All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 16 2007 // An Alabama woman’s heartbreak over the death of her firefighter father as he battled a brush fire has been compounded by delays in obtaining federal survivor benefits — a frustration shared by many seeking the...
Jul 16 2007 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korea’s Financial Supervisory Commission and Financial Supervisory Service in Seoul, Korea.NAIC...
Jul 13 2007 // Financial services company Fortis NV said this week it will sell its 50 percent stake in its Spanish insurance business to joint venture partner la Caixa for euro980 million (US$1.35 billion) in cash.That comes after...
Jul 11 2007 // The pesticide was designed to kill worms infesting the roots of banana trees on Latin American plantations.But at least 5,000 agricultural workers from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama have filed five...
Jul 11 2007 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc., a managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler headquartered in Dallas, has expanded into New England by acquiring Boston Insurance Brokerage, Inc. in Boston.Boston Insurance...
Jul 11 2007 // A federal judge in New Orleans on June 9 withdrew an order challenging U.S. Attorney David Dugas for not intervening in a whistleblowers’ lawsuit that accuses insurance companies of overbilling the federal government...
Jul 10 2007 // U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $2.175 billion for second-quarter property losses resulting from a total of six catastrophes in 25 states — tying the record for...
Jul 9 2007 // The new director of the National Hurricane Center, under fire from staff members who want him ousted, said that he does not plan to resign but will if that would benefit the public.About half the center’s employees...
Jul 9 2007 // The U.S. property/casualty industry followed record profits in 2006 with continued favorable trends in first quarter 2007, posting net income after taxes of $16.7 billion. An underwriting gain of $8.0 billion and net...
Jul 6 2007 // It took less than three minutes for the old mattress to become a flaming inferno. And even inside the safe confines of a Sealy Corp. testing lab in North Carolina, it took a technician armed with a gas mask and fire...
Jul 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a new report -“Bancassurance Approaches Employed In Europe, The U.S., And Russia: Similarities And Differences-” that analyzes the sector in those...
Jul 6 2007 // The U.S. Senate has confrmed Richard J. Sullivan to serve as a district judge on the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York.Sullivan currently serves as general counsel for Marsh Inc., Marsh &...
Jul 5 2007 // Federal inspectors missed obvious problems and failed to follow procedures before three high-profile accidents that killed 19 men at underground coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky last year, according to the Mine...
Jul 2 2007 // Few political issues get the business community’s attention like tort reform. Not surprisingly, business owners do not like to be sued any more than they like paying higher insurance costs fueled by lawsuits.One of...
Jul 2 2007 // Few political issues get the business community’s attention like tort reform. Not surprisingly, business owners do not like to be sued any more than they like paying higher insurance costs fueled by lawsuits.One of...
Jul 2 2007 // Security GuardsNuts & Bolts: Brownyard Group’s program for security guard firms has been expanded to include limits up to $5 million. Coverage includes general liability, excess/umbrella liability,...
Jun 28 2007 // The Bush administration plans to review the U.S. government’s regulatory system for financial institutions with the goal of making changes to better reflect modern markets.Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the...
Jun 28 2007 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes dipped to $15.8 billion in first-quarter 2007 from $16.7 billion in first-quarter 2006 and $17.7 billion in first-quarter 2005, according to...
Jun 27 2007 // Company energized with aggressive growth plans through acquisitionChicago, IL – American Patriot Insurance Agency, Inc., a Chicago based company, is pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Mike Schoch to the...
Jun 27 2007 // U.S. safety officials have ordered a New Jersey tire importer to recall as many as 450,000 tires that it bought from a Chinese manufacturer and sold to U.S. distributors.Foreign Tire Sales Inc., of Union, New Jersey, said...