All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2011 // The percentage of Americans who have health insurance through their employer slipped to a new low of 44.5 percent in the third quarter, a drop of over 5 percentage points in three years, according to a poll released...
Nov 10 2011 // Bank of America Corp. and its Countrywide Financial unit were on Wednesday hit with a new lawsuit alleging fraud in the sale of residential mortgage debt to a New York mutual life insurance company.National Integrity Life...
Nov 10 2011 // The U.S. government reopened public access to a database of malpractice claims and damages paid by doctors, with new restrictions that would prohibit using it in any way to identify the physicians.Consumer advocates and...
Nov 10 2011 // Australia wants World Trade Organization members to recognize that reaching a comprehensive deal in decade-old world trade talks has become impossible and to focus instead on a series of smaller pacts, the country’s...
Nov 9 2011 // Sentry Insurance is now offering foreign general liability and foreign voluntary workers’ compensation to U.S.-based clients with multinational operations. Sentry’s foreign general liability product provides...
Nov 9 2011 // Four senior U.S. lawmakers Tuesday urged President Barack Obama’s administration not to make a hasty decision to begin free trade talks with Japan if that country should request this week to join negotiations on a...
Nov 9 2011 // A top Justice Department official said Tuesday the agency will clarify next year what triggers anti-corruption probes into U.S. corporations.Lanny Breuer, head of the criminal division, said his department expects to...
Nov 9 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Torus Insurance (Bermuda) Limited, Torus...
Nov 8 2011 // Torus now has U.S. professional and management liability primary underwriting capabilities. Led by Jeffrey Grange, senior vice president, head of professional lines, the offering includes products across three segments:...
Nov 8 2011 // President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law got a boost Tuesday when a U.S. appeals court agreed with a lower court that dismissed a challenge and found the law’s minimum coverage requirement was...
Nov 8 2011 // A key ratings agency says that recently proposed guidelines for identifying which insurers would qualify as systemic risks represent an important first step in improved federal regulation of financial institutions.The...
Nov 8 2011 // An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe blamed for the deaths of 29 people could be costly for grocery stores, a distributor and an auditing lab.Whole or pre-cut Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe from Colorado-based Jensen Farms...
Nov 8 2011 // Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other U.S. disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion over the last decade, researchers said Monday.“When extreme weather hits, we hear about...
Nov 8 2011 // State insurance regulators have approved a new model law and regulation on credit for reinsurance that allows some foreign reinsurers to post reduced collateral.The new rules and regulations, which have taken 12 years to...
Nov 8 2011 // A global accounting rule rushed through after pressure from politicians during the financial crisis may have to be tweaked, sparking disruption for investors and companies.The International Accounting Standards Board...
Nov 7 2011 // Investors want to lift the “shroud of secrecy” over the proposed $8.5 billion settlement of Bank of America Corp.’s mortgage-backed securities liability in the coming weeks, a lawyer said last week.Dan...
Nov 7 2011 // The death toll linked to listeria-contaminated cantaloupes in the United States reached 28 in late October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.Whole or pre-cut Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe from...
Nov 7 2011 // Americans peg the value of coral reefs around the main Hawaiian Islands at $33.57 billion, according to a study commissioned by the federal government. Officials frequently cite coral reefs as being vital to tourism and...
Nov 7 2011 // Westfield Insurance, headquartered in Westfield, Ohio, selected Dennis Baus to lead the company’s surety operations. Baus assumes the national surety leader responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2012, replacing Rick Kinnaird...
Nov 7 2011 // Company Name State of Speciality 2010 TOTAL DPW Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 596,191 Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 575,100 SAIF Corporation OR 327,373 St. Johns Insurance Co. Inc. FL 257,106 Brickstreet...