All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 25 2011 // The U.S. government is making it easier for small businesses to beef up defenses against cyber criminals through a free, online tool, the top U.S. communications regulator said Monday.The Small Biz Cyber Planner will allow...
Oct 24 2011 // The first Mexican long-haul truck bound for the U.S. interior crossed at the international bridge at Laredo, Texas, Friday, carrying electronic equipment destined for suburban Dallas and fulfilling a controversial...
Oct 24 2011 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has updated its terrorism model for the United States to reflect less frequent and lower-severity attacks based on a reassessment of the threat by a team of terrorism...
Oct 24 2011 // Canadian insurers are looking at a bleak quarter of financial results due to a sharp drop in stock markets and bond yields, and analysts are staying cautious on the stocks even at rock-bottom valuations.Sun Life Financial...
Oct 24 2011 // Stefan Holzberger, A.M. Best’s managing director-analytics, recently moved to London from the U.S. He is well placed to analyze the impact of the European Union’s Solvency II regulations, not only on the...
Oct 21 2011 // A federal judge rejected American International Group Inc.’s request to move its $10 billion mortgage fraud lawsuit against Bank of America Corp. back to a New York state court, where AIG believed the case...
Oct 21 2011 // The Chubb Corp. reported that net income in the third quarter of 2011 was $298 million compared to $572 million in the third quarter of 2010. Net income per share declined to $1.04 from $1.80.Operating income was $252...
Oct 21 2011 // Senior Obama administration officials and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators agreed on Wednesday to push for cybersecurity legislation as quickly as possible, the White House said Thursday.White House spokeswoman Caitlin...
Oct 20 2011 // Aspen US Insurance and Brownstone Insurance Agency have formed a partnership effective September 1, to bring underwriting and claims services to the commercial residential property market. This new partnership allows...
Oct 20 2011 // Most states in the northeastern region reported deteriorating workers’ compensation underwriting results last year, according to latest data from A.M. Best.Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maine and Rhode Island...
Oct 19 2011 // Independent reinsurance broker Holborn Corp. appointed Wesley Zeliff as vice president and Shinji Ueda as assistant vice president. Both new executives will be based in the firm’s New York headquarters. Zeliff comes...
Oct 19 2011 // In a copyright infringement case at the heart of media company battles to win Internet viewers, an appeals court grappled on Tuesday over whether to revive Viacom Inc.’s landmark $1 billion lawsuit against Google...
Oct 18 2011 // Anadarko Petroleum Corp. will pay BP Plc $4 billion toward clean-up and victim compensation for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The amount is less than BP might have won in court, but it softens the blow of overall...
Oct 18 2011 // Anadarko Petroleum Corp will pay BP Plc $4 billion toward clean-up and victim compensation for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The amount is less than BP might have won in court, but it softens the blow of overall...
Oct 17 2011 // Business travelers say there’s no substitute for being there.Even though budgets are tight and new technology makes it easy for people to connect virtually anywhere, businesses understand that it is crucial for...
Oct 17 2011 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not plan to charge Allianz SE for illegal activity at its private equity investments, according to two people familiar with the matter, in a case that could have tested the...
Oct 17 2011 // A number of Bermuda-based re/insurers have announced their respective loss estimates for the third quarter of 2011. The figures given include loss adjustment expenses, and are net of any applicable reinsurance recoveries,...
Oct 17 2011 // California’s U.S. Rep. John Campbell (R) recently introduced legislation similar to a bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) earlier this year that would strengthen the nation’s natural disaster...
Oct 17 2011 // Two veterans in the London insurance marketplace have come together again to launch an underwriting agency with a focus on U.S.-based homebuilders.Paul Jansen and Kevin Hastings have launched Cove Programs Insurance...
Oct 17 2011 // Wells Publishing Inc. has named Young Ha as its new East editor for its flagship Insurance Journal online and print property/casualty insurance publications. Ha, based in New York, will cover the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic...