All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 13 2023 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday called for regulation of artificial intelligence technology to ensure it does not hurt growth or become a national security risk, a departure from the business lobbying...
Mar 13 2023 // A U.S. federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by Alphabet Inc’s Google to move a Justice Department lawsuit against it over dominance in advertising technology from Virginia to New York.“I am going to rule...
Mar 10 2023 // Several groups of associations, cities and counties are attempting to challenge a case in Montana they say has the potential to take away an important tool from firefighting efforts at a time when Western U.S. wildfires...
Mar 9 2023 // A serious breach at a healthcare administrator serving the U.S. House of Representatives has potentially exposed the personal data of hundreds of lawmakers and their staff, top representatives and a senior Congressional...
Mar 9 2023 // Britain’s revamped financial market rules will largely be aligned with U.S. and European Union regulations to minimize disruption to global companies, its financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on...
Mar 3 2023 // In a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with ransomware, hackers stole sensitive and personally identifiable data about agency employees and targets of investigations, an agency spokesman...
Mar 3 2023 // Canada will bar civil servants from using TikTok Inc. on government-issued mobile devices due to security concerns around data collection.The social media app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd., will be...
Mar 2 2023 // AXA XL Adds to U.S. Mid-Market TeamAXA XL Insurance continues to build out its U.S. Mid-Market business with the recent addition of Bennett Turner as head of strategy and operations and Christopher Fallon, head of...
Mar 1 2023 // A coal miner has died in an incident in a southern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. William Mapes, 73, of Freeburn, Kentucky, died Sunday, Justice said Sunday in a news release. Mapes had 53 years of mining...
Feb 27 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure established by Congress violates the U.S. Constitution in a case that President Joe Biden’s...
Feb 27 2023 // Is it possible to predict exactly where the wind will blow? How about where it will blow 30 years from now?The First Street Foundation, a nonprofit that works to define and communicate risks posed by climate change, says...
Feb 24 2023 // The story of U.S. personal lines challenges impacting the results of multiline insurers was repeated for Liberty Mutual, which reported underwriting losses and waning policy growth in the segment in 2022.President and...
Feb 23 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – States in the northern plains are largely shutting down ahead of a massive winter storm that could dump up to 2 feet of snow in some areas, accompanied by strong winds and dangerously cold...
Feb 22 2023 // AXIS Appoints Galanski as Head of North America Property & Casualty ProgramsGabriel Galanski has joined AXIS Capital Holdings Limited as head of North American property and casualty programs. Galanski will manage,...
Feb 22 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Swiss Re, MS Reinsurance, and Aon.A summary of these new hires follows here. Swiss Re Promotes Ningen to CEO, US P&C ReMonica Ningen has been named CEO...
Feb 21 2023 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday he would call on major railroads to improve safety after a Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, of a train operated by Norfolk Southern.Buttigieg in a letter...
Feb 17 2023 // Germany’s Allianz on Friday swung to a fourth-quarter net profit, rebounding after taking big charges a year earlier for a U.S. funds scandal and as a higher investment margin boosted its life and health insurance...
Feb 16 2023 // Companies that finance U.S. commercial lawsuits in exchange for a cut of any recoveries upped their investments last year, committing $3.2 billion, according to a new report.That represents a 16% increase in capital...
Feb 16 2023 // Venbrook Group, LLC, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, named Bryan Meyer executive vice president, programs, for Venbrook Specialty Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary. Meyer will manage general underwriters...
Feb 14 2023 // For years, Allianz, one of the world’s biggest investors, piled billions into property, wind farms and even London’s sewage system, but now it is moving to shun such “alternative” investments for...