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People Moves: Neumann Appointed Howden US Financial Lines Claims Leader
Dec 4 2025 // Elizabeth Neumann Howden, with U.S. headquarters in Miami, Florida, appointed Elizabeth Neumann as executive vice president, financial lines claims leader. Neumann will be based in New York. Neumann joins Howden from CAC...
Foundation Firmed: AM Best Switches View of US Homeowners Insurers to Stable
Dec 1 2025 // Insurers of U.S. homes have improved rate adequacy and catastrophe risk management, modified coverage, and benefitted from a softening reinsurance market to earn a change in AM Best’s outlook for the segment to...
US E&S Outlook No Longer Positive: AM Best
Dec 1 2025 // AM Best revised its market segment outlook on the U.S. excess and surplus lines segment to stable from positive, the rating agency announced. The change comes as rates soften and premium growth moderates. “Although...
Best Quarter in a Quarter Century, Says S&P Q3 Analysis of US P/C
Nov 26 2025 // With a combined ratio of 89.1 for third-quarter 2025, the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry had its best quarter in at least a quarter of a century—and maybe longer, S&P Market Intelligence said. In a...
US Terror Label in Venezuela Deepens Risk for Oil Companies
Nov 26 2025 // The Trump administration’s latest attempt to isolate Nicolás Maduro’s government further complicates day-to-day operations for foreign oil companies in Venezuela, experts say. On Monday, the administration...
Thanksgiving No. 1 Day of the Year for Cooking Fires in US
Nov 25 2025 // Thanksgiving is the No. 1 day of the year for home cooking fires in the U.S., and leaving food unattended is the leading cause, the Red Cross reported. According to the National Fire Protection Association, cooking...
US States Take Aim at Data-Driven Pricing to Ease Consumer Pain
Nov 24 2025 // Even as the White House seeks to roll back state laws on artificial intelligence, states are pursuing an increasing number of bills to ban tech-driven pricing practices in an effort to bring consumers relief from high...
Sea Level Rise Threatens Thousands of US Hazardous Sites, Study Finds
Nov 21 2025 // If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the century, posing serious health...
SEC’s Epic Post-Shutdown Filing Backlog Risks Stalling US IPOs
Nov 21 2025 // Rank-and-file US Securities and Exchange Commission workers have returned to face the paperwork that piled up during the longest government shutdown in US history, and supervisors say the order of the day is...
People Moves: Skyward Specialty Promotes Burkhart to President, US P/C
Nov 21 2025 // John Burkhart Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, promoted John Burkhart to president, U.S. property & casualty, Skyward Specialty Insurance. In this expanded role, Burkhart will...
US Faces Winter Blackout Risks From Data Centers’ Power Needs
Nov 19 2025 // Rising electricity demand from data centers is raising the risk of blackouts across a wide swath of the US during extreme conditions this winter, according to the regulatory body overseeing grid stability. Power...
How Big Tech Is Faring Against US Antitrust Lawsuits?
Nov 19 2025 // A federal judge ruling that Meta Platforms does not hold an illegal social media monopoly handed Big Tech its first decisive win against the antitrust crackdown started in President Donald Trump’s first term. Here...
Property Cat Reinsurance MGA, Bobcat Re, Launched in US by Former K2 CAT Execs
Nov 18 2025 // A new property-catastrophe reinsurance MGA, Bobcat Re, has been launched by a group of private investors, including former K2 CAT executives David Carson and James Sharpington as well as Glenn T. Jackson from...
Marsh Sues More Former Employees Over ‘Scheme’ to Open Howden US
Nov 17 2025 // Already suing the current CEO of Howden US and others–all former employees–broker Marsh has filed a new lawsuit against another group of former employees now at Howden US for breach of various employee...
China Accuses US of Orchestrating $13 Billion Bitcoin Hack
Nov 13 2025 // China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft of about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s most recent attempt to attribute major cyberattacks to the...
Five Reasons Why the US Escaped a Hurricane Landfall So Far This Year
Nov 13 2025 // A weather forecasting organization is offering up five reasons why the U.S. wasn’t hit by a hurricane this season, despite forecasts that called for an above normal Atlantic hurricane season with numerous anticipated...
Waymo Launches Driverless Robotaxis on Freeways in First for US
Nov 12 2025 // Waymo will become the first robotaxi provider in the US to offer driverless rides on highways, a milestone that positions it to better compete with ride-hailing companies and traditional taxi services. Beginning Wednesday,...
Waymo Launches Driverless Robotaxis on California, Arizona Freeways in First for US
Nov 12 2025 // Waymo will become the first robotaxi provider in the U.S. to offer driverless rides on highways, a milestone that positions it to better compete with ride-hailing companies and traditional taxi services. Beginning...
US Justice Department Probes Meatpackers, Attorney General Says
Nov 10 2025 // President Donald Trump on Friday accused meatpacking companies of driving up U.S. beef prices, which have hit records, through manipulation and collusion, and ordered the Justice Department to investigate. Attorney General...
Boeing Avoids US Criminal Charge in 737 Max Jet Crash Case
Nov 7 2025 // Boeing Co. will avoid a criminal charge over two fatal 737 Max crashes after a federal judge paved the way for a $1.1 billion settlement agreement, handing the embattled manufacturer a victory in a long-running legal...
