All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
May 18 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland told members of a U.S. Senate committee recently that federal law is impeding the ability of insurance commissioners to protect the elderly who buy Medicare managed care plans.In...
May 17 2007 // U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint have joined Gov. Mark Sanford in asking for a disaster declaration after last month’s late freeze ruined much of South Carolina’s peach, wheat and other crops.Officials...
May 17 2007 // Nine words could save lives this hurricane season: “Using a generator indoors can kill you in minutes.”That might seem obvious, but it’s not — each year dozens of Americans die because they don’t...
May 17 2007 // With lagging birth rates and an influx of immigrants, the face of Connecticut is expected to change greatly over the next two decades.A new population analysis, released by the Connecticut State Data Center at the...
May 17 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a rating of “bbb” to the $1.5 billion subordinated trust preferred securities issued by Zurich Holding Company of America (ZHCA). The notes were issued through ZFS Finance (USA) Trust...
May 16 2007 // Japanese baseball players are all the rage in the major leagues this year. Kei Igawa and Daisuke Matzuzaka have joined established stars such as Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki as imports on America’s premier teams....
May 16 2007 // Travelers has launched Travelers Aviation, a new business unit targeting corporate and business aircraft, small to mid-size airports, aviation ground services and manufactured non-critical products used as aircraft...
May 15 2007 // West Virginia coal producer Massey Energy Co. and its subsidiaries have illegally poured pollutants into West Virginia and Kentucky waterways 4,633 times within the last six years, federal prosecutors allege in a case...
May 15 2007 // Gov. Mike Easley sent a letter to the nation’s governors urging them to get their states’ representatives in the U.S. House to support repeal of a law adopted last year that expands the power of the president...
May 14 2007 // One of the added advantages of being a global company is the ability to market a global brand name. Last year the Zurich Financial Services Group launched a new a clever slogan – “Because Change Happenz.”...
May 11 2007 // One or more lightning strikes likely caused an electrical current in a cable left deep inside the Sago Mine and touched off the methane blast blamed for the deaths of 12 coal miners last year, the federal Mine Safety and...
May 10 2007 // London-based Hiscox has announced the appointment of Carl Bach within its Global Markets division to spearhead business development operations in the U.S. Bach will be based in Hiscox’s Manhattan office, working with...
May 8 2007 // In its ongoing, multimillion-dollar lobbying and advertising campaign decrying “frivolous” lawsuits and “jackpot” jury awards, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has anointed West Virginia the poster...
May 7 2007 // AvivaThe U.K.-based Aviva Group announced plans to expand in Russia. One year ago, the company launched Aviva Russia, and it is now poised to enter the direct sales market with its Moscow-based direct sales force. The...
May 7 2007 // California susceptible to class action lawsuitsCalifornia’s class action law ranks 46th in the nation in fairness and reasonableness, according to an annual national ranking of state civil justice systems. The only...
May 7 2007 // An aging population and a demand for new and unique medical services in non-hospital settings are driving growth in certain areas of medical professional liability coverage, in particular medical facilities coverage.The...
May 7 2007 // Capital markets, technology and the use of mass media could be disruptive forces in the insurance industry in the near future, according to Paula Reynolds, CEO of Seattle-based Safeco Insurance Co. Speaking at the...
May 7 2007 // Estimating the potential costs of future weather related events, linked to climate change, is, at best, an inexact science; there are just too many variables. Nonetheless, a picture is emerging that, whatever happens, the...
May 7 2007 // What insurers in U.S. and worldwide are doing to address the effects of climate changeRecent mega-catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast have brought increased attention to the issue of global climate...