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Tankers Speed Through Hormuz Chokepoint on US-Iran Tensions
Feb 6 2026 // Some supertanker operators, nervous about rising US-Iran tensions and potential risks to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, are speeding their vessels through the chokepoint. Very Large Crude Carriers are traveling around...
Study Ties Particle Pollution From Wildfire Smoke to 24,100 US Deaths Per Year
Feb 6 2026 // Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found...
Texas Anti-ESG Law Declared Unconstitutional by US Judge
Feb 5 2026 // A federal judge declared unconstitutional a 2021 Texas law restricting state investments in companies seeking to rely less on fossil fuels or boycott that industry. In a decision made public on Wednesday, U.S. District...
Russian Captain Jailed Over Crew Member’s Death in US Tanker Crash
Feb 5 2026 // The captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker off Britain’s east coast last year was jailed for six years on Thursday for causing the death of a crew member through gross negligence. Russian...
People Moves: Hub International Names Baldrica Chief Sales Officer, US Employee Benefits; Bernards Hired as Alternative Risk Practice Leader
Feb 4 2026 // Andrea Baldrica Hub International Limited (HUB), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, named Andrea Baldrica as chief sales officer of U.S. Employee Benefits. Baldrica will be responsible for driving HUB’s national...
Russian Captain Found Guilty Over Crew Member’s Death in US Tanker Crash
Feb 3 2026 // The Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a U.S. tanker off the east coast of Britain in March last year was found guilty in a London court on Monday of causing the death of a crew member through gross...
US Handing Over Seized Tanker to Venezuela, Officials Say
Jan 29 2026 // The United States is handing over to Venezuela a tanker that it seized this month, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday. The United States has been carrying out a months-long effort to seize oil tankers linked to...
People Moves: Marsh Risk Expands US Surety Team; AXA XL Appoints Billingslea as Head of Energy; Nixon Joins KCC Leadership Team
Jan 29 2026 // Marsh Risk Expands US Surety Team With 3 Leadership Appointments Jimmy Tse Marsh Risk, headquartered in New York City, made three leadership appointments. Jimmy Tse was named U.S. financial institutions surety growth...
US Marshals Are Investigating a Possible Digital-Asset Hack
Jan 29 2026 // The US Marshals Service, which provides custody of cryptocurrencies seized by or forfeited to federal law enforcement agencies, said it’s investigating a possible hack of US government digital-asset...
People Moves: BMS Re Appoints Grippa US Chief Strategy Officer
Jan 28 2026 // BMS Re, the reinsurance arm of independent insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group, headquartered in New York, appointed Tony Grippa as chief strategy officer for the U.S. business. Grippa will serve on the firm’s...
US Deep Freeze Wreaks Havoc on Texas Oil Producers and Refiners
Jan 26 2026 // A massive winter storm that swept the US over the weekend crippled oil and gas producers and the industrial plants that refine the raw commodities into everything from gasoline to plastics. Refinery flares lit up the...
Post-Storm Freeze to Test US Power Grids as Demand Surges
Jan 26 2026 // US power grids are expected to grapple with unprecedented seasonal demand and the threat of blackouts after a damaging winter storm coated parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic in ice — leaving brutal cold in its...
Sweeping US Winter Storm Threatens Blackouts and Snarled Travel
Jan 23 2026 // A vast swath of the US — sweeping east from the Southern Rockies to the Mid-Atlantic and New England — is on alert for winter-storm conditions that could last days, disrupting travel and threatening blackouts. By...
Big North European Investors Reassess US Exposure as Geopolitical Risk Mounts
Jan 23 2026 // Big Northern European investors are increasingly wary of the risks of holding U.S. assets in the face of geopolitical tensions, pensions chiefs told Reuters, a sign of a broadening shift away from the world’s biggest...
People Moves: Crawford & Company Launches New Structure, Names Hoberman CEO of US Operations; Converge Appoints Altman CTO
Jan 22 2026 // Crawford & Company Announces New Operating Divisions, Appoints Hoberman CEO of US Operations Crawford & Company, headquartered in Atlanta, has announced a new global operating structure. Effective Jan. 1, Crawford...
People Moves: Howden Launches US Cyber Practice
Jan 21 2026 // Howden today announced the launch of a U.S. cyber practice, with Juliet White hired as head of cyber and Lou Botticelli as cyber brokerage leader. Juliet White Since May 2022, White has been head of cyber at E&O at...
Allianz Executive Pushes EU to Pressure US With Market Volatility
Jan 21 2026 // European policymakers should fuel market turbulence to pressure US President Donald Trump to back down from his Greenland claim, according to a senior executive at Allianz Global Investors. “If I were an adviser to...
Trump Officials Vow to Keep All US Coal Plants Running
Jan 16 2026 // Trump administration officials vowed to keep US coal power plants operating, casting it as an imperative to meet surging electricity demand and drive a revival of the nation’s industrial base. “The goal is 100%...
US Senators Introduce Long-Awaited Bill to Define Crypto Market Rules
Jan 16 2026 // U.S. senators late on Monday unveiled draft legislation that would create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency which, if signed into law, would clarify financial regulators’ jurisdiction over the burgeoning...
Dark Fleet Seeking Russian Protection as US Seizes Oil Tankers
Jan 15 2026 // The dark fleet of tankers shipping illicit oil around the world is rushing to seek the perceived protection of the Russian flag after the US started seizing vessels involved in the Venezuelan trade. At least 26 ships have...
