News

East

• Massive Fire Scorches Six Row Houses in Staten Island
• New Jersey Law Bans Sale of Flavored Vaping Products
• The Hilb Group Acquires New York’s BR Vital Brokerage
• Massachusetts’ EverQuote Hires Brainard as EVP of Engineering, Marketplace

National

• Environmental Group Warns ‘Forever Chemicals’ Widespread in U.S. Drinking Water
• Strap on the Goggles. Employee Training Is Entering Virtual Reality.
• Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Put Obamacare Appeals on Fast Track

International

• Sompo International Hires Allied World’s James to Run International Insurance Business
• Bushfire-Ravaged Australians Face Choice in Era of Climate Change: Rebuild or Leave?
• Major Cyber Attacks of 2019 Seen via Infographic from Cyber Risk Modeling Firm Kovrr
• Munich Re Weighs Whether to Set Long-Term Profit Target of $3.3 Billion: Source
• J.C. Flowers Considers Sale of Its French Loan Insurance Broker CEP
• UK Markets Watchdog Cracks Down on Conduct of Financial Advisers
• EU Privacy Regulators Expected to Raise Fines Under GDPR Data Protection Rules
• AGCS Appoints Haagen as Chief Underwriting Officer Specialty, Succeeding O’Neill