News

East

• Business Council Touts Workers’ Comp Savings in New York
• KBW Hires Sarkar to Its Insurance Investment Banking Group in New York
• Connecticut’s CMIC Hires Cronin as Director of Underwriting

National

• QBE, AmWINS Launch E&O Coverage for Architects, Engineers, Design Businesses
• Court Finds Travelers Crime Policy Covers Money Transfer Loss Due to Email Spoofing
• Chubb Hires Everest’s Watt to Lead North America Claims
• Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Seen as Business Friend, Regulation Skeptic
• Travelers: Use Current Auto Insurance Model for Autonomous Future
• Industry Needs to ‘Question and Call Out’ Rogue MGAs, Says Chilton of Gallagher
• CFA Institute Adds Cryptocurrency, Blockchain to Curriculum
• FDA Cites Drug Warning Scam Over Online Medications
• Willis Towers Watson Names Botkin as Health Care Industry Lead

International

• Loss Estimate for Europe’s Storm Friederike (aka DAVID) Rises to €1.7B ($2.0B): PERILS
• RMS Strengthens Asia-Pacific Capabilities in Version 18 of Modeling Software
• Munich Re CFO Schneider to Retire, Succeeded by ERGO’s Jurecka
• Industry Needs to ‘Question and Call Out’ Rogue MGAs, Says Chilton of Gallagher