News

East

• Woman Hurt in New Jersey Transit Crash Settles for $1.5M
• Connecticut Woman Sues Uber After Driver’s Sexual Assault
• Peter M. Bakker Agency Awarded Insurance Agency Apprenticeship in Connecticut
• Insurer Asks Court to Divide Money After New Hampshire Crash That Killed Seven

National

• Salesforce Unveils Software Using Amazon AI to Speed Up Call Center Responses
• U.S. Safety Agency Faults Uber, Driver in Probe of 2018 Autonomous Car Crash Death
• Federal Reserve Approves BB&T and SunTrust Banks Merger
• Despite Smart Cars, There’s Still Money to Be Made from Damaged Vehicles
• House Passes Terrorism Reinsurance Renewal; Senate to Take Up Measure
• S&P Upgrades CNA Financial Strength Rating to A+

International

• Hamilton Insurance Places Lloyd’s Syndicate Acappella Into Runoff
• Australia Warned to Expect More Fire Tornadoes
• Okumura to Succeed Frudd as CEO at Sompo International Holdings
• AIG’s Marshall Joins CFC as Transaction Liability Practice Leader
• Before Ambush, Burkina Faso Mine Workers Sought More Transport Protection: Reuters
• Willis Re Securities Completes €120 Million Catastrophe Bond for France’s Covéa Mutual
• Insurers, Other Firms Criticize International Energy Report Over Climate Approach
• Japan’s Largest Insurers Take Another Hit from Typhoon Losses