All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jun 15 2015 // Ironshore Inc. announced the formation of the Chinese Investment Practice Group, building upon its relationship with Fosun International, to identify Chinese investment opportunities in U.S.-based companies and assets....
Jun 15 2015 // A raging battle over President Barack Obama’s request for “fast-track” authority central to improving U.S. ties with Asia resumes in the House of Representatives this week when lawmakers are expected to...
Jun 15 2015 // For the second consecutive year, medical malpractice payouts in 2014 increased over four percent from the previous year.After declining from 2003 through 2012, malpractice payouts started to rise in 2013 and continued to...
Jun 15 2015 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty championed flexible state insurance regulation and warned against “one-size-fits-all” bank-like regulation for insurers in recent testimony before the U.S. Senate...
Jun 15 2015 // Marsh has appointed Julie Wood as Southeast Partnership leader based in Atlanta. In this role, Wood is responsible for ensuring the delivery of Marsh’s advisory and transactional services to clients throughout its...
Jun 15 2015 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has revived a New Hampshire school’s lawsuit seeking to prove that it is still covered by an insurance policy from almost 50 years ago even though there are no longer...
Jun 15 2015 // Michael Tipsord, State Farm president and chief operating officer who first joined the insurer in 1988, will succeed outgoing CEO Edward B. Rust Jr. in September as chief executive officer.Rust, in speaking during a...
Jun 12 2015 // There’s relief ahead for U.S. poultry farmers suffering through the worst ever domestic outbreak of bird flu.As the weather warms, there’s likely to be fewer instances of the disease, which has already left 47...
Jun 11 2015 // A U.S. congressional panel on Thursday approved a bill aimed at deterring frivolous patent lawsuits, but which some critics say undermines the ability to protect new innovations.The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary...
Jun 11 2015 // The odds that a weather-changing El Nino will last until the Northern Hemisphere’s next winter are increasing, though it’s too early to say if it will provide drought relief across California, the U.S. Climate...
Jun 11 2015 // The number of vehicles on U.S. roads with potentially defective Takata air bags appears to be less than half the 34 million initially estimated by federal regulators, according to a Reuters analysis of recall records...