All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 28 2018 // The federal government, backing litigation by states and cities, will seek reimbursement from major drug companies and distributors to recover costs it has borne from the opioid epidemic, the U.S. Justice Department said...
Feb 27 2018 // A coalition of 20 U.S. states sued the federal government on Monday over Obamacare, claiming the law was no longer constitutional after the repeal last year of its requirement that people have health insurance or pay a...
Feb 27 2018 // The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday finalized rules that will require “quiet cars” like electric vehicles and hybrids to emit alert sounds to warn pedestrians of their approach, extending to 2020...
Feb 26 2018 // Gay workers and their corporate supporters won a legal victory over the Trump administration as a federal appeals court ruled that firing people over their sexual orientation is a form of illegal sex discrimination.The...
Feb 26 2018 // Puerto Rico’s governor has announced that a team of experts at George Washington University will lead an independent, in-depth review to determine the number of deaths caused by Hurricane Maria amid accusations that...
Feb 26 2018 // On May 25, 2018, the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect in the 28 EU member states. Companies, the world over, are now rushing to meet the deadline for compliance but how many...
Feb 26 2018 // Zurich Insurance Group has entered into an agreement to acquire the Latin American operations of Australian insurer QBE Insurance Group Ltd. for a total aggregate price of US$409 million, subject to closing adjustments.The...
Feb 26 2018 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s combination of insurance entities have recorded 14 consecutive years of underwriting profit worth more than $28 billion. The Oracle from Omaha has repeatedly warned his...
Feb 23 2018 // Takata Corp.’s U.S. unit agreed Thursday to settle a probe by 44 state attorneys general into claims it concealed a deadly safety defect with air bag inflators.TK Holdings Inc., which is in bankruptcy reorganization...
Feb 22 2018 // Now’s the time to get in on the ground floor of the business of insuring drones.That’s according to panel of experts speaking recently in a drone insurance webinar hosted by Insurance Journal. The consensus...
Feb 22 2018 // HDI Global SE has appointed John Schossler has been appointed assistant vice president, Casualty Construction manager, based in Chicago.Schossler will lead all efforts in the development of this segment by cultivating...
Feb 22 2018 // An estimated 669,100 law enforcement officers were treated in emergency departments across the nation for nonfatal injuries between 2003 and 2014, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute for...
Feb 22 2018 // French insurer AXA posted higher-than-expected 2017 net profits and stronger earnings in the United States, ahead of the planned flotation of its American life insurance and asset management businesses in the second...
Feb 21 2018 // Kentucky’s attorney general on Monday filed a lawsuit against drug distributor Cardinal Health Inc , accusing it of contributing to the opioid epidemic by failing to halt or report suspiciously large or frequent...
Feb 20 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Mercury Insurance Co.’s appeal to overturn a February 2017 California Court of Appeal ruling that held Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ 2013 order requiring...
Feb 20 2018 // An Arkansas judge has dismissed a Monsanto Co. lawsuit aiming to stop Arkansas from blocking the use of a controversial farm chemical the company makes, dealing a blow to its attempts to increase sales of genetically...
Feb 20 2018 // Washington state wheat farmers are protesting cuts to their safety net programs in a budget proposal released by President Donald Trump this week.The Spokesman-Review review reports growers are concerned about...
Feb 20 2018 // Malicious cyber activity cost the U.S. economy between $57 billion and $109 billion in 2016, the White House said Friday.The estimate comes in a Council of Economic Advisers report on the impact of cyber attacks on U.S....
Feb 19 2018 // All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus lines insurance premium in 2017, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas reported. U.S. surplus line premium...
Feb 19 2018 // Despite the growth of both technology-based and direct-to-customer sales channels in the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, independent agents still control the lion’s share of P/C premiums and represent a...