News

East

• Massachusetts Man Indicted in Connection with $110K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
• The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative Hires Brown in Pennsylvania
• Hub International Acquires New York’s EPIC Retirement Services Consulting
• Alliant Insurance Services Hires Riley as Vice President in New York

National

• Aviation Industry Braces for Double-Digit Premium Hikes After 737 MAX Groundings
• Sectors Under Pressure, Such as Insurance, Remain Private Equity Targets: Apollo Exec
• Generali Launches U.S. Specialty Insurance Division, Focusing on Warranty Services
• Pilot Chuck Yeager, Who Broke Sound Barrier, Sues Airbus for Trademark Infringement
• Re/insurers Rethink Climate Change Risks as Losses Grow from Wildfires, Floods, Hail
• Marsh’s Torrent Technologies Expands Private Flood Coverage for Small Businesses

International

• Zurich Insurance Taps Giger from Swiss Regulator, FINMA, as Group Chief Risk Officer
• Aviation Industry Braces for Double-Digit Premium Hikes After 737 MAX Groundings
• African Swine Fever Spreads in Philippines
• France’s CNP Assurances Reaches Bancassurance Deal with Brazil’s Caixa Worth $1.7B
• Re/insurers Rethink Climate Change Risks as Losses Grow from Wildfires, Floods, Hail
• Bermuda’s Brit Re Gets ‘A’ Rating from AM Best as Firm Prepares to Write Casualty Treaty
• Hurricane Humberto Grazes Bermuda, Causing Little Damage
• AXA Liabilities Managers Buys Non-Life Legacy Portfolio of Munich Re Malaysia