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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...
Flood Insurer Neptune Shares Climb 24% After $368 Million US IPO
Oct 2 2025 // Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. shares jumped 24% after the flood insurance company’s shareholders raised $368.4 million in a US initial public offering. Shares of the St. Petersburg, Florida-based firm closed at...
People Moves: Howden US Hires Murphy to Build Casualty; Hippo Appoints Gordon Chief Data Officer; Verisk Names Khemka President of Underwriting Solutions
Oct 2 2025 // Howden US announced the appointment of Carol Murphy as head of US Casualty. Murphy will join CEO Mike Parrish’s leadership team and partner with Howden’s global specialty leaders to build a US casualty offering...
Icen Risk Brings M&A Insurance Products to US With $50M Capacity From Zurich
Oct 2 2025 // Specialist transactional risk insurer Icen Risk announced it is expanding to the United States to meet strong demand. London-based Icen said minority owner Zurich Insurance Group is providing $50 million of capacity,...
September Marks Rare Absence of Hurricane Landfalls in US
Oct 1 2025 // September turned out to be a slumber for hurricane watchers. For the first time in a decade, the month of September produced no hurricane landfalls in the United States. Seven of the previous eight years this occurred, no...
US Government Shutdown Curtails Key Weather and Climate Programs
Oct 1 2025 // The closure of the federal government will curtail or halt some US climate disaster preparedness and environmental programs — and even potentially delay real estate transactions within the nation’s flood...
Hackers Hit Hundreds of Cisco Firewalls in US Government
Sep 30 2025 // Hackers compromised firewall devices within the US government, according to a senior federal official, amid broader warnings of cyberattacks on widely-used devices manufactured by Cisco Systems, Inc. The US Cybersecurity...
Lawmakers Press FEMA on the Future of US Flood Insurance
Sep 29 2025 // Two Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration about its management of the National Flood Insurance Program after cuts at the agency that runs it, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In a letter to...
People Moves: Palomba Joins Howden US as Deputy Head of Natural Resources
Sep 29 2025 // Christine Palomba Howden US appointed Christine Palomba as deputy head, natural resources, Howden US, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. Palomba has 29 years of industry experience, most recently at Aon, where her...
Trump Says US to Impose 100% Tariff on Movies Made Outside the Country
Sep 29 2025 // U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood’s global business model. The step signals Trump’s...
Hurricane Humberto Will Allow Storm Imelda to Veer Away From US
Sep 29 2025 // Hurricane Humberto will likely bulldoze a path for Tropical Storm Imelda to veer away from the coastal US Southeast, sparing the region from a direct strike. Category 4 Humberto’s winds rose to 145 miles (233...
Korean Insurer DB to Buy Fortegra for $1.65 Billion in US Foray
Sep 26 2025 // South Korea’s DB Insurance Co. agreed to buy US specialty insurer Fortegra Group for $1.65 billion, in what would be the biggest US acquisition by a non-life insurer from the country. The Seoul-based company will...
