News

East

• Fire at Historic Maine Fairground Blamed on Electrical Malfunction
• New Hampshire Couple Claims Restaurant Over-Served Drunk Man in Assault
• Report from New York Health Officials Calls for Pot Legalization

National

• Willis Towers Watson Names Botkin as Health Care Industry Lead
• JLT Re Hires Guy Carpenter’s MacColl to Head Credit, Surety for North America
• Legal Experts See Obstacles for J&J Appeal of $4.7 Billion Talc Verdict
• Insurance Industry Is Rethinking Cat Modeling After Last Year’s Disasters
• P/C Insurers Double Q1 Profit on Tax Changes, Growing Economy, Lower Cat Losses
• Trump Administration Forms Financial Frauds Task Force
• U.S. Intelligence Warning: Cyber Threats Against U.S. Occurring Daily

International

• China’s Anbang Weighs Sale of Hexie Health Insurance: Sources
• Did Big Data Enable Lloyd’s to Predict France’s World Cup Win? Well, Maybe…
• UK PM’s Brexit Plans Threatened by Euroskeptics; Others Support 2nd Referendum
• NTT DATA UK to Provide Robotics Services for TMK’s Marine Transactions
• UK Retailer Debenhams Denies Cash Crunch From Cut in Suppliers’ Credit Insurance
• Sustainable Re/Insurance Industry Vital in Uncertain World: Swiss Re’s Ojeisekhoba
• U.S. Sanctions Likely to Ban Use of Lloyd’s IT Platform for Processing Iran Insurance