All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 9 2022 // A provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk and resilience is partnering with global environmental organization The Nature Conservancy to protect sensitive natural areas and provide estimates of future...
Jun 9 2022 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA’s asset management unit intends to buy investment firms specialized in U.S. credit markets and renewable energy, as the Italian insurance giant seeks to win outside money beyond its...
Jun 8 2022 // Business leaders and cybersecurity experts are pushing the Biden administration to step up efforts to quell big hacks against US companies.In a joint statement June 7, several of the groups said a public-private initiative...
Jun 8 2022 // A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday is holding a hearing on soaring American traffic deaths and efforts to build safer roads.Last year, traffic deaths jumped 10.5% to 42,915 marking the highest number...
Jun 8 2022 // The US Supreme Court decided Monday that it will not hear an appeal of a decision that denied coverage for losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders, effectively closing the last door for such claims in the federal court...
Jun 8 2022 // A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would establish new rules for cryptocurrency, and hand the bulk of their oversight to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).The bill, introduced...
Jun 7 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a lawsuit from an Oklahoma Goodwill branch seeking coverage for COVID-19 business income loss.Goodwill Industries of Oklahoma had sought to appeal its lawsuit against Philadelphia...
Jun 7 2022 // McCathron Succeeds Founder Wand as CEOHome insurer Hippo reports it has appointed Richard McCathron as chief executive officer. McCathron has served on Hippo’s board of directors and as the company’s president...
Jun 7 2022 // Southwest Airlines Co. cannot force a baggage handler’s class action lawsuit over overtime pay into private arbitration, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a decision with costly potential implications for...
Jun 6 2022 // U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5% in 2021 to 42,915 — the highest number killed on American roads in a single year since 2005, U.S. regulators said in its preliminary estimate.The yearly increase is the highest...
Jun 6 2022 // Following its successful placement of green bonds in 2020 and 2021, Munich Re has sucessfully placed its first green subordinated bond in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers in the U.S. market.By issuing...
Jun 2 2022 // NuScale Power Corp.’s design for a new kind of nuclear reactor is adequate to protect the project from damage by earthquakes, staff at the U.S. nuclear power regulator said in documents seen by Reuters on Friday.Last...
Jun 2 2022 // North Dakota farmer Dwight Grotberg wanted to plant more wheat this spring to capitalize on soaring prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cut grain exports and left the world short of millions of tonnes of wheat...
Jun 1 2022 // Over 900 million units were recalled during the first quarter in the United States in the automotive, consumer products, food and drink, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries according to Sedgwick’s latest...
May 31 2022 // AM Best reported Friday that first-quarter net underwriting income for the U.S. property/casualty industry rose 4.6% to $3.3 billion.Explaining the result, AM Best said that a 10.5 percent jump in net earned premiums and a...
May 27 2022 // U.S. consumer spending rose more than expected in April, while annual inflation appeared to have peaked, which could help to underpin economic growth in the second quarter amid rising fears of a recession.Consumer...
May 27 2022 // The United States has confiscated Iranian oil held on a Russian-operated ship near Greece and will send the cargo to the United States aboard another vessel, three sources familiar with the matter said.It was unclear...
May 27 2022 // Great American Promotes Mulvey to Divisional PresidentGreat American Insurance Group recently announced the promotion of Michael B. Mulvey to divisional president within its FCIA, the division that underwrites trade credit...
May 26 2022 // Climate change could hit the U.S. Corn Belt especially hard, a study from Emory University finds.Without “major technological advances in agricultural practices,” the U.S. Corn Belt will be unsuitable for...
May 26 2022 // Twitter Inc. has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations it misused private information, like phone numbers, to target advertising after telling users the information would be used for security reasons, according...