All the headlines from our USA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2021 // America’s infrastructure has scored near-failing grades for its deteriorating roads, public transit and storm water systems due to years of inaction from the federal government, the American Society of Civil...
Mar 4 2021 // Brit Ltd. said it will merge its U.S. service company platform, Brit Global Specialty USA, and its managing general agency Ambridge.The combined entity, which will operate under the Ambridge brand as Ambridge Partners LLC,...
Mar 2 2021 // U.S. auto safety regulators on Monday said they have opened an investigation into nearly 1.9 million Toyota RAV4 sport-utility vehicles over potential fire risks.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
Feb 26 2021 // Boeing Co. agreed Thursday to pay $6.6 million in penalties to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after U.S. regulators said it failed to comply with a 2015 safety agreement and cited other safety concerns.The...
Feb 26 2021 // The federal government will recommend flood control measures including storm surge barriers, floodwalls and elevating homes and other buildings in a report later this year on combating back bay flooding, a major problem in...
Feb 24 2021 // A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday recommended that the U.S. consider requiring companies to disclose when they have been hacked.At the first public hearing before Congress since a massive cyber-attack by suspected...
Feb 23 2021 // A subsidiary of Germany’s Munich Re will no longer insure the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Europe amid the fear of sanctions by the U.S. government.The U.S. has been threatening sanctions against European...
Feb 23 2021 // Insiders said one company pushed unnecessary pain medication to the U.S. military; another promoted an unproven treatment for children with cancer; and a third used unlicensed counselors to treat poor people with mental...
Feb 19 2021 // Swiss Re swung to a larger-than-expected annual loss on Friday, pressured by $3.9 billion in claims and reserves related to the coronavirus pandemic, but declared a dividend as the reinsurer expects a return to profit in...
Feb 18 2021 // U.S. financial services leaders have stated their support in principle for a U.S. transition to a low-carbon economy.The support comes following the release of the Principles for a U.S. Transition to a Sustainable...
Feb 18 2021 // The United States has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a massive hacking spree aimed at stealing more than $1.3 billion in money and cryptocurrency, affecting companies from banks to Hollywood movie...
Feb 16 2021 // AXA XL has appointed Matthew V. O’Malley as U.S. Country manager. In October 2020, AXA XL launched a new operating model which included a new zone structure in the U.S. In the new structure, O’Malley was...
Feb 16 2021 // Construction insurance specialists at Lloyd’s of London are hoping to see more U.S. business from increased government investment in infrastructure projects in 2021.That will be welcome after a period of dealing with...
Feb 12 2021 // World health experts have long suspected that the incidence of COVID-19 has been higher than reported. Now, a machine-learning algorithm developed at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center estimates that the...
Feb 3 2021 // Gisele Norris has joined global insurance broker Marsh to lead its U.S. Healthcare Practice. In this role, Norris is responsible for the delivery of health care risk management knowledge, expertise, and transactional...
Feb 1 2021 // The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping order late Friday requiring the use of face masks on nearly all forms of public transportation Monday as the country continues to report thousands...
Jan 27 2021 // Volkswagen AG and a German auto supplier on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling that said two counties could seek financial penalties over excess diesel emissions that could total billions...
Jan 21 2021 // Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face federal criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs.The two were indicted Tuesday...
Jan 21 2021 // On his last full day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order the White House said was aimed at preventing foreign malicious cyber-actors from using U.S. online infrastructure to carry out their...
Jan 14 2021 // Brett Musser has joined AXA XL as the Central US Zonal Marine product leader. Based in Chicago, Musser will also serve as marine liabilities product manager, focused on developing tailored insurance solutions for...