Insurance stories we're reading

The Plexus Groupe is releasing this week's insurance reading list. Here are a half-dozen industry stories we are sharing, thumbing through, and bookmarking as the work week rolls on:
-- An NFL quarterback who could garner a nine-figure contract in 2018 made sure to take out an insurance policy on himself before the season. (Among those suggesting he have insurance: former GM CEO Jack Welch.)

-- Is a global e-commerce giant thinking about getting into the insurance business?

-- Are frozen pipes covered by your homeowners insurance? It depends.

-- If you take a self-driving taxi in Phoenix next year, you will automatically have insurance coverage.

-- Estimated insured losses from Hurricane Irma have reached $6.55 billion.

-- A leading insurer has made a big investment in a company that's bringing microinsurance via mobile phones to emerging markets.