To recap the issues raised during this week’s conference call, here are the key media stories we discussed, and the messages we’re conveying.
If there is a subject you would like to see addressed on Wednesday, November 19, please email me at michaelb@iii.org.
TWO WINDOW WASHERS RESCUED AFTER THEIR SCAFFOLD MALFUNCTIONS WHILE WORKING AT NEW YORK’S ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
The successful rescue operation on Wednesday afternoon, November 12, was chronicled on the front page of The New York Times’ print edition the following day.
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STORIES IN THE WORKS
The I.I.I.’s Jeanne Salvatore will be interviewed live on Wednesday, November 19, at 6:20 a.m., ET, during The Weather Channel’s Wake Up With Al. The topic is this I.I.I. news release.
The I.I.I.’s Salvatore provided information to Washington, D.C.’s NBC affiliate (coverage after a water main break) and Real Simple magazine (homeowners insurance).
The I.I.I.’s Bob Hartwig spoke with Investor’s Business Daily about the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act’s (TRIA) renewal, and with Entrepreneur magazine about cyber coverage.
The I.I.I.’s Lynne McChristian briefed The Houston Chronicle’s Andrea Rumbaugh on percentage deductibles. Rumbaugh previously worked for The Fort Myers (FL) News-Press.
CAPITOL HILL
MetLife is laying the groundwork for a potential legal challenge to its designation as a systematically important financial institution, The Wall Street Journal reports.
STATES
Hawaii
The Big Island’s volcanic lava destroyed its first residential property this week. No one was injured, and the homeowners had long ago removed their personal belongings.
Louisiana
Katrina flood victims can file claims until April 30, 2015, if they’re eligible for some of the $14 million set aside after a 2009 settlement between plaintiffs’ attorneys and three levee boards.
New York
Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the state’s Department of Financial Services (DFS), may leave DFS in early 2015, according to this Wall Street Journal article.
Oklahoma
Attorney General Scott Pruitt said he is concerned some auto insurers are knowingly guiding consumers to auto body repair shops that “make substandard repairs.”
SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT
The polar vortex has been the talk of social media this week. With temperatures dropping below the freezing point in much of the U.S., people are offering tips to get ready for the icy blast before it reaches their city. The Weather Channel posted an article showing a few of the temperature highlights so far (it was -25 degrees, for instance, today in Casper, Wyoming) as well as reporting on what to expect in the coming days.
The I.I.I.’s Halloween press release gained a lot of traction on social, getting clicked on over 1,800 times.
In addition, the I.I.I.’s release on the four steps a driver should take after being in a car accident received more than 150 views in the past week.
MEDIA MATTERS
CNN reached its lowest audience in 20-plus years in the 9 p.m., ET, weekday hour on Monday , November 10, with only about 181,000 viewers watching CNN at that time.
MSNBC’s Manhattan-based digital and dayside editorial groups will be seated alongside one another at The Bridge, on 30 Rockefeller Plaza’s 3rd Floor, starting next week.
The I.I.I. is cited regularly in the media as an authoritative source of insurance information. To access the current I.I.I. press clips, click here
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