All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2007 // Marsh UK has issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater directors’ and...
Sep 3 2007 // Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and...
Sep 3 2007 // Insurance broker Marsh UK issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater D&O and E&O...
Sep 3 2007 // A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina onto the federal government’s flood...
Sep 3 2007 // Marsh UK recently issued a warning to European financial services sectors, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater Directors’ and...
Sep 3 2007 // Report: insurers did not shift wind claimsA preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina...
Sep 3 2007 // Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and...
Sep 3 2007 // Insurance broker Marsh UK issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater D&O and E&O...
Aug 31 2007 // Insurance and pension provider Aviva USA plans to build its new national headquarters in West Des Moines, Iowa, a project that will result in an investment of up to $150 million and 400 jobs, the company’s CEO said...
Aug 31 2007 // ACE USA announced from its Philadelphia headquarters that it has expanded its suite of environmental liability insurance products to meet “the unique exposures of U.S. multinational organizations with global...
Aug 31 2007 // Underground coal miners in the United States are facing a new and apparently growing safety threat: the theft of emergency air packs.Authorities say the devices have been disappearing from mines, particularly in the state...
Aug 31 2007 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has expanded its suite of environmental liability insurance products to cover the exposures of U.S. multinational organizations with global...
Aug 30 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has recently completed a survey covering all the insurance and reinsurance companies it rates globally to determine their exposure to U.S. subprime mortgage-related...
Aug 30 2007 // According to a new report from Fitch Ratings, the U.S. property casualty insurance industry’s risk from various subprime mortgage exposures is “minimal.”Fitch said it based its conclusion on an analysis...
Aug 30 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to New York-based Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America (SJA)....
Aug 29 2007 // The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), a group of 22 U. S. property and casualty reinsurers, reported writing $12.2 billion of net premiums during the six-months ended June 30, 2007, a decrease of $7.5 million from...
Aug 28 2007 // CRM Holdings, Ltd., the Bermuda-based holding company of Compensation Risk Managers, LLC, a leading administrator of group self insurance workers’ compensation programs, stated that it “does not have any...
Aug 28 2007 // Australian banking and insurance group Suncorp-Metway reported a 16.2 percent increase in net profit after tax to a record A$1.064 billion (US$877 million), which includes 15 weeks’ contribution from Promina, the...
Aug 28 2007 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has named Monte Stringer executive vice president and national brokerage manager of U.S Risk Brokers, the company’s wholesale excess and surplus lines insurance brokerage operations. In...
Aug 27 2007 // The London office of Moody’s Investors Service has issued a new “Special Comment” analyzing the current crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage market and “the related uncertainty surrounding structured...