All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2012 // Gaylord Entertainment Co. has filed a lawsuit accusing the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of negligence that heavily damaged its luxury hotel in Nashville and the famous Grand Ole Opry House...
May 2 2012 // The U.S. government said a trial to assign blame and damages among BP Plc and others over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill should not be delayed until after a hearing over a $7.8 billion settlement of private party...
Apr 30 2012 // U.S. excess and surplus market is seeing a slight uptick in premiums, a new report reveals.After several years of declines, U.S. E&S insurers saw an increase in the overall amount of direct premiums written in 2011,...
Apr 30 2012 // U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients. The Federal Transit Administration wants buses to be tested for the impact of heavier riders on...
Apr 27 2012 // U.S. farmers will get a new crop-subsidy program that protects them from ruinous declines in revenue, the biggest threat to survival with today’s high and volatile prices, a Senate committee decided on Thursday.The...
Apr 26 2012 // Stephen Cutlip had only been living in Mendon for several weeks when he was displaced last summer by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.Following the August flood, he lived in a series of motels then spent three months in...
Apr 26 2012 // The California Senate Insurance Committee passed a law regarding reinsurers that would put the state in alignment with the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and a model law from the National...
Apr 26 2012 // More than 1,000 independent agents from around the country will be visiting Capitol Hill offices in Washington, D.C., today to lobby members of the House, Senate and their staffs.Called “The Big ‘I’ Day...
Apr 26 2012 // The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is projected to be less active than in recent years with 11 tropical storms, six of which will intensify into hurricanes, U.S. private forecaster Weather Services International said on...
Apr 26 2012 // Maritime risk management firm Lloyd’s Register has shut its operations in Iran and can no longer vouch for the safety of the OPEC member’s fleet due to Western sanctions, the head of the company told...
Apr 25 2012 // Argo Insurance, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., will offer a private and pleasure watercraft program through its Commercial Programs unit in partnership with Osprey Special Risks Ltd., a global marine...
Apr 25 2012 // Fewer Storms Forecast for 2012 Atlantic Hurricane SeasonThe 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is projected to be less active than in recent years with 11 tropical storms, six of which will intensify into hurricanes, U.S....
Apr 24 2012 // A new federal lawsuit targets a rollback of MaineCare benefits supported by Maine Gov. Paul LePage that eliminated health care coverage for hundreds of legal immigrants living in the state.The lawsuit filed last week by...
Apr 24 2012 // Shrimp processors have asked a federal judge to delay preliminary approval of BP Plc’s proposed settlement of economic damage claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, arguing that it is unfair to parts of the...
Apr 23 2012 // U.S. health regulators said consumer products that use nanotechnology may have unknown effects on the human body, and advised food and cosmetic companies to further study the safety of these tiny particles.The U.S. Food...
Apr 23 2012 // U.S. farm subsidies would get a 21st Century make-over to protect grower revenue from ruinous losses, the biggest threat to their operations from today’s high and volatile market prices, under a bill unveiled by...
Apr 22 2012 // Toyota Motor Corp. has won the tentative dismissal of some claims in the class-action lawsuit brought by owners of its vehicles over problems with sudden acceleration.In what would be a victory for Toyota if the ruling...
Apr 20 2012 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has asked the nation’s highest court to hear an appeal of a $104.6 million award to 18,500 policyholders who sued over slow adjustment of hurricane claims in 2005.The...
Apr 20 2012 // More than 550 former employees of US Fidelis in Wentzville, Mo., will share a nearly $1.5 million settlement reached in bankruptcy court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the April 18 deal settles allegations that...
Apr 20 2012 // The News of the World phone hacking scandal moved closer to the United States after British lawyer Mark Lewis teamed up with two New York lawyers to pursue claims that four of his clients had been hacked by Rupert...