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U.S. Unlikely to Impose Further Restrictions Due to Omicron COVID Variant, Says Fauci
Nov 29 2021 // The United States is unlikely to impose further restrictions amid the anticipated arrival of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the nation’s top infectious disease official said on Monday after a travel ban on some...
U.S. Gunmakers Claim Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Shows ‘Clash of National Values’
Nov 24 2021 // Gun makers including Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. on Monday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the Mexican government accusing them of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels,...
U.S. Asks Appeals Court to Lift Stay on COVID Vaccine Mandate or Allow Mask Rule
Nov 23 2021 // The U.S. government asked a federal appeals court to immediately lift a court-ordered stay on a sweeping workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule to avoid “enormous” harm to public health, or alternatively to allow a...
U.S. Climate Pledge to Be Tested in Senate
Nov 23 2021 // After talking the climate talk at U.N. negotiations in Scotland, the Biden administration now tests whether a divided United States can walk the climate walk: push a massive investment for a new era of clean energy through...
New U.S. Rule Requires Banks to Promptly Report Cyber Incidents
Nov 19 2021 // U.S. banking regulators on Thursday finalized a rule that directs banks to report any major cybersecurity incidents to the government within 36 hours of discovery. Separately, the banking industry said it had successfully...
Demex and Vave Offer Parametric Extreme Temperature Insurance for U.S. Businesses
Nov 17 2021 // A technology firm and a managing general agent are partnering to offer extreme temperature insurance to commercial properties across the United States. According to Vave, an algorithmic underwriting MGA, and The Demex...
Samsung Fire & Marine to Underwrite Canopius U.S. Admitted Specialty Lines
Nov 15 2021 // Canopius Group, a global specialty (re)insurer, announced an agreement with Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance (SFMI), its substantial minority shareholder and business partner, to underwrite U.S. admitted business on its...
Insured Severe Weather Losses in U.S. Already Top $20B for 2021
Nov 15 2021 // Annual U.S. severe weather insured losses for 2021 have surpassed $20 billion after a rough October, even before the year is complete, according to a new Aon report. Multi-billion-dollar natural catastrophe-related...
U.S. Severe Weather Insured Losses Surpassed $20B After Rough October: Aon
Nov 15 2021 // Annual U.S. severe weather insured losses for 2021 are jumping above $20 billion after a rough October, even before the year is complete, according to a new Aon report. “October is typically considered a...
Westfield Insurance to Buy Argo’s U.S. Specialty Property Renewal Rights
Nov 12 2021 // Specialty insurer Argo Group International Holdings has agreed to sell the renewal rights of its U.S. specialty property business to Westfield Insurance of Ohio. This transaction includes Argo’s shared and layered...
Asian Insurer FWD Group Weighs Shifting U.S. IPO to Hong Kong: Reuters
Nov 10 2021 // HONG KONG – Asian insurer FWD Group, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, is contemplating shifting its $2-$3 billion share sale from the United States to Hong Kong, said two sources with direct knowledge of...
US Court Rejects Israeli Firm’s Immunity From Facebook Suit Over Malware
Nov 9 2021 // A U.S. appeals court said Facebook can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install malware allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including...
Top 20 Cyber Insurers in U.S. Including Loss Ratios: NAIC
Nov 9 2021 // The cyber insurance market in the U.S. grew to roughly $4.1 billion in direct written premiums in 2020, an increase of 29.1% from the prior year, reports the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Reports from U.S.-based Group Will Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Terrorism
Nov 4 2021 // A new global partnership with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism will focus on the impact of climate change on terrorism. START, which is based at the University of Maryland, with...
‘American Way of Life’ at Risk From Cyber Attacks, Top U.S. Official Warns
Nov 4 2021 // A top U.S. cybersecurity official offered a dire warning to members of Congress on Wednesday, saying the “American way of life” faces serious risks amid the drumbeat of ransomware attacks and physical threats...
Where U.S. Insurers Are in Integrating Environmental, Social, Governance Issues
Nov 2 2021 // U.S. insurers are increasingly listening to demands from stakeholders that they use social, environmental and governance factors in their decision-making. According to an AM Best survey, 6 in 10 companies are aware of...
Analysts Say U.S. Labor Shortage Could Last a While
Nov 1 2021 // Labor shortages may be the most intractable of the cost risks that U.S. companies faced in the latest quarter, and as the earnings season moves into its peak there are signs the problem will persist, some say. Finding and...
U.S. Trucking Sector Struggles with Rising Rates, Driver Shortage
Nov 1 2021 // U.S. commercial auto insurers continue to face disruptions on their road to profitability due to inflation and the spotty post-pandemic economic recovery, according to a Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings...
Fire Destroys US Auto Auction Building in New Jersey, No Injuries Reported
Oct 29 2021 // Officials on Wednesday were investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a large building that housed several businesses in southern New Jersey. Flames broke out Tuesday night and quickly spread throughout the US Auto...
Aromatherapy Spray From India Linked to U.S. Deaths Being Recalled
Oct 26 2021 // U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a serious tropical disease even though none had traveled internationally: an aromatherapy spray imported from...
