All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 10 2014 // How a company manages its risk in the face of a changing global climate is slated to become an ever-greater factor in a company’s worth.Today’s business leaders, whether or not they believe in climate change,...
Jul 10 2014 // A federal appeals court in New York has revived claims by 211 cleanup workers who sought compensation for their alleged exposure to toxic contaminants in buildings near the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001,...
Jul 10 2014 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.This year, we’re ushering in the 2014 hurricane season, which officially began on June 1, in the wake of a fairly inactive past season and amid projections of...
Jul 10 2014 // A weather-changing El Nino has yet to develop in the Pacific Ocean, according to government forecasters are who maintaining a “watch” initiated in March.The chances that the warming of the equatorial Pacific...
Jul 10 2014 // More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs. More than $986 billion of that risk is...
Jul 10 2014 // A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit against the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by a former broker who alleged that disclosures on the regulator’s public database violated his privacy rights.The former...
Jul 9 2014 // Aspen U.S. Insurance said George Kotsiopoulos has joined as vice president, Broker Relationship leader. Kotsiopoulos joins Aspen U.S. Insurance with underwriting and distribution experience from previous positions at...
Jul 9 2014 // Foster Farms and its London insurers are facing off over the definition of “product recall” as the poultry producer seeks payment of $14.2 million in claims arising from a government-mandated shutdown of one of...
Jul 9 2014 // The Senate is advancing legislation that would let companies and the U.S. government share information about hacking threats, even as privacy advocates say the plan could enable the National Security Agency to sweep up...
Jul 8 2014 // Arizona’s policy of denying driver’s licenses to people who came to the U.S. illegally as children was blocked by a federal appeals court in San Francisco, which said the measure is probably...
Jul 8 2014 // Wall Street’s biggest trade group has proposed a government-industry cyber war council to stave off terrorist attacks that could trigger financial panic by temporarily wiping out account balances, according to an...
Jul 8 2014 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that Mark Maritzen has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Property within its U.S. Insurance operation.He has nearly twenty years...
Jul 8 2014 // Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that Mark Maritzen has joined the company as executive vice president and head of commercial property within its U.S. Insurance operation.Maritzen will be responsible for...
Jul 7 2014 // Insurers Hiscox Ltd., Beazley Plc and Catlin Group Ltd. are reaping the benefits of the U.S. market, according to a report from SNL Financial. SNL data shows how the three companies with significant participation in the...
Jul 7 2014 // The Global Catastrophe Recap report for June from Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting highlights the outbreak of severe thunderstorms that affected Western and Central Europe during the first half of the month, causing...
Jul 7 2014 // The Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. (ACGL) has announced promotions in the reinsurance group “to support the recent expansion of the Company’s mortgage insurance and reinsurance operations.”Marc...
Jul 7 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37. 5...
Jul 7 2014 // The earth’s surface consists of 25 interlocking plates. —National Aeronautics and Space Administration The earth’s plates move at a rate of roughly 2 centimeters per year. —National Aeronautics and Space...
Jul 7 2014 // The frequency and cost of natural disasters in the United States has increased exponentially in the past two decades. The cost to property, life and the economy is pushing the issue to the top-of-minds for many in...
Jul 7 2014 // Companies and governments worldwide are changing their behaviors and examining their risks in the face of climate change, a managing director for Standard & Poor’s said, holding up the insurance industry as a...