All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 28 2017 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group, LLC, a property and casualty wholesaler, has acquired Strategic Insurance Underwriters, a specialist trucking MGA and broker headquartered in Sarasota, Fla.Strategic Insurance Underwriters has a...
Jul 27 2017 // Climate change may pose a serious risk to the nation’s electric grid, according to a new report.The report was prepared by Johns Hopkins University with help from Swiss Re. “Lights out: The risks of climate and...
Jul 27 2017 // The Trump administration on Tuesday pushed forward with its bid to undo an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to 4.2 million workers and said it was considering treating workers differently based on...
Jul 27 2017 // A U.S. safety watchdog called for broader use of traffic cameras to catch speeding drivers, as it said driving too fast is an under-reported cause of traffic fatalities.Inconsistent reporting by law enforcement causes the...
Jul 26 2017 // A federal appeals court has ruled that NBC News did not defame an Oregon sporting goods company by characterizing its exploding rifle targets as “bombs” in a report on the “Today” show.The 2nd U.S....
Jul 26 2017 // Markel Corp. will acquire Texas-based State National Companies Inc. for $919 million, a deal that the Virginia-based insurer and reinsurer said will help diversify its underwriting and revenue streams.Both companies’...
Jul 26 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board was scheduled to meet and detail a probe into a 2015 crash between a commuter train and an SUV that killed six people in the New York suburbs, a day after a U.S. official told The...
Jul 26 2017 // A Decatur, Ill., independent insurance agent has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for defrauding his clients, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of Illinois reported.Chief U.S. District...
Jul 26 2017 // A mid-year compilation of excess and surplus (E&S) insurance premium amounts by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) shows a 6.6 percent increase in premium nationally compared with the same period last...
Jul 26 2017 // Dallas, TX, July 26, 2017—U.S. Risk Insurance Group, LLC, the nation’s fifth largest Property and Casualty wholesaler, announced today that it has acquired Strategic Insurance Underwriters, a specialist Trucking...
Jul 26 2017 // Marsh has named Lou Ann Layton as its Southeast Zone leader. In this role, Layton is responsible for client initiatives, new business, and talent development across the District of Columbia and eight states: Florida,...
Jul 26 2017 // Clay Henderson has lived on the same block along the Indian River in New Smyrna Beach for 34 years. Living in a storm-prone state like Florida, you expect to see a river top its bank on occasion, but only in the past two...
Jul 25 2017 // Two officials with Team Work Ready (TWR), with chiropractic and physical therapy clinics in Texas and Louisiana, have been sentenced for defrauding the federal Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs and United...
Jul 25 2017 // U.S. building owners should review what materials their structures are built with following a deadly fire in London that showed how flames can quickly cover a high-rise, devouring it from the outside, fire experts said...
Jul 25 2017 // Heads of the U.S. financial regulatory agencies will meet behind closed doors this Friday to discuss MetLife Inc.’s lawsuit against them, according to a notice from Treasury, as the Trump administration wrestles with...
Jul 24 2017 // Brit Global Specialty USA said it has reached an agreement for the exclusive renewal rights for part of XL Catlin’s directly written yacht portfolio.The agreement relates to legacy policies written by Catlin, prior...
Jul 24 2017 // A hailstorm that pounded down on a Subaru dealership in Plano, Texas, barely lasted 30 minutes, but left behind a trail of smashed windows, dented hoods and millions of dollars’ worth of claims for an insurer to...
Jul 24 2017 // Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have agreed to pay a combined $148 million to end private U.S. antitrust litigation claiming they conspired with other banks to manipulate the yen Libor and Euroyen Tibor...
Jul 24 2017 // Californians would face $1.9 billion in higher insurance costs if Congress passes a border adjustment tax as part of federal tax reform, according to a study issued in mid-July by the R Street Institute and the Pacific...
Jul 24 2017 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named Stephen Glazier vice president and casualty loss control specialist.Glazier is based at Woodruff-Sawyer’s Denver, Colo., office. He will serve as a casualty loss control consultant...