All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 22 2015 // Mississippi’s transportation commissioners are urging U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran to help squash a proposal that would force the state to allow larger double-trailer trucks on its roads.“I don’t like Congress...
Jun 19 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved disaster assistance for 18 additional Oklahoma counties as a result of storms and flooding that battered the state last month.Gov. Mary Fallin’s spokesman Alex...
Jun 19 2015 // The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is suing Middleton, Wis.-based Spectrum Brands for allegedly failing to report a problem with coffee pot handles that could detach, creating a risk of burns.The lawsuit was filed...
Jun 19 2015 // West Virginia has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the U.S., according to a report released this week, further spotlighting Appalachia’s festering drug abuse problem that is also fueling a rise in hepatitis C...
Jun 18 2015 // A global insurance company is teaming up with a Chicago-area community college to create what they believe is the first-of-its-kind insurance apprenticeship program in the United States and one they hope will become an...
Jun 18 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill wrung out almost 12 inches of rain over parts of eastern Texas, was downgraded to a depression and then handed off from the National Hurricane Center to the Weather Prediction Center.That doesn’t...
Jun 18 2015 // Zurich Insurance Group plans to establish an apprenticeship program in the U.S. to help attract and train young people for careers in the insurance industry.Zurich said it is committed to putting into practice a program...
Jun 18 2015 // Millions of Americans could lose their insurance if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against President Barack Obama on his healthcare law. And with the decision due in the next two weeks, the government has no backup plan.The...
Jun 18 2015 // U.S. commercial drone operations could take flight on a large scale by this time next year, as federal regulators finalize rules allowing widespread unmanned aerial system use by companies, according to congressional...
Jun 18 2015 // Allianz SE is boosting its investments in clean-energy in the coming years and is looking to enter the U.S. wind market. The insurer’s Allianz Deutschland unit will raise its annual investment into renewables, mainly...
Jun 18 2015 // Cambridge, MA, June 18, 2015 – EverQuote, Inc., operator of the leading online auto insurance marketplace in the U.S. for consumers and insurance providers, today announced the EverQuote Pro Agency Analytics...
Jun 17 2015 // Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is using debt to expand a U.S. insurance business that’s beaten even Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for policy growth.The Japanese insurer, which is taking over Houston-based HCC Insurance...
Jun 16 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill came ashore on the Texas mainland this morning near Seadrift, packing heavy rains that will drop as much as 10 inches along the coast.Bill’s winds were 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour, up from...
Jun 16 2015 // Maurice “Hank’ Greenberg, who yesterday won what most considered a long-shot case with a ruling that the U.S. government acted illegally towards American International Group Inc. shareholders in the terms it...
Jun 16 2015 // The U.S. Federal Reserve is considering a proposal for new nationwide insurance capital standards that would rely heavily on the current system of state-based regulations, according to a copy of the plan seen by Reuters...
Jun 16 2015 // A former QBE Insurance Group Ltd. executive and an accomplice embezzled $2.6 million by submitting phony invoices in which the name of the chief financial officer was forged, according to U.S. prosecutors.James J. Shea, a...
Jun 16 2015 // During the trial, David Boies was his usual mildly rumpled and mostly unpretentious self, peering over his reading glasses, padding around in his hallmark black suede slipper-shoes and smiling his way to victory in a case...
Jun 16 2015 // American International Group Inc., which opted against joining Maurice “Hank” Greenberg in a suit against the U.S., became a victor in the case after a judge ruled that the former chief executive officer...
Jun 15 2015 // ACE Group has launched a new insurance offering that combines domestic general liability coverage and international general liability coverage for U.S. middle-market companies that are expanding globally.The policy brings...
Jun 15 2015 // Update: Greenberg Will Appeal AIG Bailout Case Win Over Lack of DamagesThe U.S. set illegal terms in demanding American International Group Inc. stock for an $85 billion bailout during the financial crisis, but that...