News

East

• Trial Begins Over Insurance for ‘Suspicious’ Boat Sinking Off New England Coast
• Connecticut Crumbling Foundations Superintendent to Step Aside
• Blank Rome Hires Michael to Insurance Recovery Group in Washington D.C.
• Liberty Mutual Surety Taps Schrift to Develop Subcontractor Default Insurance Offering

National

• Cigna Eyes Sale of Group Life, Disability Business to Concentrate on Health: Reuters
• 3 Steps to Building an Agency Growth Machine
• Industry Flexes Political Muscle in States to Criminalize Aggressive Pipeline Protests
• Companies Continue March Towards Robots; Orders Up 7.2% in First Half of Year

International

• JLT’s Adams Joins Everest Insurance to Lead Its Bermuda Operation
• Parade of Probes Underway to Pin Blame for Britain’s Blackout
• U.K.’s RSA Group Makes Market Move Despite Its Safety from No-Deal Brexit
• German Firm Quits Safety Inspection Business Following Brazilian Dam Collapse