All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 23 2014 // Food safety advocates say a guilty verdict in a rare federal food-poisoning trial should send a stern warning to anyone who may be tempted to place profits over people’s welfare.More than five years after hundreds of...
Sep 23 2014 // Two insurance rating entities see slowing rate increases for the surplus lines segment in the coming months as competition grows.Moody’s Investors Service said that the U.S. excess and surplus lines sector is...
Sep 22 2014 // If you’re going to successfully operate a relatively new reinsurance company in these troubled times, you better know what you’re doing. Fortunately Bermuda-based Hamilton Re would seem to pass muster.Firstly,...
Sep 22 2014 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of specialty insurance and reinsurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT), has named several cyber risk specialists to its cyber risk team in the...
Sep 22 2014 // While U.S. President Barack Obama and more than 100 other world leaders will meet in a summit devoted to climate change, the most tangible action on global warming this week may come from companies.Mars Inc. and others...
Sep 22 2014 // U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder last Wednesday called for Congress to take steps to help prosecutors build criminal cases against senior Wall Street executives, saying companies often insulated their leaders from...
Sep 22 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management, Dezelan Insurance AgencyArthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc. has acquired Dezelan Insurance Agency located in Indianapolis. Founded in 1927, Dezelan Insurance Agency is a...
Sep 22 2014 // Insurance broker and risk consultant Marsh reported that Thadd Wallace has joined the firm as a managing director in the Global Risk Management Practice in Atlanta. In this role, Wallace will work with Don Bailey, head of...
Sep 22 2014 // Total global intellectual property applications worldwide in 2012: Patent – 2.35 million; Utility Model – 827,500; Trademark – 6.58 million; Industrial Design – 1.22 million. — World Intellectual...
Sep 21 2014 // The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was sued by a coalition of groups seeking to force the agency to issue stiffer rules for training entry- level truck drivers.Regulators have missed multiple deadlines...
Sep 21 2014 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s Starr International Co. seeks a refund for overpayment of taxes for 2007 in a $38 million lawsuit against the U.S.The Internal Revenue Service has taken no action on...
Sep 18 2014 // Nearly one-in-five major investors in green bonds issued by one of the world’s largest players in that market is coming from the insurance industry.If you haven’t heard much about green bonds and insurance...
Sep 18 2014 // The owner of a Maryland-based insurer faces fraud charges for inflating the ratings of his company to win business, according to an indictment which seeks to recover more than $100 million in premiums his clients...
Sep 18 2014 // Two Republican lawmakers on Wednesday asked a U.S. labor agency for more information about a recent finding that fast-food chain McDonald’s Corp. could be held liable for the labor practices of franchisees, a view...
Sep 17 2014 // Two Bryan, Texas, men have been sentenced for their roles in a scheme that authorities say defrauded insurance companies of more than $3 million.Earlie Dickerson, a former office manager, was sentenced in Houston federal...
Sep 17 2014 // Tennessee has received a $499,000 federal grant for efforts to stop worker misclassification. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the money will help Tennessee’s unemployment insurance tax programs identify...
Sep 17 2014 // The U.S. Export-Import Bank is likely to have its charter renewed through mid-2015 this week, even though lawmakers in both parties said on Tuesday they see the extension as a second-best solution.Most Republicans said...
Sep 17 2014 // The Catlin Group’s roots go deep into the Lloyd’s market where it was formed 30 years ago. But Catlin has since become one of the most innovative companies in the global insurance hierarchy with offices in more...
Sep 16 2014 // A week ago, Hurricane Norbert pumped tropical moisture across the U.S. Southwest, touching off record rainfall in Phoenix and Tucson that killed at least two people, flooded hundreds of homes and shut highways throughout...
Sep 16 2014 // BP Plc, which already has paid more than $28 billion for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, seeks to get a $750 million chunk of that back by convincing a Texas court that a missing comma may give the oil company access to...