News

East

• Connecticut’s Saxe Doernberger & Vita Hires Clifford to Northeast Office
• Delaware Loses Bid for High Court Review of Opioid Suit Ruling
• Massachusetts Prosecutors Seek Prison Sentence for Drain Company Owner

National

• Jury Clears Tesla CEO Musk of Defamation Claim for ‘Pedo’ Tweet
• Fitch Sees Stronger Commercial Lines But Weaker Auto, Work Comp Results Coming
• AmTrust Promotes CFO Karkowsky to President
• Trials Over Bayer’s Roundup Weedkiller Delayed for Mediation Talks
• Political Risk Losses Up in 2019, Hitting 68% of Surveyed Firms: WTW
• Uber Received 3,000 Reports of Sexual Assault in U.S. in 2018
• Amazon Providing Software That Could Help NFL Prevent Concussions
• Smart Club Program from Insurance Office Of America Targets Member Organizations

International

• Political Risk Losses Up in 2019, Hitting 68% of Surveyed Firms: WTW
• U.K. Investment Firm Centricus Forms Insurance Venture with Ex-Goldman Partner
• Pirates Hijack Fully Loaded Supertanker Off Nigeria, Kidnapping 19 Crew
• Gallagher Names Partington CEO of Canadian Brokerage Operations
• Swiss Re to Sell U.K. Insurer ReAssure to Phoenix Group for $4.3B in Cash, Shares