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US Appeals Court Revives $2.5 Billion Opioid Lawsuit in West Virginia
Oct 29 2025 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a $2.5 billion lawsuit against drug distributors accused of contributing to an opioid addiction crisis in West Virginia communities, overturning a 2022 victory at trial by the...
People Moves: Tassone Jr. Promoted to AM Specialty CEO; Canopius Names Leftwich US Head of Strategy; FM Hires Erbig as CFO
Oct 29 2025 // Tassone Jr. Promoted to CEO of AM Specialty Dominick Tassone Jr. Dominick Tassone Jr. was promoted to CEO of AM Specialty Insurance Company (ASIC U.S.), effective Jan. 1, 2026. Since joining AM Specialty Insurance Group in...
Wyoming to Be Hub for US Rare Earth, Critical Mineral Stockpile
Oct 28 2025 // Ramaco Resources said on Monday it plans to establish what it called the first U.S. stockpile of rare earth elements and critical minerals in Wyoming, in a move to bolster domestic raw material supply for defense and...
People Moves: CRC Group Names New Team Members in Specialty Division; Howden US Appoints Hanback EVP
Oct 24 2025 // CRC Group Names New Team Members in Specialty Division Ryan Degale CRC Group, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, added three new professionals to its CRC Specialty division. Ryan Degale rejoins CRC Specialty as a broker...
Grounded Paychecks: 60,000 Air Safety Workers Tighten Belts as US Shutdown Drags
Oct 22 2025 // The 60,000 men and women responsible for keeping American skies safe have gone unpaid throughout the government shutdown. Without a funding agreement soon, many will be forced to dip into savings, rack up credit-card debt,...
US Saw Record $101 Billion in Weather Losses Through June
Oct 22 2025 // The US saw more than $101 billion in losses from severe storms and fires in the first half of 2025, setting a record. That’s according to a database of billion-dollar disasters that a nonprofit has re-launched since...
People Moves: Borys to Lead Howden US Financial Lines; Everest Appoints Vidovich General Counsel
Oct 20 2025 // Howden US Appoints Borys to Lead Financial Lines Practice Ron Borys Howden US appointed Ron Borys as head of its financial lines group in the U.S. Based in New York, Borys will be responsible for building out the practice...
People Moves: Howden US Appoints Clark to Lead Private Risk Solutions; Krupowicz Named Head of Operations
Oct 17 2025 // Joe Clark Insurance broker Howden US has appointed Joe Clark as president and Dale Krupowicz as head of operations for its private risk solutions business in the U.S. Clark and Krupowicz will lead the development of...
Storm System Threatens Central and Southern US With Hail and Damaging Winds
Oct 16 2025 // As many as 22 states face the risk for severe thunderstorms, hail and damaging wind gusts over the next several days, meteorologists say. A front over the Central/Southern Rockies is expected to move northeastward,...
Stellantis to Invest $13B in the US, Focused on Midwest Plants
Oct 15 2025 // Stellantis STLAM.MI announced a $13 billion investment in the U.S. on Tuesday, a move it said will bring five new models to the market and add 5,000 jobs in plants across the Midwest over the next four years. The plan,...
US Sanctions Online Scammers Who Stole Billions From Victims
Oct 15 2025 // The Trump administration sanctioned more than a hundred companies and individuals in Southeast Asia linked to online investment scams that have fleeced US victims of billions of dollars in recent years. The Treasury...
Government Shutdown Threatens US Home Sales in Flood-Prone Areas: Report
Oct 15 2025 // A shutdown of the U.S. government could hinder the accessibility of insurance coverage to prospective homeowners in flood-prone areas, and cost the already struggling housing market billions of dollars in delayed contract...
US Probes Driver Assistance Software in 2.9 Million Tesla Vehicles Over Traffic Violations
Oct 13 2025 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it is opening an investigation into 2.88 million Tesla vehicles equipped with its Full Self-Driving system over more than 50 reports of...
People Moves: GEICO Names Orpello CMO; O’Donnell Head of Logistics at Howden US
Oct 9 2025 // GEICO Names Orpello Chief Marketing Officer Arianna Orpello GEICO, headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, named Arianna Orpello as its new chief marketing officer, reporting to Chairman, President and CEO Todd Combs....
AI-Power Boom to Drive $1.1 Trillion in US Utility Grid Spending
Oct 8 2025 // US electric companies will spend almost $208 billion in 2025 and more than $1.1 trillion over the next five years on the power grid, according to industry group Edison Electric Institute. Utility spending is growing...
US Sues Southern California Edison Over 2019 Wildfire
Oct 8 2025 // The U.S. government sued Southern California Edison to help restore National Forest System lands burned in the Saddleridge wildfire near Los Angeles in 2019. Tuesday’s lawsuit seeks damages for fire suppression costs...
US Supreme Court Allows Order Forcing Google to Make App Store Reform
Oct 7 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge’s order requiring Alphabet’s Google to make major changes to its app store Play, as the company prepares to appeal a decision in a lawsuit...
People Moves: Keebler, Justice Join CFC’s New US-Based Cyber Development Team
Oct 7 2025 // CFC, with U.S. headquarters in New York City, created a new U.S.-based cyber development team and appointed leadership. John Keebler John Keebler joins the business as its new national cyber development leader, USA, based...
US Tariffs on Heavy Truck Imports to Begin Nov. 1, Says Trump
Oct 7 2025 // President Donald Trump said 25% duties on medium- and heavy-duty trucks would begin Nov. 1, the latest expansion of his tariff regime aimed at protecting domestic industries. The proposal has been subject to an intense...
Fitch Ratings: U.S. E&S Growth Slows but Remains Strong
Oct 6 2025 // Direct written premiums saw double-digit growth for the seventh straight year for U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) insurers, according to Fitch Ratings’ latest annual property/casualty market review. Per a Fitch...
