All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 20 2009 // AIG, 21st Century Insurance, Farmers Group Inc.American International Group has closed the sale of 21st Century Insurance Group, the wholly owned subsidiaries of AIG’s U.S. personal auto insurance business, to...
Jul 20 2009 // The owners and producers of Japan’s estimated 300,000 insurance agencies can only dream of the success and freedom that the 40,000 independent agencies in the United States enjoy.But they can still learn best...
Jul 20 2009 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income fell 87 percent to $1.2 billion in the first three months of 2009, according to A.M. Best.“The year-over-year decline in earnings was due primarily to the severe...
Jul 17 2009 // In an unusually speedy move, a U.S. government agency released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice just a few hours after the National Academy of Sciences recommended the action to help scientists study...
Jul 16 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company and its operating affiliates....
Jul 15 2009 // MetLife, Inc. said that it is combining its institutional and individual businesses, as well as its auto and home insurance unit, into a single U.S. business organization.The company said this move stems from a strategic...
Jul 15 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Bermuda-based Omega Specialty Insurance Company Limited (OSIL), both with stable...
Jul 15 2009 // The Senate health committee Wednesday approved its version of legislation to overhaul the U.S. health industry, which is to be combined with a bill yet to be written in the Senate Finance Committee.The...
Jul 14 2009 // U.S. small businesses, already facing the toughest credit conditions since the 1980s, may soon find things are about to get tougher.Concerns over the future of CIT Corp. — a major lender to small businesses —...
Jul 13 2009 // A new roadside survey by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirms a continuing decline in the percentage of legally intoxicated drivers.In 1973, 7.5 percent of drivers had a blood alcohol concentration...
Jul 10 2009 // U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to propose on Friday giving securities and futures regulators authority to police the largely unregulated over-the-counter derivatives market, according to a document...
Jul 10 2009 // Today marks the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Dennis, a Category 3 storm that slammed into the panhandle of Florida with sustained winds of 120 m.p.h.While Dennis inflicted more than $2.2 billion in damage in 2005 and...
Jul 9 2009 // Leaders of the world’s richest nations and major developing powers meet on Thursday to seek common ground on global warming and international trade, with the poorer countries seeking concessions.U.S. President Barack...
Jul 9 2009 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income fell 87 percent to $1.2 billion in the first three months of 2009 according to A.M. Best.“The year-over-year decline in earnings was due primarily to the severe...
Jul 8 2009 // Groups representing plaintiffs in car accidents are opposing General Motors’ attempt to quickly exit bankruptcy protection, arguing that hundreds of victims could be hurt by the government-led plan.U.S. Judge Robert...
Jul 7 2009 // Five people working on Independence Day fireworks shows were killed by explosions, four of them by a single blast that rocked Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.The fifth died after an...
Jul 6 2009 // New York State Insurance Department licensees should protect their businesses by ensuring that they comply with federal requirements designed to prevent such practices as money laundering and other illegal international...
Jul 6 2009 // The last thing short-track driver Tim McCreadie remembers, he was leading in the semifinal qualifier at the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Okla.When he awoke, he had two problems. His back was broken and he didn’t have health...
Jul 6 2009 // Michael Jackson’s untimely death, barely two weeks before he was to begin a long awaited series of 50 concerts stretching over eight months, has been the world’s top story. It’s also a story in London,...
Jul 6 2009 // Multinationals are fighting a battle on two fronts when it comes to cyber security as they seek to fend off new, emerging security threats and also comply with evolving global regulations.These emerging security threats...