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New Rules Proposed to Block China, Russia, Iran From Accessing Bulk US Data
Oct 24 2024 // The U.S. Justice Department on Monday proposed new rules to protect federal government data or Americans’ bulk personal data from getting into the hands of countries like China, Iran and Russia by placing new limits...
People Moves: HDI Global US Appoints Long as US Casualty Lead; Jenkins Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Senior Vice President
Oct 22 2024 // HDI Global U.S. Appoints Long as US Casualty Lead Thomas Long HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC), the U.S. subsidiary of inter-national corporate and specialty insurer HDI Global SE (HDI), headquartered in Chicago,...
US Watching Dark Fleet Ship-to-Ship Oil Transfers in Asia Waters
Oct 22 2024 // The US is paying close attention to the “dark fleet” of tankers carrying restricted oil and doing ship-to-ship transfers in Southeast Asian waters, the State Department’s top energy official...
Asheville’s Dirty Water Warns of Climate Risk to Aging US Infrastructure
Oct 18 2024 // Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated swaths of the southeastern US by bringing too much water. Now, communities are struggling with the opposite problem: too little of it. The North Fork Water Treatment Plant supplies...
People Moves: Tokio Marine HCC Appoints Perez to Launch US Excess Casualty Business
Oct 17 2024 // Tokio Marine HCC (TMHCC), based in Houston, Texas, has announced the expansion of its specialty product offering with its entry into the Excess Casualty market. David Perez has been appointed as President, Excess Casualty,...
Markets/Coverages: QBE to Launch US Inland Marine With 3 Hires From AIG; Next Now Offers Standalone Pro Liability for Consultants
Oct 15 2024 // QBE International Markets will launch a new U.S. inland marine offering by 2025 across all 50 states as it expands its specialty product suite. The team and product will be added to QBE International Market’s growing...
Exxon Granted Largest US Offshore Carbon Storage Site in Texas
Oct 10 2024 // Exxon Mobil Corp. won the right to pump carbon dioxide beneath Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico, in what will be the largest concession of its kind in the US. The lease granted by the Texas General Land Office will...
NSA Investigating If Chinese Hackers Breached US Telecoms
Oct 9 2024 // The US is in the early stages of an investigation into potential Chinese hacking of American telecommunications companies, according to a top intelligence official. National Security Agency Director General Timothy Haugh...
Hurricanes Milton and Helene Expose Limits of US Flood Maps
Oct 9 2024 // Even before the second megastorm in as many weeks brings devastating floodwaters to the Southeast US, it’s already clear that federal flood-risk maps underpinning decisions by millions of American homeowners and...
US Supreme Court Rebuffs Uber, Lyft Bid to Avoid California Driver Suits
Oct 7 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Uber and Lyft to lawsuits by the state of California on behalf of drivers who signed agreements to keep legal disputes with the ride-hailing companies out of...
As Traffic Deaths Remain High, US Awards $1 Billion for Road Safety Projects
Oct 7 2024 // The U.S. Transportation Department said it is awarding $1 billion for a series of projects aimed at reducing traffic crashes, as road deaths remain sharply higher than pre-pandemic levels. The department separately...
Report: Over 250,000 US Properties Have Repeated NFIP Claims
Oct 7 2024 // More than a quarter million U.S. properties have repeated claims for federal flood insurance, costing the National Flood Insurance Program billions of dollars in claims, according to new federal data compiled by the...
US Nuclear Verdicts Break Records and Drive Social Inflation to 7% in 2023: Report
Oct 7 2024 // Nuclear verdicts in the United States are breaking records with 27 court cases each awarding compensation of more than $100 million during 2023, according to Swiss Re executives. Social inflation in the U.S. rose to 7% in...
How Flood Risk Is Driving an Insurance Protection Gap in the US
Oct 7 2024 // It is likely that you have read recent headlines sounding the alarm over a potentially uninsurable future. The ongoing threat of more frequent and damaging extreme weather is making it increasingly difficult for homeowners...
US Dockworkers Suspend Three-Day Strike After Contract Extension
Oct 4 2024 // US dockworkers agreed to end a three-day strike that had paralyzed trade on the US East and Gulf coasts and threatened to become a factor in the presidential election. The International Longshoremen’s Association and...
Maui Fire Caused by Broken Power Lines, County and US Find
Oct 3 2024 // The fire that razed the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year was caused when Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. re-energized broken utility lines that caused sparks to ignite unmaintained dry vegetation, the Maui Fire...
Amazon Hit With US Labor Board Complaint Over ‘Joint Employment’ of Drivers
Oct 3 2024 // Amazon.com has been accused by a U.S. labor board of illegally refusing to bargain with a union representing drivers employed by a contractor, the agency announced on Wednesday. The complaint from the National Labor...
Insured Losses from Central European Floods Range From US$2.2B to US$3.4B: Verisk
Oct 2 2024 // Insured industry losses from the flooding in the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria in September 2024 will range from €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) to €3 billion (US$3.4 billion), according to Verisk, the data analytics...
US DOJ Charges British Man Over ‘Hack-to-Trade’ Scheme
Oct 2 2024 // A British man has been arrested and charged by U.S. authorities with hacking into the computers of five companies to obtain details about their expected earnings, and making $3.75 million of illegal profit by trading...
Apple Accused by US Labor Board of Imposing Illegal Workplace Rules
Oct 2 2024 // A U.S. labor board issued a complaint accusing Apple of violating employees’ rights to organize and advocate for better working conditions by maintaining a series of unlawful workplace rules. The National Labor...
