Latest USA Headlines
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El Niño Almost Certain to Arrive In Next 2 Months: U.S. Forecaster
Aug 10 2012 // The U.S. government forecaster warned on Thursday that the feared El Niño phenomenon, which can affect global weather, is almost certain to occur over the next two months, potentially adding strain to global food...
Cyber Surveillance Virus from Mideast Can Spy on Bank Transactions
Aug 10 2012 // A new cyber surveillance virus has been found in the Middle East that can spy on banking transactions and steal login information for social networking sites, email and instant messaging, according to a leading computer...
Montpelier Re Announces Appointments in Property Treaty Operation
Aug 10 2012 // Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd., the Bermuda subsidiary of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., has announced several appointments in its Bermuda property treaty operation. Effective immediately, Paul Hopwood, formerly Head of US...
U.S. Judge Puts New Lawsuits Against Banks Over Libor on Hold
Aug 9 2012 // A federal judge on Wednesday suspended several new lawsuits that allege banks rigged key interest rates, saying she first needed to sort through the issues in an earlier round of related lawsuits. U.S. District Judge Naomi...
Swiss Re Reports $83 Million Q2 Net Income; $717 Million in P&C
Aug 9 2012 // Swiss Re reported a net profit of $83 million for the second quarter of 2012, indicating that the figure was “impacted by the sale at a loss of $1.0 billion of the Admin Re® US business.” Property &...
U.S. Crops Get a Break from Historic Drought
Aug 8 2012 // Rain and cooler temperatures in the drought-stricken U.S. Midwest crop belt will provide relief for late-season soybeans, but the change in the weather is arriving too late to help the already severely damaged corn crop,...
U.S. Regulators Angered By N.Y. Action Against StanChart
Aug 8 2012 // The U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve were blindsided and angered by New York’s banking regulator’s decision to launch an explosive attack on Standard Chartered Plc over $250 billion in alleged money...
Employers Stressing Health Incentives for Employees: Aon
Aug 8 2012 // U.S. employers are increasingly utilizing monetary and other incentives to encourage employees and their families to become active in health and fitness programs and take better care of themselves, according to new survey...
Aon Benfield Monthly Cat Report Highlights China Floods; Agriculture Losses
Aug 8 2012 // The latest report on the world’s catastrophes from Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, highlights flooding in China that generated more than $8.3 billion in economic...
Disabled Workers More Likely to Experience Occupational Injury: Study
Aug 7 2012 // Workers with disabilities are significantly more likely to experience both nonoccupational and occupational injuries than those without disabilities, a new study revealed. Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and...
UK Bank May Have Hidden $250 Billion in Iran Deals; May Lose U.S. License
Aug 7 2012 // New York’s top bank regulator threatened to strip Standard Chartered Plc of its state banking license, saying the British bank was a “rogue institution” that hid $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran,...
Settlement Reached In Texas Shakedown Lawsuit
Aug 6 2012 // A small East Texas town and the county where it’s situated will implement procedures aimed at stopping racial profiling to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses former officials of shaking down innocent...
U.S. Treasury to Raise $5B from AIG Stock Sale
Aug 6 2012 // The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it expects to raise $5 billion from its sale of American International Group stock, cutting the government’s stake in the bailed-out insurer to 55 percent. The sale, which...
Earnings Reports: Catlin Group, RSA
Aug 6 2012 // Selected earnings highlights in US dollars from the Bermuda-based Catlin Group for the first six months of 2012 are as follows: 1st Half 2012 1st Half 2011 Gross premiums written ———— $3.010 bn...
Business Moves – East
Aug 6 2012 // USI, Kelly Insurance USI Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and financial service firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., completed its acquisition of New York-based Kelly Insurance Brokerage Inc. Terms of the transaction...
Conference: Risk, Returns, Regulation and More Regulation
Aug 6 2012 // Coming off a rough few years of recession, then a disaster prone 2011 — and then more global uncertainty in 2012 — the world and the insurance industry have a few things to look forward to in the next year. They also...
Crop Insurance Helps Farmers Now More Than in 1988 Drought
Aug 6 2012 // U.S. crops are taking a beating in the worst drought since 1988 but most farmers are not sweating like they did 24 years ago when a drought hit as they were just starting to recover from a farm depression that brought down...
House Passes $383 million US Drought Aid Bill for Ranchers
Aug 3 2012 // The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $383 million disaster relief bill on Thursday that provides political shelter for lawmakers during the worst drought in half a century, but may not release the aid for months to...
RBS Confirms Firing Employees over Libor Rigging Scandal
Aug 3 2012 // The Royal Bank of Scotland, which is majority owned (82 percent) by the UK government, confirmed on Friday it has dismissed a number of employees for misconduct as a result of its investigations into the Libor interest...
Monsanto Wins Patent Suit Against DuPont in Genetically Modified Seed Case
Aug 2 2012 // Shares of Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, rose on Thursday and DuPont shares fell after Monsanto won a $1 billion victory over its archrival in a lawsuit concerning patents in the agricultural seed...
