All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 18 2017 // UnitedHealth Group Inc. reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Tuesday and said it was coping with uncertainty in U.S. healthcare laws by pricing its 2018 insurance plans to include a costly Obamacare...
Apr 18 2017 // Fidelity & Guaranty Life terminated its $1.6 billion agreement to be purchased by China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. and said it will weigh other possible deals.FGL’s board “is continuing to evaluate...
Apr 18 2017 // A Houston manufacturing facility has agreed to pay $150,000 and to provide other significant relief to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Apr 17 2017 // China’s Ant Financial has sweetened its bid for MoneyGram International Inc by 36 percent, beating a rival offer to gain approval from the U.S. electronic payment firm’s board, although it still faces...
Apr 17 2017 // China’s Anbang Insurance Group will let its agreement to acquire U.S. annuities and life insurer Fidelity & Guaranty Life (FGL) for $1.6 billion lapse, after failing to secure all the necessary regulatory...
Apr 14 2017 // Accurate genetic testing stands to transform modern medicine by offering effective, personalized treatment. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized marketing of the first direct-to-consumer (DTC)...
Apr 13 2017 // An explosion on April 11 at a sprawling ammunition plant near Kansas City, Missouri, killed one worker and injured four others, the U.S. Army said.The blast at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, just east...
Apr 13 2017 // Markel Corporation reported thatGlenn Mozingohas been named managing director, Global Insurance Business Development, and corporate account executive. In this new role, Mozingo will serve as a key point of contact for...
Apr 13 2017 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is urgently recommending an independent audit of the Baltimore schools’ transportation department, saying students remain at risk after a crash that killed six people.The...
Apr 13 2017 // The initial estimate of insured property market losses for extratropical cyclone Zeus, which mainly hit France on March 6-7, is €192 million (US$200 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based...
Apr 13 2017 // Zurich Insurance Group has successfully acquired Cover-More Group Ltd., a leading travel insurance and assistance solutions provider based in Sydney with a strong market position in Australia, India and the U.S.This...
Apr 13 2017 // Lawyers for the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane in Chicago filed an emergency request with an Illinois state court on Wednesday to require the carrier to preserve video recordings and other evidence related...
Apr 13 2017 // A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s bid to dismiss two of the four female plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the bank of discriminating against women in pay and...
Apr 12 2017 // David Govrin has been appointed to the position of executive vice president of underwriting for Third Point Reinsurance (USA) Ltd.Govrin brings 25 years of experience in the insurance industry to his new role. Prior to...
Apr 12 2017 // When a train jumped the tracks this past week at New York’s Penn Station, the seemingly minor accident led to a cascade of exasperating delays for hundreds of thousands of commuters.When a flood forced authorities to...
Apr 11 2017 // U.S. Risk, LLC has formed a strategic alliance with Aspen American Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, to offer a specialty insurance product designed for the marine industry which will provide...
Apr 11 2017 // Margaret Temponeras, 52, of Portsmouth, Ohio, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, which she did through a pain clinic and dispensary, according to the U.S....
Apr 11 2017 // Industrial lines insurer HDI Global Insurance Co., based in Chicago, has added personnel to its Engineering Lines and Construction division.Mark Groenheide, vice president, engineering lines underwriting manager, is...
Apr 11 2017 // The Justice Department said it has made payments totaling more than $800 million from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund to compensate thousands of U.S. victims of international acts of terrorism by state...
Apr 11 2017 // Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2017, citing the potential development of El Niño as well as recent anomalous cooling in the tropical...