News

East

• New Jersey Chemical Plant Fire Prompts Warnings, Bridge, Road Closures
• Baltimore to Get Property Sales Moving Amid Cyber Attack
• Is Sea Rise Wrecking Coastal Home Values? The Answer: Maybe

National

• Insurance Agency Tragedy: 3 Hilb Group Executives Die in Plane Crash
• Billionaire Paying Off College Students’ $40 Million Debt Has Ties to Insurance Industry
• Why Employers Should Stop Hiring Based on Work History
• WCD’s Spessard Joins Beazley to Head Expanded Environmental Claims Team
• Claims Insurtech Snapsheet Raises $29 Million to Expand Into All P/C Lines and Globally
• Airlines Urge Nations’ Regulators to Avoid Competing Safety Rules

International

• Sompo International Taps Pützer from Amlin as Head of Financial Lines in Germany
• China’s Ant Financial Provides Health Coverage to 65 Million Clients for Pennies a Month
• Nigeria Raises Insurers’ Minimum Capital Requirement
• Vale’s Gongo Soco Mine Tailings Dam Faces 10%-15% Risk of Collapse: Brazil Official
• MS Amlin Buys Equity Stake in Specialist Reinsurance MGA Envelop Risk
• UK Financial Services Industry Will Emerge Stronger from Brexit: Gov’t Ministers
• Airlines Urge Nations’ Regulators to Avoid Competing Safety Rules
• Violations of IMO 2020 Emissions Rules for Shipping Could Hit Insurance Cover