News

East

• Firefighters Say Natural Gas Explosion at Virginia Home Injures Nine
• The Hilb Group Acquires Massachusetts’ DBR Group
• SASCO Insurance Services Merges with New Jersey’s Otterstedt Insurance Agency
• Calls for New Regulation Mount as New York Limo Crash Victims Mourned

National

• Colleges Handling Surge in Claims of Past Sexual Harassment
• P/C Insurers Double Net Income in First Half of Year
• Travelers Teams with Amazon to Offer Smart Home Products, Insurance Quotes
• Hurricanes Behind Cuts in Earnings Estimates for AIG, Chubb, Other S&P 500
• Judge Rules Trump’s Tweet Over Stormy Daniels Was Free Speech, Not Libel
• Drug Ads on TV Would Show Prices Under Trump Administration Proposal
• Worldwide Facilities Restructures; Promotes Stuckman, Haldeman to President Roles
• Judge Rules Government, Not President, Can Be Sued Over Climate Change
• International Marine Underwriters Adds Cyber Coverage to Marine Policies

International

• Flash Floods Tear Through Towns in SW France, Killing at Least 7 People
• Softbank Plans Big Push into Insurance Investments
• Canada Gets Ready for Legalized Recreational Marijuana on Oct. 17
• Brokerslink Names Fonseca, MDS Group’s CEO, as Chairman, Replacing Allard
• UK Needs to Get ‘Good and Scared’ About No-Deal Brexit: Opinion
• Singapore’s Temasek Has Held Talks to Buy Stake in China’s Anbang: Sources
• UK Cyber Security Center Blames Most Attacks on Hostile States