September 7, 2020 Surplus Lines: Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association Annual Marketplace Market: Energy

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In this Issue

• Features
  UCLA Suing Under Armour, Seeking Damages in Excess of $200 Million
  UCLA filed a lawsuit against Under Armour in late August in U.S....
• Features
  Washington Insurance Commissioner Probing Unpaid Insurance Taxes
  Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has begun a study to...
• Features
  CDI: 3 Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud, Forgery in California
  Three Californians have been charged with multiple felony counts of...
• Features
  Former Washington State Student Sues School District Over Mass Shooting
  A former student at a high school in Washington state who survived a...
• Features
  2 Washington State Agribusinesses Settle Federal Discrimination Suit for $325K
  Two agribusinesses in Washington state will distribute $325,000 among...
• Features
  Damages Awarded to Colorado Woman Under New ‘Revenge Porn’ Law
  A Denver, Colo., judge awarded $40,000 to a woman after a man she...
• Features
  California State Fund Declares 10% 2020 Mid-Year Dividend
  California's State Compensation Insurance Fund will distribute a...
• Features
  California Launches Remote Insurance Licensing Exams
  The California Department of Insurance has launched remote testing...
• Features
  California Workers’ Comp Bureau Submits Premium Rate Filing
  The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has...

National Coverage

• Editor's Note
  Young and Old Drive Less Safe Cars
  Teen drivers and drivers 65 years and older - two age groups at a...
• Features
  For 60% of Mid-Sized Businesses, Crisis Management Is Key Unmet Need
  Nearly 60% of mid-sized businesses said crisis management remains a...
• Features
  Property/Casualty Insurance First-Half Underwriting, Net Income Drops Tied to COVID
  U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting income dropped 5.5% in...
• Features
  S&P Says Underwriting in Lloyd’s Market Continues to Improve
  The Lloyd's market looks unlikely to turn an underwriting profit in...
• Features
  Electric Storage Explosion Highlights Danger of a Growing Technology
  An investigation into the cause of an explosion at an Arizona energy...
• Features
  The Rising Risk of Inland Flooding
  Not Only in FEMA Zones, Not Only During Hurricane Season Major...
• Features
  WSIA Annual Marketplace 2020: Going Virtual
  As with most industries in a COVID world, the excess and surplus...
• Features
  Solving Risk Puzzles in a Complex World
  Insurance professionals in the surplus lines sector are busy. Busy...
• Features
  3 Questions for Lloyd’s U.S. Chief Hank Watkins
  Lloyd's of London announced it plans to stop accepting admitted...
• Features
  What Does the Future of the Agency System Look Like?
  The demise of the independent agent has been predicted ad nauseam,...
• Features
  The Closing Window of Opportunity, or Is It?
  As merger and acquisition consultants, we wonder how long unusually...
• Features
  ‘All Generalizations Are Dangerous….’
  I love quotations. I've collected them for almost 50 years. Over 20...
• Features
  Optimizing Producer Effectiveness: Using Stats Not Feelings
  We were in the locker at half-time, down by two points. Kenny, our...
• New Markets
  My New Markets
  Paramount Trucking Program Market Detail: Paramount Managing General...
• People & Places
  People & Places
  National The Hartford has appointed Amy Stepnowski to the positions...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  National Aon, Wills Towers Watson Shareholders of insurance brokers...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  'Canary in the Coal Mine' "In many ways, Louisiana is the poster...
• Features
  Recession Provides Fuel for Agency Start-ups
  Starting an independent insurance agency, or any business, is a risky...