Capital
- OSHA Investigating Maine Case of Man Found Carrying Own Severed Arm
- UK Regulator Warns Firms to Protect Customers in Liability Management Schemes
- Chemical Explosion at Illinois Manufacturing Plant Kills 1, Leaves 1 Injured
- World’s Largest Asset Owners Pledge to Halve Emissions in Portfolios by 2030
- Regional Cyber Conflicts Could Lead to Infrastructure Attacks in 2022: CyberCube
- Missouri Governor Aims to Create New Flood Response Agency
- UAE Bans Flying of Recreational Drones After Fatal Attack on Oil Facility
- Terrebonne, Louisiana Levee System to Get $379 Million in Federal Money
- Illinois Pizza Manufacturer Faces $145K in Fines After Worker Fatality
- Element Risk Acquires Hoffman and L&B in Pennsylvania, Stoneburner-Carter in Virginia
- Vermont Added 45 Captives in 2021
- Three States, D.C. Sue Google Claiming Location Tracking Violates Users’ Privacy
- Amazon Discloses Employee Injury Rates Compared to Peers
- Louisiana Homeowners Insurer Americas Placed In Receivership
- Sarah Palin’s Positive COVID Test Delays New York Times Defamation Trial
- People Moves: Brown & Brown Welcomes Zurich’s Batta; Hartford’s Vaughn to Global Specialty; Chubb Names Spitzer Treasurer, Harkin North America CFO
- Feds: Louisiana Worker Who Fell 50 Feet Didn’t Wear Lifeline
- MGA Pen Underwriting Forms 2 New Capacity Deals With QBE Worth £300M
- USI Acquires Texas’ D&H Risk Services
- People Moves: Marsh Promotes Payne to UK Chair of FINPRO; WTW Hires Smith From Lloyd’s for Digital Trading; Aon Bolsters UK Operations’ Team With 2 Hires
- Insurtech Root Lays Off 330 Employees as Loss Costs Increase
- Federal Judge Says RICO Lawsuit vs. United P&C Must be Revised
- Hundreds Evacuated as Crews Battle California Wildfire
- Berkley One Expanding into Utah
- Western National, Alfa Insurance Agree to Sale of Legacy in Arizona
- Georgia Governor Wants to Pay off $150 Million State Workers’ Comp Backlog
- West Virginia Aims To Launch Mutual Insurance Company for Mine Reclamation
- Secondary Perils Are Increasing Share of U.S. Catastrophe Losses
- People Moves: NFP Realigns Northeast Leadership; Keystone Adds Pacheco for HR
- Judge Dismisses Claims Against Ocean City for Beach Umbrella Injury
- Operator of Japan’s Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant Face Another Setback in Clean-up
- Aviva Broadens Sustainable Investments to Include Biodiversity, Human Rights
- Tulane Medical School Racial Discrimination Suit Settled
- Church Victims Push Nebraska Lawmakers to Expand Lawsuit Window
- Howden Acquires Italy’s Tower SpA
- Generali Proposes Candidates for New Board as Battle Rages On With Leading Investors
- Florida Rate Hearing Highlights Southern Fidelity’s Dire Position, Lack of Action on Senate Bill
- Maine College Settles with Female Coaches on Pay, Treatment
- Ford Motor, ADT $105M Joint Venture Targets Vehicle Security Systems
- VW Pays $3.5M to Settle Diesel Emissions Claims with Ohio
- Sarah Palin’s Defamation Trial Against New York Times Scheduled to Start
- New Hampshire Opioid Trial Against Johnson & Johnson Delayed Until September
- California Commissioner OKs FAIR Plan Coverage Options for Farms and Ag Businesses
- Mississippi Moves Closer to Medical Marijuana
- Allstate Buys Downtown Chicago Office Building After Selling Northbrook Campus
- Relation Insurance Acquires Ginsberg Agency in New York
- Indiana Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Prevent Catalytic Converter Thefts
- QBE Alleges Poaching of Aviation Team; Applied Underwriters Denies Wrongdoing
- American Financial Buys Artificial Intelligence Company Verikai
- Corps to Receive $2 Billion for Louisiana Flood Protection
- People Should Get Back to Office, Learn to Live With Coronavirus: UK Business Minister
- Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide
- Cause of Death Released for Mother, Son Fall at Petco Park in California
- Two Oil Tankers Lose Safety Certification Over Claims They Violated Iran Sanctions
