News

East

• Vital Insurance Partners Names Kochman Senior VP of Program Placement
• Trager Reznitsky Insurance Opens Second Location in Connecticut
• N.Y. Workers’ Comp Board Launches Virtual Hearings Initiative
• Boston Marks the 100th Anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood

National

• Corporate Culture, Cyber Risk Are Top of Mind for D&O Underwriters
• Insurance Agents Assured of Trump Pass-Through Tax Break Under Final Treasury Rule
• Former Farmers, AIG Direct, 21st Century Exec DeSantis Named President, CEO of The General
• NAIC Names 34 Insurance Consumer Representatives for 2019
• Employers Reminded that Feb. 1 Is Injury Report Posting Deadline
• P/C Insurers Pulled Off Underwriting Turnaround in First 9 Months
• The Bright Side in a Graying U.S. Workforce: Viewpoint

International

• AXA XL Transfers XL Insurance from UK to Dublin as Post-Brexit HQ
• Hiscox Stages Cyber Attack to Show Small Businesses What It’s Like to Be Hacked
• Climate Change, Shrinking Glaciers Threaten Rhine River Shipping Access
• Argo Estimates Losses from Q4 Natural Catastrophes, Other Claims to Hit $44M
• What’s Next for Brexit After UK Parliament Rejects May’s EU Divorce Deal?
• Marex Spectron’s Metals Financing Deal Triggers Fraud Lawsuit, Insurance Dispute
• BHSI Expands into UK-Ireland Property Construction, Taps Scor’s Seamer to Lead Team
• Germany, China Agree to Expand Market Access in Insurance, Banking, Finance