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Trump Nominates Two Lawyers to Seal Republican Control of US Labor Board
Jul 18 2025 // President Donald Trump has moved to install a Republican majority at the federal board that hears private-sector labor disputes and oversees union elections, which has been paralyzed by his unprecedented firing of a...
A Look Inside the Tenn. Lab Making Advanced Fuel for US Nuclear Ambitions
Jul 17 2025 // OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — Near signs that warn of radioactive risk at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a half-dozen workers from the nuclear power company X-energy are making what appear to be gray billiard balls. Inside,...
First-Half 2025 Insured Losses From Natural Cats Hit $100B, Driven by US Events
Jul 16 2025 // Global insured losses during the first half of this year were at least $100 billion with more than 90% of that total – or approximately $92 billion – driven by wildfires and severe convective storms in the U.S.,...
US Farm Agency Ends Program to Support Small Businesses
Jul 16 2025 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it would cut funding for a national network of centers that have supported thousands of small- and mid-sized farm and food businesses. The cuts are another hit to farmers...
Viewpoint: US Life Reinsurance Driven by Insurers Seeking Growth, Capital Optimization
Jul 16 2025 // Strategic partnerships between re/insurers and alternative investment managers, the use of offshore platforms, and a fourth consecutive record year of annuity sales led to continued reinsurance growth in the U.S. in...
Trump Set to Outline AI Priorities in Speech Asserting US Edge
Jul 15 2025 // President Donald Trump plans to deliver a major address on artificial intelligence next week to outline his vision for ensuring American dominance in AI, marking his biggest statement on an emerging technology at the heart...
Insured Losses From US Hurricanes Could Rise by 50% With Global Warming
Jul 15 2025 // Insured losses from U.S. hurricanes could rise by nearly 50% under a 2°C (3.6°F) global warming scenario, according to MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer. A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of...
US Vehicle Recalls Reach Highest Level in Over a Year
Jul 14 2025 // More than 7.3 million vehicles were recalled between April and June, according to according to BizzyCar’s Q2 2025 Recall Report. The AI-driven, automated Service Recall Management Platform for auto dealers indicates...
US Faces More Extreme Weather Events, but Is Society Doing Enough?
Jul 11 2025 // After deadly flooding in central Texas in 1987, some thought they’d proven they could handle Mother Nature’s best punch. Then came this month’s horrific flash floods, when unfathomable amounts of rain...
US Sanctions Target North Korean Fake-Tech-Worker Scheme
Jul 10 2025 // The US slapped sanctions on individuals and companies linked to a scheme that involves recruiting North Koreans to pose as American tech workers and help fund Kim Jong Un’s regime. The Treasury Department’s...
US Chamber Report Examines Copyright Value and Piracy Harms
Jul 10 2025 // Copyright protections don’t just help individuals, they hold up a good part of the U.S. economy, according to a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 2023 report highlights...
US Tariffs Projected to Slow Global Economy and Insurance Premium Growth: Swiss Re
Jul 9 2025 // Global growth is slowing as US tariff policy reduces trade and heightens geopolitical uncertainty, which ultimately will lead to decelerating growth in insurance premiums, according to Swiss Re. Global GDP growth (adjusted...
Insurtech Inshur Raises $35 Million From Trinity Capital for US Expansion, AI Tech
Jul 9 2025 // Inshur said it as received a $35 million capital raise from alternative asset manager Trinity Capital to invest in research and development of artificial intelligence technology to support its embedded auto insurance...
Impostor Uses AI to Impersonate Rubio, Contact Foreign and US Officials
Jul 8 2025 // The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using technology driven by artificial intelligence, according to two senior officials...
US Warns of Blackout Risk From Killing Coal as Trump Snubs Renewables
Jul 8 2025 // Blackouts in the US could double by 2030 amid an expected increase in power demand brought on by AI, according to a Trump administration report seen as a precursor to a broader intervention to help keep coal-fired power...
A Look at Some of the Deadliest Floods in the US in the Last 25 Years
Jul 7 2025 // Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, according to the National Weather Service, and flash floods are the nation’s top storm-related...
AM Best: US P/C Industry Records $1.1B Underwriting Loss for Q1
Jul 7 2025 // Growth in net earned premiums during the first three months of 2025 was offset by losses and expenses, resulting in a $1.1 billion net underwriting loss for the U.S. P/C industry. According to industry rating agency AM...
US Homeowners Insurance Rates Rose 40.4% in Six Years: Report
Jul 7 2025 // U.S. homeowners insurance rates rose 40.4% over the past six years, with the biggest increases hitting in the last two years, a new report shows. LendingTree’s 2025 State of Home Insurance Report shows rates from...
US Commercial Lines Prices Up 5.3%, Continue Downward Trend: WTW CLIPS
Jul 7 2025 // U.S. commercial insurance rates went up again in first-quarter 2025, according to the latest findings from WTW’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). Carriers reported an aggregate price increase of...
Tensions Are Starting to Brew Over Waterways for US LNG Cargoes
Jul 3 2025 // One of the US largest exporters of liquefied natural gas, Venture Global Inc., is raising questions over how to share a common waterway with a planned neighbor — it’s a move that underscores a coming bottleneck for...
