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South African Insurer Discovery in Talks With US Insurers to Expand
Mar 22 2024 // Discovery Ltd., South Africa’s biggest health insurance provider, is in talks with US peers to bring its flagship wellness program known as Vitality to their market. While Discovery has long had a relationship with...
US Warns That Hackers Are Carrying Out Disruptive Attacks on Water Systems
Mar 21 2024 // The U.S. government is warning state governors that foreign hackers are carrying out disruptive cyberattacks against water and sewage systems throughout the country. In a letter released Tuesday, National Security Advisor...
650,000 Residential Properties Hit by Severe Hail in Central US Storms
Mar 20 2024 // A severe convective storm system spawned softball-sized hail and destructive tornadoes across the central U.S. last week, leaving meteorologists to speculate if warmer winter weather is behind the storm outbreak. As parts...
Long Recovery Ahead for Swath of Central US Hit by Deadly Tornadoes
Mar 18 2024 // LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Residents in a swath of the central U.S. hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped...
Treasury Asked Why US P&I Club Insures Ships Carrying Iran Oil
Mar 18 2024 // A Republican congressman is asking the Treasury Department to explain its handling of a US insurance company that covered dozens of tanker ships suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian oil. Representative Zach Nunn of...
US Appeals Court Temporarily Pauses SEC Climate Disclosure Rules
Mar 18 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily paused new rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requiring public companies to report climate-related risks. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Skeptical AM Best Tags US D&O Segment With Negative Outlook
Mar 18 2024 // Rating agency AM Best has assigned a negative outlook to the U.S. directors and officers liability insurance segment as more market entrants increase capacity and drive down pricing in the face of some troubling potential...
Spike in Recent Ratings Downgrades Shows Challenges for US Insurers
Mar 18 2024 // Negative ratings actions and financial challenges are forcing carriers to explore reinsurance options offering needed capital, according to a report released in February by Gallagher Re’s Strategic and Financial...
Southern California Edison to Pay $80M to US Over 2017 Wildfire
Mar 18 2024 // Southern California Edison agreed to pay the United States $80 million to cover costs and damages incurred by the U.S. Forest Service from the 2017 Thomas wildfire in California’s Los Padres National Forecast, the...
Texas Cities Grow Fastest in US as NYC Keeps Losing People
Mar 15 2024 // Texas cities dominated the list of US metro areas with the biggest population increase last year, claiming four spots in the top 10. The Dallas-Fort Worth area topped the rankings with a population gain of nearly 153,000...
Terrorist Threat to US Has Reached ‘Whole Other Level,’ FBI’s Wray Warns
Mar 15 2024 // Terrorist threats toward the US have reached a “whole other level” from the already heightened situation before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel and its response, FBI Director Christopher Wray said...
US Inflation Up Again in February in Latest Sign Price Pressures Remain Elevated
Mar 14 2024 // Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, both of which are counting...
People Moves: Howden Tiger Taps Byler From Carpenter to Lead US Casualty; Markel Promotes Atkin to Head of Bloodstock for London Markets
Mar 14 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden Tiger and Markel. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Tiger Taps Byler From Carpenter to Lead US Casualty Division Howden Tiger, the...
Cancer Clinics Face Cash Crunch After Hack Rocks US Health Care
Mar 13 2024 // Doctors across the US are stretching to keep their practices afloat as a debilitating cyberattack on a once little-known company at the center of the health-care system continues to cause havoc. The Feb. 21 attack against...
US Natural Gas Pipeline Accidents Pose Big, Unreported Climate Threat
Mar 13 2024 // Last October, an Idaho farmer using a backhoe punched a hole into a 22-inch pipeline buried under a field, sending more than 51 million cubic feet of natural gas hissing into the air. While the incident on Williams...
US Treasury Drops Plan to Collect Insurer Data on Climate Risks
Mar 8 2024 // The US government is stepping away from its effort to collect data on home insurance prices and availability at the Zip code level as premiums soar and climate risks to property intensify. Instead, it will join in a...
Booming Stock Market Leads to Higher US Household Wealth
Mar 8 2024 // U.S. household wealth rose to a record of roughly $156.2 trillion at the end of 2023 thanks to a surging stock market that offset a drop in property market values, the Federal Reserve said on Thursday. Household net worth...
US Commercial Lines Survey Shows Aggregate Increase of 6.6% in Q4: WTW
Mar 7 2024 // U.S. commercial insurance prices increased 6.6% in the fourth quarter 2023, with “intriguing shifts” in some coverage areas, according to a survey from broker WTW. According to the latest results from...
US P/C Industry Underwriting Loss Reaches 10-Year High: AM Best
Mar 7 2024 // Industry rating agency AM Best said the U.S. property/casualty industry’s underwriting loss for 2023 reached a 10-year high of $38 billion, attributable to severe weather-related losses, stubborn inflation, and...
US Trade Groups Sue Over Biden Rule on ‘Gig’ Work, Contracting
Mar 6 2024 // Major U.S. business groups on Tuesday filed the latest lawsuit challenging a Biden administration rule that would make it more difficult for companies to treat some workers as independent contractors rather than...