- Woman Missing in Colorado Wildfire Was Last Seen Trying to Save Dogs
- School District in California to Pay $14.7M in Teacher Sex Abuse Case
- Connecticut Offers Training for Insurance Brokers for Underserved Cities
- Aspen Expands Agreement to Provide Capacity for Ryan Specialty’s MGU Portfolio
- Recent Storm Caused More Erosion to New Jersey Beach
- UK Hospitality Groups Are Back in Court With Insurers Over Lockdown Losses
- People Moves: Muñiz Named GC&C’s Head of Construction & Green Energy; Gallagher Re Hires Hiscox’s Kim for Cyber; Chubb Promotes Kropp to Global Head of Operations/Tech
- Data of 515,000 People at Risk After ‘Sophisticated’ Hack of Red Cross
- Shell Appeals $2 Billion Court Judgment in Nigerian Oil-Spill Case
- Russian-Backed Actors Targeting Canada’s Infrastructure, Intelligence Agency Warns
- Ohio’s battleface Adds Vacation Rental Damage Insurance
- Texas AG Sues Google Over Local Radio Ads for Its Smartphones
- Latest Michigan School Sex Abuse Case One of a Number
- Mississippi Supreme Court Finds Assault at Job Covered by Workers’ Comp
- People Moves: Wright Flood Names LaTour VP; Two Elevated at Skyward
- Florida Senate Votes to Keep Insurers’ Fraud Reports Exempt from Open Records
- Consumer Reports, Insurance Safety Institute to Rate Vehicle Driver Automation Systems
- Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced in Theft and Embezzlement Scheme
- 450 Scientists Accuse Major Ad/PR Firms of Spreading Climate Disinformation
- Pennsylvania Senate Passes Ransomware, Data Breach Bills
- Texas Rolling Pines Wildfire 70% Contained, Some Evacuations Lifted
- Nearly 8-in-10 Executives Believe World Is at ‘Climate Change Tipping Point’
- Appeals Court Clears The Hartford on Most BP Oil Spill Cleanup Workers’ Injury Claims
- Alera Group Acquires Texas-Based Heritage Risk Management
- New York Contractor Underreported Payroll by 89 Workers, DA Says
- Louisiana Food Preparer Settles $67K Racial Harassment Suit
- New Jersey Governor Signs Auto Insurance Bad Faith Bill Into Law
- Group Delivers Whistleblower Documents on Wisconsin Clergy Abuse
- U. of Michigan Reaches $490M Settlement Over Sexual Abuse
- Travelers Sets Some Records With Q4 Results
- People Moves: Pinnacol Names Neppel Chief Investment Officer; Alliant Makes Krickl Vice President
- People Moves: Lloyd’s Names Chubb’s Miller as Commercial Dir.; Chubb Promotes Meyer to Switzerland Country Pres.; WTW Hires Aon’s Weda for Corp. Risk & Broking, Benelux
- Tennessee Jury Awards $9 Million to Man Who Sipped Cleaning Fluid at Restaurant
- Shock Rejection of Purdue Pharma Opioid Deal Raises Scrutiny by Bankruptcy System
- U.S. Airlines Report Only Minor Disruption From 5G Deployment
- Oil Spill Caused by Massive Waves From Tonga Is ‘Ecological Disaster’ for Peru
- In Both Hard and Soft Markets, Zurich Aims to Maintain Focus on Underwriting Discipline
- Insurtech Reask Gets Funding to Deliver Next-Generation Natural Disaster Modeling
- UK Insurtech Zego Expands in Europe, Targeting £20B Fleet Insurance Market
- Cyber MGA Resilience Becomes Lloyd’s Coverholder
- Houston Oil and Gas Exploration Companies to Settle $54,500 Disability Claim
- Wisconsin Senior Apartment Building Fire Kills 3
- Investors Cannot Sue German Regulator for Wirecard Collapse, Court Rules
- UK Financial Watchdog to Curb Marketing of Cryptoassets, Other High-Risk Investments
- Florida OIR To Hold Hearings Friday on Big Rate Increases for Three Carriers
- Criminal Indictments Are Major — But Not Only — Tool of U.S. Cyber Defense Agencies
- Former New York Post Editor Alleges Harassment, Retaliation
- PURE Launches Insurance Services in Idaho
- Transportation Safety Chief Objects to Use of Driver Error Statistic
- Tonga Avoids Widespread Disaster Despite Massive Volcanic Blast
- Freeway Acquires Can-Do & Showers Insurance Agency in Idaho
- Controlled Burn Likely Source for Bastrop County, Texas Wildfire
- People Moves: Hamilton Names AIG’s Friston for Financial Lines; WTW Hires Marsh’s Baker for FINEX Banking; Howden Re Taps Berkley Re’s Pike for Treaty Reinsurance
