All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 30 2012 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration responded to mounting concerns about the safety of metal-on-metal hip implants, saying it would subject the devices to a two-day expert review that could lead to rigorous new...
Mar 30 2012 // Nike Inc. has won a court order blocking rival Reebok International Ltd. from selling New York Jets apparel bearing the name of the popular quarterback Tim Tebow, in a battle over licensing rights.The order issued late on...
Mar 29 2012 // Cunningham Lindsey, an insurance claims management company controlled by buyout firm Stone Point Capital LLC, is up for sale and could fetch more than $1 billion, sources familiar with the situation said.Bank of America...
Mar 29 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a pilot from San Francisco, whose status as HIV-infected was disclosed by one federal agency to another one in violation of a privacy law, cannot sue for damages for mental...
Mar 28 2012 // The loss, announced today by Lloyd’s of London, shows just how severe the second costliest year for catastrophes on record for the insurance industry actually was. Lloyd’s announced a loss of £516 million...
Mar 28 2012 // The fate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul will be on the line on Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether the entire law must fall without its centerpiece insurance mandate.Completing...
Mar 28 2012 // Although everyone is more or less aware that 2011 was a very bad year for losses from natural catastrophes, the figures compiled by Swiss Re evince just how bad they actually were. In its latest sigma study the reinsurer...
Mar 27 2012 // It’s Tsunami Preparedness Week, and that means states that border the Pacific Ocean may be hearing more buzz about the rare but deadly act of nature that poses catastrophic risks to coastal regions.If you’re...
Mar 27 2012 // CEO Bob Benmosche says U.S. taxpayers will earn up to $10 billion on the $182 billion rescue of American International Group, the insurance company he runs. Of course, that depends on how one defines...
Mar 26 2012 // Court documents refer to it as “that certain unnamed gray, two-story vessel approximately 57 feet in length.”To Fane Lozman, it was a floating Florida home never intended to sail the seas. Now, a long-running...
Mar 26 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a West Virginia law that allows nursing homes to use pre-dispute arbitration agreements with residents that prevent them from suing in medical malpractice cases.In a recent case, [Marmet...
Mar 26 2012 // Two years after President Barack Obama signed into law a healthcare overhaul, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took up a historic test of whether it is valid under the country’s Constitution.The sweeping law intended...
Mar 23 2012 // A federal judge on Thursday ordered U.S. regulators to start proceedings to withdraw approval for the use of common antibiotics in animal feed, citing concerns that overuse is endangering human health by creating...
Mar 23 2012 // Fresh water supplies are unlikely to keep up with global demand by 2040, increasing political instability, hobbling economic growth and endangering world food markets, according to a U.S. intelligence assessment released...
Mar 22 2012 // Texas agriculture producers lost $7.62 billion to the state’s 2011 drought, which experts said makes it the costliest drought in the state’s history and possibly the most expensive drought ever suffered by any...
Mar 21 2012 // A Republican Congresswoman took an opportunity during a hearing on Tuesday to ask U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner why the Federal Insurance Office is late with its report on modernizing insurance regulation.The...
Mar 21 2012 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and BUSINESSEUROPE have issued the following statement in a letter signed by twelve U.S. and European business associations to President Obama and EU Presidents Van Rompuy and Barroso, calling...
Mar 21 2012 // The United States exempted Japan and 10 EU nations from financial sanctions because they have significantly cut purchases of Iranian oil, but left Iran’s top customers China and India exposed to the possibility of...
Mar 20 2012 // A growing number of U.S. cities are choosing to fund essential services like public safety and garbage collection over making payments on their outstanding debt, as rising costs and falling revenue deplete their budgets.So...
Mar 20 2012 // AmWINS Group Inc. promoted Matt Szkotak to branch leader of AmWINS Brokerage of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. Szkotak has been serving as property manager in the Philadelphia office for the past 10 years and will...