News

East

• World Insurance Associates Acquires Connecticut’s Lampe-Batkin Associates
• Home Improvement Contractor in Maine Charged with Manslaughter
• Commuter Train Hits Truck in Massachusetts, Injuring Three

National

• U.S Now Probing 12 Million Air Bags for Possible Deadly Electrical Flaw
• Weinstein’s Companies, Directors, Officers Off the Hook for Sexual Misconduct Claims
• Municipalities Try to Reassure Investors on Climate Risks in Bond Offerings
• Cops Draw Blood to Catch Impaired Drivers
• J&J Asks Federal Court to Assume Baby Powder Lawsuits from State Courts
• Student Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Blames Face-Recognition Tech for False Arrest
• Tokio Marine’s ProAg to Acquire AmTrust Financial’s Crop Insurance MGA

International

• Axon Underwriting Forms Axon Re to Offer Cargo, Stock Throughput Reinsurance in Latin America
• Marsh, Guy Carpenter and JLT to Merge Latin America Facultative Reinsurance Units
• Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Silvestre to Deputy Manager for France
• Powerful Earthquake Strikes Philippines, Causing Deaths and Damage
• Notre Dame Fire Should Be Wake-Up Call for State of Other European Monuments