All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 26 2017 // Hackers breached the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s computer system last year by taking advantage of companies that used authentic financial data when they were testing the agency’s corporate filing...
Sep 26 2017 // Industry insured losses for Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean will be between US$40 billion and US$85 billion, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide.Puerto Rico alone accounts for more than 85 percent of the...
Sep 26 2017 // The technology that gives cars superpowers to see around corners and through walls won’t be on the first self-driving rides hitting the road in the next few years.Vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems, known as...
Sep 25 2017 // In San Juan, it was as if Hurricane Maria left everyone to fend for themselves.Two days after Maria hit, electricity and mobile phone service was nonexistent in the capital and across most of Puerto Rico, which was already...
Sep 25 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) and The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) launched new brands today for their respective associations. IIABNJ became Big I...
Sep 25 2017 // RMS has named Pete Dailey vice president to lead flood model development in its California headquarters. Dailey will oversee the upcoming release of the RMS U.S. Inland Flood Mode, and he will lead the development of...
Sep 25 2017 // American International Group is reorganizing its underwriting businesses into three main segments—General Insurance, Life & Retirement, and a standalone technology-enabled platform—the company announced today.The...
Sep 25 2017 // Equifax Inc. could get away with paying a mere $1 per person after failing to protect almost half of America’s credit data.While the 118-year-old credit-reporting firm has been hit with more than 100 consumer...
Sep 24 2017 // The Environmental Protection Agency says it has recovered 517 containers of “unidentified, potentially hazardous material” from highly contaminated toxic waste sites in Texas that flooded last month during...
Sep 24 2017 // Storm watches have been issued for North Carolina as the U.S. is threatened by a hurricane for the fourth time in a month.Tropical storm watches, meaning winds of at least 39 miles (63 kilometers) per hour could reach the...
Sep 22 2017 // Americans are still buying homes in areas with high risk of natural hazards and the homes in those cities continue to appreciate in value far faster than homes in low natural hazard locales.However, the effect on home...
Sep 22 2017 // The United States and European Union have scheduled a ceremony for today for the signing of a bilateral agreement on prudential insurance and reinsurance measures.Both sides announced in July their intention to sign the...
Sep 22 2017 // A major computer hack at America’s top stock market regulator is the latest sign that data stored in the highest reaches of the U.S. government remains vulnerable to cyber attacks, despite efforts across multiple...
Sep 22 2017 // The engineers in two New York City area commuter train crashes suffered from sleep apnea that had not been diagnosed, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.The NTSB released factual findings on...
Sep 21 2017 // Wall Street’s top regulator faced questions on Thursday about its defenses against cyber criminals after admitting hackers breached its electronic database of corporate announcements and may have used it for insider...
Sep 21 2017 // Zurich North America CEO Mike Foley plans to leave his position at the end of 2017 after more than a decade with the Swiss insurance giant.His successor has already been chosen. She is Kathleen Savio, who has been...
Sep 21 2017 // Allstate Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson on Tuesday called on U.S. lawmakers to overhaul a government subsidized flood insurance program, calling for a more streamlined system that does not overburden...
Sep 20 2017 // Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to strike Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years, carved a path of destruction through the U.S. territory on Wednesday, causing widespread flooding and knocking power out across the island...
Sep 20 2017 // MarketScout, the Dallas, Texas based insurance exchange and specialty MGA, has expanded its Professional Liability Division with the addition of Michele Vincent as vice president, healthcare practice leader. Vincent joins...
Sep 20 2017 // In the U.S, government-backed insurance plans help compensate farmers for losses after natural disasters. Unfortunately for the produce growers that were ravaged by recent hurricanes, a lot of the nation’s vegetable...