All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 25 2007 // United States Senators John Sununu, R-NH, and Tim Johnson, D-SD, reintroduced “The National Insurance Act of 2007,” legislation that aims to modernize insurance industry regulation by providing an optional...
May 25 2007 // What researchers say is the world’s largest unclassified database of terrorism attacks is now available online for general use by researchers, policy-makers, media and the general public.The Global Terrorism Database...
May 23 2007 // A judge whose $10.1 billion judgment against Philip Morris USA in a lawsuit over light cigarettes was thrown out on appeal is asking a court whether he can revive the case.Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron this...
May 23 2007 // A once high-flying asbestos litigation attorney was ready to plead guilty Monday to fraud involving thousands of clients, but a federal judge in Miami has rejected the deal and set a date for trial, saying he was unhappy...
May 23 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has revised its outlook to stable from negative on German reinsurer Hannover Rückversicherung-AG and its core entities, collectively referred to as Hannover Re. The Group is...
May 23 2007 // A doctor and his biller were convicted Monday on 80 counts of health care fraud and other charges related to an effort to bilk Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan of $775,000, the U.S. attorney’s office said.A federal...
May 22 2007 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group, a privately held managing general agent and wholesale broker has hired Marti Porter as an underwriter for PL Pros, the professional liability division of its U.S. Risk Underwriters...
May 22 2007 // Germany’s Allianz further expanded its presence in the Russian insurance market with the announcement that it has “finalized the acquisition of the P/C insurer Progress-Garant.”Allianz purchased all of...
May 22 2007 // Wholesale broker and managing general agent U.S. Risk Insurance Group announced that Tonya Randio has joined the company as a senior underwriter in the Healthcare Division of its U.S. Risk Underwriters subsidiary. She will...
May 21 2007 // Skis, ladders, pacemakers and nutra-ceuticals 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,...
May 21 2007 // The former owner and operator of a now-defunct professional employee organization, Miralink Group Inc., left thousands of workers in Florida and several other states without workers’ compensation coverage despite...
May 21 2007 // Ohio man sentenced to three years in workers’ fund scandalAn investment marketer who pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a former official at the state’s insurance fund for injured workers was sentenced to...
May 21 2007 // Patricia Smith has joined InsurBanc, a financial services provider for independent insurance agencies, as vice president of sales and business development. Smith will focus on the needs of independent agencies and develop...
May 21 2007 // Ohio man sentenced to three years in workers’ fund scandalAn investment marketer who pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a former official at the state’s insurance fund for injured workers was sentenced to...
May 21 2007 // To view the “How to Write Insuring Tough Products Liability Accounts” seminar or any of the seminars in the “How to Write” Series, visit: www.insurancejournal.com/seminars for a link to free...
May 21 2007 // The manufacturer of the contaminated pet foods that caused an unknown number of pet deaths and illnesses may want to put the controversy behind it, yet the pet food maker along with insurers, lawyers and other...
May 21 2007 // Allstate Corp. and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating the insurance industry’s handling of Hurricane Katrina claims in Mississippi, the companies said.Allstate,...
May 21 2007 // The manufacturer of the contaminated pet foods that caused an unknown number of pet deaths and illnesses may want to put the controversy behind it, yet the pet food maker along with insurers, lawyers and other...
May 21 2007 // Think you and your pets are safe now that pet food contaminated with Melamine has been recalled? Think again.On May 7, U.S. officials representing the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the...
May 18 2007 // The tort system in the United States cost small businesses $98 billion in 2005, with the fear of lawsuits altering the way the small business owners make decisions, according to studies released at a Congressional hearing...