News

East

• Cuomo Proposes Banning Stretch Limos from New York Roads
• New York, New Jersey Governors Set 2019 Goals to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
• Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ KW Insurance
• Mass. SJC Says Police Can Make Drugged Driving Arrest Based on Observations

National

• German, U.S. Firms in Patent Feud Over Mandated Railroad Safety Technology
• Method Insurance Launches Workers’ Comp Program for High-Hazard Risks
• Enviro Risks, Climate Change Lead Concerns in World Economic Report
• Deploying Drones, 3D Printing to Reduce Secondary Accidents at Crash Sites
• Finchum Named Head of MetLife Auto & Home

International

• Marex Spectron 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
• Guy Carpenter Forms New Division, Makes Post-JLT Merger Leadership Appointments
• Severe Weather in Canada Cost Insurers C$1.9 Billion in 2018: IBC
• Brexit Update: City of London Prepares for Worst, Hopes for Best
• Germany, China Discuss Ways to Improve Market Access for Insurers, Banks
• Final Insured Losses for Europe’s Storm Friederike/David Estimated at €1.7B: PERILS
• Failure to Mitigate Climate Change, Cyber Attacks Are Top Global Threats: WEF