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Markets/Coverages: Vantage Risk Introduces U.S. Primary Casualty Insurance

Feb 20 2024 // Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, is offering U.S. primary casualty in addition to its existing Bermuda and U.S. excess casualty products, continuing the company’s expansion of...

Marsh: US Commercial Lines Rates Up 3% in Q4 2023

Feb 19 2024 // Broker Marsh said the composite rate change at renewal for U.S. commercial lines was up 3% in the fourth quarter 2023, led by an 11% increase in property rates.The Marsh Global Insurance Market Index said it was the 25th...

US Offers Up to $10M Reward for Info Leading to Leaders of Notorious Ransomware Gang

Feb 16 2024 // If you’ve got information on one of the world’s most prolific ransomware gangs, you could stand to make a cool $10 million.The Department of State on Thursday announced a reward of up to $10 million for anyone...

US and Allies Kick Russian Hackers Off Home Routers, FBI Says

Feb 16 2024 // The US and its allies have disrupted access by a Russian-state sponsored hacking organization to “well over a thousand home and small business routers” used for criminal and intelligence purposes, FBI Director...

US Seizes 747 Cargo Plane that Iran Sold to Venezuelan Firm, Plans to ‘Dispose’ of it

Feb 14 2024 // (AP) — The U.S. government has seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane that officials say was previously sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a state-owned Venezuelan firm in violation of American export control laws.The...

US Seeks More Than $1 Billion From Collapsed SVB for Taxes

Feb 14 2024 // The US Internal Revenue Service is seeking to recover about $1.4 billion in taxes it claims are owed by Silicon Valley Bank, the regional lender that failed last year. The federal tax agency claims the California-based...

Update: Tankers Tied to the Russian Oil Trade Grind to Halt Following US Sanctions

Feb 13 2024 // A chunk of the vast fleet of tankers that Russia uses to deliver its crude oil is grinding to a halt under the weight of US sanctions, a sign that tougher measures by western regulators might be starting to have tangible...

US, UK Ship Investors Hit by Soaring Red Sea Insurance: Sources

Feb 8 2024 // War underwriters have raised the premiums they charge to US, British and Israeli firms by as high as 50% for ships transiting the Red Sea and some providers are avoiding such business due to targeting of the vessels by...

US Court Cancels Approvals for Widely Used Dicamba Weedkillers

Feb 8 2024 // A U.S. court has nullified the government’s latest approvals of certain agricultural weedkillers sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling uncertainty among farmers who spray the products on genetically engineered...

Boeing 737 in Alaska Air Accident Was Missing Bolts, US Says

Feb 7 2024 // A dramatic accident on an Alaska Airlines flight last month was apparently triggered by a door plug that hadn’t been properly attached before the plane was delivered by Boeing Co., US investigators said Tuesday.Four...

Bank Groups Sue US Regulators to Halt Anti-Redlining Rules

Feb 6 2024 // Several industry groups sued US regulators to block recent overhauls to the Community Reinvestment Act, arguing the new rules meant to tackle redlining and boost lending to lower-income areas will actually discourage banks...

US Appeals Court Finds Bayer Not Shielded From Roundup Lawsuits

Feb 6 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday refused to dismiss a Georgia doctor’s lawsuit claiming that Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller caused cancer, the latest setback in the German company’s efforts to fend off...

Marsh: US Commercial Lines Rates Up 3% in Q4 2023

Feb 5 2024 // Broker Marsh said the composite rate change at renewal for U.S. commercial lines was up 3% in the fourth quarter 2023, led by an 11% increase in property rates.The Marsh Global Insurance Market Index said it was the 25th...

USGS: Nearly 75% of US Could Experience A Damaging Earthquake

Feb 5 2024 // Nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, a recent U.S. Geological Survey report shows.A USGS-led team of more than 50 scientists and engineers in the latest USGS National Seismic Hazard Model...

U.S. Steel Agrees to Spend Millions to Settle Suit Over Pollution Violations After 2018 Fire

Feb 1 2024 // U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds...

US Disabled Chinese Hacking Network Targeting Critical Infrastructure, Sources Say

Jan 31 2024 // The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands of internet-connected devices, according to two Western security officials...

Philips’ US Sales of Sleep Apnea Devices Face Years-Long Halt After FDA Deal

Jan 30 2024 // Dutch health technology company Philips will not sell new devices to treat sleep apnea in the U.S. in the coming years as it works to comply with a settlement with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on...

Trader Joe’s Follows SpaceX in Arguing US Labor Board Is Unconstitutional

Jan 30 2024 // Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional.At a Jan. 16 National Labor Relations Board...

Reforms to US Disaster Aid Expose Growing Home Insurance Gap

Jan 29 2024 // When disaster hits in the US, the federal government gives aid to states and counties, but also to individuals. In 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency delivered $3.25 billion to nearly 1.4 million households...

U.S. Finds Ex-Gov. Cuomo Sexually Harassed Employees, Outlines New York Reforms

Jan 29 2024 // The U.S. Justice Department concluded former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed more than a dozen state employees, according to a settlement announced Friday that confirmed allegations from the damaging...