All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2020 // The insurance industry’s loss footprint for the Australian bushfires of 2019/2020 is estimated at A$1.9 billion (US$1.3 billion), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization providing industry-wide...
Jul 7 2020 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer, announced an update to senior leadership team responsibilities and the launch of an outside search for a chief financial officer to succeed...
Jul 7 2020 // A trial court judge in Lansing, Michigan handed a victory to insurers in what may be the nation’s first final ruling on the question of whether a property insurer is liable for financial damages caused by a...
Jul 6 2020 // A U.S. judge will not stop Hawaii from enforcing a quarantine on arriving travelers, saying in a ruling that the emergency mandate is reasonable during the public health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.A group of...
Jul 6 2020 // The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and...
Jul 6 2020 // A plaintiff’s attorney cannot avoid a showdown with a cruise line at the federal courthouse in Miami simply by pleading the case as an action that does not require the court’s jurisdiction under admiralty law,...
Jul 6 2020 // Hiscox, the Bermuda-based specialist insurer, together with RKH Reinsurance Brokers, has launched a new variable consortium with a maximum line of over US$20 million for a range of challenging general liability risks such...
Jul 6 2020 // Canopius, the London-based specialty re/insurer, announced the launch of a set of cyber property products for medium-to-large corporations across all sectors across the globe.In light of the ever-evolving cyber threat, the...
Jul 6 2020 // American companies are coming under increasing pressure from investors to publicly disclose information about diversity among employees in the wake of nationwide protests against racial discrimination.Many executives have...
Jul 6 2020 // LONDON/WASHINGTON/GENEVA — Climate change may be having its day in court.With the slow pace of international climate negotiations, lawyers from Switzerland to San Francisco are increasingly filing lawsuits demanding...
Jul 6 2020 // In the past 10 years, the U.S. has seen 121 events produce damage in excess of $1 billion. Globally, this escalates with many more events around the world. From major hurricanes and floods, to annual severe weather,...
Jul 6 2020 // High Street Insurance Partners, Gates-Cole AssociatesTraverse City, Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners has acquired Gates-Cole Associates in New Hartford, New York. Financial details of the transaction were not...
Jul 6 2020 // The U.S. commercial automobile insurance segment’s underwriting losses deepened to $4.0 billion in 2019, the segment’s worst loss in 10 years and a continuation of a decade-long trend of worsening underwriting...
Jul 6 2020 // “Workers servicing or maintaining machines are at risk of serious injury, including amputations, if hazardous energy is not properly controlled.”— OSHA Marlton Area Office Director Paula Dixon-Roderick...
Jul 6 2020 // A Houston pharmacist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in a $21 million workers’ compensation fraud case.George Philip Tompkins, 75, the self-proclaimed “Compound King” and former owner of Piney...
Jul 2 2020 // Three Texas healthcare providers will face trial for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and mail fraud, according to the Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation.On June 17,...
Jul 2 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether American corporations can be sued for alleged human rights abuses occurring abroad under a 1789 law, agreeing on Thursday to hear appeals by two companies – Cargill Inc and...
Jul 2 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS) has formed a new team, Sompo GRS Europe, based in...
Jul 2 2020 // U.S. technology company TuSimple on Wednesday launched a self-driving freight network with UPS and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. supply chain unit McLane that it said should operate nationwide by 2024 and start running some...
Jul 2 2020 // Lemonade Inc., the online home insurance provider backed by SoftBank Group Corp., jumped as much as 86% after raising $319 million in its U.S. initial public offering.[inline-ad-1] Shares of the company opened at $50.06...