All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 20 2023 // U.S. authorities are seeking evidence from Credit Suisse to assess whether the bank misled investors about its financial health as it teetered towards a state-backed rescue by UBS six months ago.Credit Suisse “has...
Sep 20 2023 // The Department of Homeland Security wants Congress and other federal agencies to help it streamline 52 different cyber reporting requirements to protect critical infrastructure and ease regulatory burdens on hacking...
Sep 20 2023 // Home insurance costs that have soared in much of the US may get even higher.Tens of millions of properties around the country are insured at prices that haven’t caught up with the danger of hurricanes, wildfires and...
Sep 19 2023 // A U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety investigation has found that a Houston-based contractor willfully and repeatedly exposed its workers to falls, electrical hazards and amputations.Following a March 9, 2023,...
Sep 19 2023 // Everest Insurance, the insurance division of Everest Group Ltd., has launched a dedicated U.S. Wholesale and Programs Division to serve the distinct and evolving needs of this market. “This dedicated offering...
Sep 19 2023 // Canopius Group, the London-based specialty re/insurer, announced the strategic expansion of its U.S. casualty business with its entry into the domestic U.S. excess casualty market on Canopius U.S. Insurance Co....
Sep 18 2023 // The U.S. homeowners insurance segment has been hit with three consecutive years of net underwriting losses as a result of above-average numbers of natural catastrophes, inflationary pressures and elevated reinsurance...
Sep 15 2023 // A new analysis shows which U.S. states, regions and cities felt the strongest influence of climate change during the summer – the hottest on record.The analysis from Climate Central, a group of scientists and...
Sep 13 2023 // Delta Air Lines and United Airlines were ordered by a federal judge to face a consumer antitrust class action accusing major U.S. carriers of conspiring to drive up domestic airfares by reducing the number of available...
Sep 13 2023 // The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more. And there’s still four months...
Sep 12 2023 // A U.S.-focused Cyber Industry Loss Index has been launched by Zurich-based Perils and CyberAcuView, an independent U.S.-based organization formed by leading cyber insurers, to keep capital flowing in the cyber insurance...
Sep 12 2023 // According to WTW’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS), commercial insurance prices in the U.S. continued to increase in the second quarter.The quarterly survey, answered by insurance carriers,...
Sep 11 2023 // The U.S. Justice Department reports that it has reached a settlement with Baltimore County, Maryland for relief and compensation for female fire department employees subjected to sexual harassment.The settlement resolves...
Sep 8 2023 // Hamilton Insurance Group said on Thursday it has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, at a time when there is growing momentum for deals involving insurance and reinsurance companies.The U.S. IPO market...
Sep 7 2023 // Rikers Island in the Bronx, New York, made the list due to its extreme vulnerability to flooding. Lincoln, Wyoming, was selected because of its high avalanche risk. And the danger of both earthquakes and drought propelled...
Sep 7 2023 // The recently disclosed Chinese hack of senior officials at the U.S. State and Commerce departments stemmed from the compromise of a Microsoft engineer’s corporate account, Microsoft Corp. said in a blog post on...
Sep 6 2023 // More than four in five US homebuyers are factoring in climate risks when they shop for a new house, according to a new survey by real estate firm Zillow.Some 83% of respondents said they weighed at least one climate risk...
Sep 4 2023 // Jumps in rates and written premiums did little to move the needle on underwriting profits for U.S. personal auto insurers, Fitch Ratings reported based on a recent review of midyear results of nine big market...
Aug 30 2023 // The U.S. Department of Justice and a northeastern Oklahoma bank have announced a proposed agreement to settle claims that the bank discriminated in lending to Blacks and Hispanics in the Tulsa area.Collinsville-based...
Aug 30 2023 // As cyber threats continue to grow, guests on the latest episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast say that collaborations between the public and private sector are becoming even more vital.“Probably the most urgent...