Latest USA Headlines
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Cyber Firm: At Least 6 U.S. State Governments Hacked by China
Mar 10 2022 // Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year, according to a report released Tuesday by a private...
U.S. House Panel Refers Amazon to Justice Department Amid Competition Probe
Mar 9 2022 // Five members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee have asked the U.S. Department Of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Amazon.com Inc for “potentially criminal conduct” by the company and some of its senior...
BMW Recalling Over 1 Million U.S. Worldwide On Engine Fire Concerns
Mar 9 2022 // BMW will recall 1.03 million worldwideover potential fire risks, the German automaker said on Wednesday, its third recall over the issue since 2017. The new recall involves numerous vehicles built between 2006 and 2013,...
Tesla Tells U.S. Lawmakers Autopilot Requires ‘Constant Monitoring’
Mar 9 2022 // Tesla Inc. defended the safety benefits of its advanced driver assistance system Autopilot and its Full Self-Driving (FSD) capability but acknowledged they require “constant monitoring and attention of the...
U.S. Broker Brown & Brown Agrees to Acquire UK’s Global Risk Partners Ltd.
Mar 8 2022 // U.S. broker Brown & Brown Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Global Risk Partners (GRP) from its private equity owner Searchlight Capital Partners L.P. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory...
Experts Warn Central U.S. Needs to be Ready For Next Earthquake
Mar 8 2022 // Experts have warned for decades that a large swath of the central U.S. is at high risk for a devastating earthquake. They know that overcoming complacency is among their biggest hurdles. Hundreds of emergency managers,...
U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Google Bid to Avoid Shareholder Lawsuit
Mar 7 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet Inc’s attempt to nix a lawsuit by shareholders accusing the Google parent company of fraudulently concealing a security glitch that left private user data...
More Price Increases for U.S. Commercial Insurance in Q4 2021: WTW
Mar 7 2022 // U.S. commercial insurance prices rose again in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to WTW’s latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). The aggregate commercial price change reported by carriers was...
Pandemic Brought Surge in Illegal Street Racing Across U.S.
Mar 7 2022 // Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle car who was allegedly street racing crashed into her head-on, killing her. She is one of...
People & Places
Mar 7 2022 // National Insurer Beazley added Russ Cohen and Bala Larson to its global Cyber Services team. Cohen has been appointed head of U.S. Cyber Services, and Larson has been promoted to head of Client Experience. Cohen will...
Small Business Revolution
Mar 7 2022 // Optimism, Resiliency Open New Doors for Sector Sector Buoyed by Record Start-Ups, Pandemic Resiliency The global pandemic, economic recession and worldwide supply chain shortages have not hindered the optimism and drive of...
U.S. P/C Industry Grew Surplus Despite Underwriting Loss in 2021
Mar 7 2022 // Insurance rating agency AM Best said it expects the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to record an increase in surplus in 2021 thanks to investment income and capital gains improvements despite booking an...
Sept. 11 Victims Seek Seizure of Iran Oil From U.S.-Owned Tanker
Mar 4 2022 // Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks asked a U.S. judge to order the seizure of Iranian crude oil from a tanker owned by an American private equity firm, to help satisfy a $3.61 billion judgment against Iran over the...
U.S. Attorney General: Prosecuting Individuals Is Top Priority in Policing Corporate Crime
Mar 4 2022 // The U.S. Justice Department’s top priority in rooting out corporate malfeasance is to hold individuals accountable, Attorney General Merrick Garland said March 3 as he detailed a shift in focus and resources at the...
Texas Man Convicted For Threatening to Extort Insurance Contract
Mar 4 2022 // A 48-year-old Sullivan City, Texas man has admitted to threatening to cancel a contract if he did not receive increased monetary payments, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Oscar Salinas aka “Coach”...
Report: Nearly a Third of U.S. Hazardous Chemicals Facilities Exposed to Climate Change Dangers
Mar 3 2022 // A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stating that climate change is leading to increasingly irreversible impacts, with a narrowing window to adapt to it, is garnering a lot of reaction. The IPCC...
U.S. Senators Grill Regulators Over Climate Policy on Natural Gas Projects
Mar 3 2022 // Top U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday grilled Democratic energy regulators who recently approved guidelines for approving new natural gas projects that allow consideration of environmental justice, landowner and...
Global Supply Pressures Eased in February, New York Fed Says
Mar 3 2022 // Global supply chain pressures eased in February as backlogs and delivery times improved in several key markets and a measure of ocean shipping costs declined, according to new data from the New York Federal Reserve...
Russian Sanctions Pose Risks to U.S. Nuclear Power Industry
Mar 3 2022 // As economic sanctions pile up on Russia, there’s growing concern that export restrictions on the world’s top supplier of nuclear fuel has the potential to disrupt the U.S. power industry. Russia produces about...
Hawaii Lifting COVID-19 Travel Quarantine Rules
Mar 3 2022 // Hawaii plans to lift its COVID-19 quarantine requirement for travelers this month, meaning that starting on March 26 those arriving from other places in the U.S. won’t have to show proof of vaccination or a negative...
