All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2023 // It was 45 years ago today that a huge scaffold system collapsed inside a cooling tower under construction at a West Virginia power plant, sending 51 workers tumbling to their deaths 170 feet below.Eleven members of one...
Apr 26 2023 // Anonymity is allowing crypto assets to finance illegal activities, a top U.S. regulatory official said on Tuesday, posing national security risks that must be addressed.Christy Goldsmith Romero, a commissioner at the U.S....
Apr 26 2023 // The United States is sending more of its cyber forces abroad to help foreign governments fight hackers, a top U.S. military official said at the RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco.In the last three years, the...
Apr 25 2023 // A Brazilian reinsurer entered a non-prosecution agreement and will pay $5 million to resolve a U.S. probe into a false story that the company had received a significant investment from billionaire Warren Buffett’s...
Apr 21 2023 // INSHUR, a global on-demand insurance provider, has acquired American Business Insurance Services in order to expand its operations across the U.S.The company also reported that it completed a capital raise of $26 million,...
Apr 19 2023 // Ascot Group Names Williams U.S. CIOAscot Group has appointed Owen Williams to the newly created role of chief information officer (CIO), Ascot U.S., headquartered in New York, New York. Williams has been working in the...
Apr 17 2023 // Analysts at Fitch Ratings predict a better underwriting result for U.S. property/casualty insurers in 2023 than 2022, but the combined ratio is still going to hover above breakeven, according to their forecast.Fitch...
Apr 17 2023 // Optimism among young agents took a hit, falling from 2022 to 2023, according to Insurance Journal’s annual Young Agents Survey.When it comes to their career choice and the future of the independent agency system,...
Apr 12 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed sweeping emissions cuts for new cars and trucks through 2032, a move it says could mean two out of every three new vehicles automakers sell will be...
Apr 10 2023 // Seventeen U.S. property/casualty insurance companies became impaired in 2021, with seven of the impairments driven by catastrophe losses from hurricanes, primarily in Louisiana and Florida, according to an AM Best...
Apr 10 2023 // Although the pandemic may appear more distant in the rearview mirror, its lasting impact on the personal auto insurance industry may be larger than initially expected.Private passenger automobile insurance is the largest...
Apr 6 2023 // A crucial safety system that’s relied on to avoid potentially fatal collisions at major US airports is aging and plagued by outages that have left travelers unprotected for months at a time. At some airports, it...
Apr 3 2023 // The United States is Earth’s punching bag for nasty weather.Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet, several experts said....
Apr 3 2023 // Specialist insurer Beazley has announced a refreshed Primary U.S. Public D&O wording, available both in the London Market and on a Surplus Lines basis in the U.S. Beazley said it has taken the step to simplify their...
Apr 3 2023 // U.S. commercial insurance prices grew in the fourth quarter of 2022 by an average of 4.8%, down from the rate of 5.2% in the previous quarter (Q3 2022), according to WTW’s most recent Commercial Lines Insurance...
Mar 31 2023 // Spring break is here, and summer vacations are just around the bend. But while increasingly stressed-out US workers say having paid time off is critical, many still don’t even take all that they’re allowed.Only...
Mar 30 2023 // Key financial results for private U.S. property/casualty insurers significantly worsened in 2022 from a year earlier, according to preliminary results from global analytics provider Verisk and the American Property...
Mar 29 2023 // At least 50 U.S. government staffers stationed in 10 countries were targeted with commercial hacking tools, commonly known as spyware, according to a senior administration official, highlighting the growing threat caused...
Mar 27 2023 // Hyundai and Kia are recalling just over 570,000 U.S. vehicles over fire risks and urged owners to park outside and away until getting repairs.The automakers said some vehicles with a tow hitch harness could catch fire due...
Mar 24 2023 // Chinese authorities raided the office of U.S. corporate due diligence firm Mintz Group in Beijing and detained five local staff, the company said, putting foreign companies in China on alert just as the country hosts an...