- People Moves: Actuarial Risk Management Names Cummings as Senior Consulting Actuary; Rockford Adds Pair
- Alera Group Acquires New York-Based International Broker Foa & Son
- Multi-Family Property Insurtech Honeycomb Raises $15.4 Million, Plans Expansion
- Loss Experience Drives Prices During January Reinsurance Renewals: Fitch
- Judge Nixes Former Employees’ Suit Against Marsh & McLennan Over 2021 Data Breach
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to Hold Meeting on Safety of Flood-Damaged Dam
- $1 million Available for Tennessee Volunteer Fire Department Equipment
- Risk Strategies Acquires Burke Insurance Group in New Mexico
- People Moves: Orion180, Greenwich Transportation Name New Execs
- Agriculture Officials Find More Avian Flu Cases in Wild Birds, Caution Poultry Farmers
- Relation Acquires Georgia-based Allen, a Trucking Insurance Specialist
- Number of Insurance Agency M&As Rose 30% in 2021: OPTIS Partners
- Drugmaker Endo Signs $65 Million Opioid Settlement with Florida
- AT&T, Verizon Again Agree to Delay Turning On Some 5G Towers Near Key Airports
- New Year’s Resolution? Experts Say For Cyber Criminals, It’s More Widespread Attacks
- Net-Zero Insurers’ Climate-Friendly Plans to Exit Coal Impeded by Antitrust Laws
- UK Car Insurance Premiums Expected to Be Volatile in 2022: Survey
- Fire at Louisiana Church Causes $150K in Damages
- UK High Court Throws Out Case Brought by Climate Activists Against Oil Regulator
- Michigan House Fire Leaves 2 Dead, 5 Injured, 1 Missing
- Report: Louisiana Seafood Industry Saw $580M in Losses From 2020-21 Hurricanes
- Shortage of ESG Experts Could Have Negative Effect on Canada Financial Services Firms
- Asian Insurer FWD Group Raises $200M in Pre-IPO Funding: Sources
- Tornado Victim’s Family Sues Amazon Over Illinois Warehouse Collapse
- Committee Approves Florida Surplus Lines Bill; Stiffens Penalties for Adjusters
- Report: California Workers’ Comp Virus Claims Spiked During December Surge
- Teva to Pay $420M to Settle Shareholder Suit Over Generic Drug Pricing
- Doctors, Police Officer Among 13 Indicted in Alleged $100M Auto Insurance Scam
- Biden Administration Unveils ‘Wildfire Crisis Strategy’ for Western States
- New York Reconsiders Statute of Limitations for Adult Sexual Abuse Survivors
- Homeowners of America Introduces Services in Montana
- Iowa Football Coach Disbands Diversity Group as Discrimination Lawsuit Remains Pending
- Michigan Woman Who Slipped on Lemon at Bar Loses Appeal
- High Street Acquires Michigan-Based Hershey
- Power Fully Restored to Louisiana’s Barrier Island Five Months After Ida
- Louisiana Helicopter Crashes Leaves 2 Presumed Dead
- Former Carolina Insurance Commissioner Named DMV Head
- Texas Rabbi Relied on Security Training in Hostage Standoff
- Snow Collapses Dorm Roof at North Carolina College, Knocks Out Power in South
- Cyber, Business Interruption, Natural Disasters Ranked as Top 3 Business Risks: Allianz
- Los Angeles County Sues Warehouse Owner Over Gas Stench
- Former California Officer Pleads No Contest to Insurance Fraud
- People Moves: Zurich North America Changes Leadership in Captives, Crop, Construction, Customer Office
- Report: Plane Hit Power Lines Before Caifornia Crash That Killed 4
- J&J Reaches Opioid Settlement with New Mexico
- People Moves: Southern Adds Garage Underwriter in Georgia
- Marsh McLennan’s Mercer Sells Association Business to Affinity Agency
- COVID-19 Cases, Deaths on Rise Again at Nursing Homes
- Judge to Rule in February on Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Bankruptcy Strategy
- Bird Flu Found in Wild Duck Could Endanger Poultry Industry
- Activist Investment Firm Targets Safety Insurance, Seeks Directors, Share Buyback
- Damage Still Being Assessed on Tonga After Massive Volcanic Eruption
- Lloyd’s Weighs Future of Headquarters as Market Embraces Flexible Working
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