East

• Vote Expected on Federal Funds to Test Connecticut Crumbling Foundations
• World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Links Insurance Services
• Report Says Major Hurricane Could Cost Virginia $40B

National

• Opioid Lawsuits Unlikely to Top Tobacco Settlements
• Reuters Report: How Judges’ Secrecy Has Added to Toll of Opioids and Other Products
• Ironshore Environmental Adds Contractors Pollution Liability Product to Online Portal
• JetBlue Lawsuit Claims Walmart Violates Its Trademark with Jetblack Service
• Supreme Court to Hear Fight Over $12 Billion Obamacare Payments to Insurers
• Supreme Court Offs Ban on Foul Language Trademarks
• Trump Moves to Force Hospitals, Insurers to Disclose Prices

International

• Specialty Broker Ed Expands to Bermuda
• Tokio Marine Puts UK Insurer into Run-Off, Now Focusing on Lloyd’s Business
• Insurance for Middle East Oil Shipments Soars to More Than $500,000
• Santander Pays $1.1B to Replace Allianz with Aegon, Mapfre in Spain Joint Venture
• Tokio Marine Looking for Insurance Acquisitions in Asia, Other Markets
• Lloyd’s Suspends Broker Over Harassing Email