All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 4 2007 // I think it is important to take a moment to talk about the importance of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act and why I believe we must act again to establish a more permanent federal initiative to provide coverage from...
Jun 4 2007 // It is important to take a moment to talk about the importance of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act and why I believe we must act again to establish a more permanent federal initiative to provide coverage from potential...
Jun 4 2007 // The statutory surplus for property and casualty insurers is at a record $488 billion, according to the CEO of one Dallas-based regional insurer, and they are going to be looking for somewhere to put that cash to work....
Jun 4 2007 // National Insurance Partners Inc. (NIP), a Texas-based risk management and financial solutions firm, has appointed William E. Harrison, Jr. as president.Harrison brings 16 years of experience in the insurance industry to...
Jun 4 2007 // Skis, ladders, pacemakers and nutraceuticals may be different products at first glance, but all share challenges in finding coverage. According to Nan Meyer, product manager for Shand-Morahan, and David Rosenburg,...
Jun 4 2007 // 50%Under rules in place at Arkansas-based retailing giant Wal-Mart, panels that screen applicants for driver positions should be racially diverse by at least 50 percent. However, the Associated Press reported that a judge...
Jun 4 2007 // For years, environmental issues, including issues arising from global warming, have hovered on the periphery of concerns affecting directors’ and officers’ liability exposure. But an April 2, 2007, decision by...
Jun 4 2007 // In the past five years, we have heard an overwhelming response from policyholders across the country — TRIA works.It is important to take a moment to talk about the importance of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act and...
Jun 4 2007 // Emeryville, Calif.-based Commodore Insurance Services Inc. appointed Mark Cravens president. Cravens was recently with Wellington Underwriting, which was acquired by Catlin, where he led development of catastrophe modeling...
Jun 4 2007 // Managing catastrophe risk is one of the biggest challenges facing any company’s risk manager. For multinational companies, the challenge of managing catastrophe risk is especially daunting. In the United States, risk...
Jun 1 2007 // The previously announced purchase of Wisconsin-based insurer General Casualty, its U.S. holding company, and sister company Unigard Insurance Group (Bellevue, Wash.) by Australia-based QBE Insurance Group was completed May...
Jun 1 2007 // China plans to release a national plan to combat climate change next week, Chinese officials said Thursday, paving the way for President Hu Jintao’s attendance at an industrialized nations’ summit that is...
May 31 2007 // As the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season became official, Colorado State University’s well-known weather researcher William Gray stood by his earlier April prediction that this will be a storm period “much more...
May 30 2007 // The nation needs the federal government to backup the private terrorism insurance market but does not need similar government involvement in insurance covering natural catastrophes, according to a leading industry...
May 30 2007 // U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced that traffic deaths on U.S. roads were down slightly in 2006 according to preliminary figures, but cautioned that far too many lives continue to be lost.While the...
May 30 2007 // Asian nations could reduce a quarter of their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 if they increase renewable energy use, improve coal-fired power plant efficiency and switch to biofuels, a U.S. government report said...
May 30 2007 // The U.S. Supreme Court has handed employers a victory against pay discrimination suits by limiting how far back in time employees can go to prove their bias claims.In Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the high...
May 30 2007 // If you think gasoline prices are high now, consider the eye-popping possibilities if another monster storm pummels the Gulf of Mexico this hurricane season, the way Katrina and Rita battered the petroleum-rich waters in...
May 29 2007 // A federal jury in a civil case concluded last Friday that a former Brightpoint executive violated U.S. securities laws by helping a colleague create a finite reinsurance scheme to conceal millions of dollars in losses by...
May 25 2007 // China promised to allow U.S banks, securities firms and insurance companies greater access to its financial markets during two days of high-level talks that ended Wednesday.Companies such as insurance provider American...