News

East

• Maine Farmer Becomes Board Chair of The MEMIC Group
• Explosion Levels New Jersey Home, Injuring Lone Occupant
• Enrollment Opens for Dairy Farm Insurance Program

National

• State Farm Bets on ‘Real Time’ Telematics as GEICO Scoffs
• Sandy Hook Shooting Victims’ Parents Win Defamation Suit Against Conspiracy Authors
• Drug Makers’ Supply Chain Probed as Blood Pressure Pill Tests Positive for Carcinogens
• Bayer Asks Judge to Overrule $2 Billion Monsanto Roundup Verdict
• Viewpoint: Fixing America’s Flood Insurance Problem in 5 Steps
• Facebook Plans Global Cryptocurrency, Entry into Financial Services
• States Reviewing Proposed Sale of Workers’ Comp Specialist Applied Underwriters

International

• Lloyd’s Must Demonstrate Progress in Tackling Sexual Harassment: Bank of England
• Vietnam Culls More Than 2.5M Pigs to Contain Deadly African Swine Fever: Officials
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Must Be Halved by 2030 to Avoid 3C Warming: Scientists
• Legacy Specialist Compre Completes 3 Run-Off Acquisitions
• Caribbean Insurers’ Net Income Rebounds After 2016-2017 Hurricane Seasons: AM Best
• Aspen Taps Brekenfeld from Lloyd’s as Director of Global Corporate Development