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U.S. Treasury Proposes Climate Data Collection Rule for P/C Insurers
Oct 18 2022 // U.S. Treasury on Tuesday said it was proposing a new rule to collect data on climate-related risks from property and casualty insurers, one of the first concrete actions in a new push to beef up financial regulation to...
Credit Suisse Pays $495M to Settle Legacy Case in U.S.
Oct 17 2022 // Credit Suisse has agreed to pay $495 million to settle a case related to mortgage-linked investments in the United States, the latest pay-out related to past blunders that have battered the Swiss bank’s...
U.S. Homeowners Line ‘Stable’ but Weather Events Present Uncertainty: AM Best
Oct 17 2022 // A day after Hurricane Ian hit Florida as a Category 4 storm Sept. 28, AM Best released its scheduled market segment report of the U.S. homeowners insurance market, calling it stable due to overall strong risk-adjusted...
EU, U.S. Eye Level Playing Field for EU Electric Cars in U.S. Market
Oct 14 2022 // European Union and U.S. officials expect to reach agreement that would grant EU companies, including electric car makers, the same status as U.S. ones in the U.S. market, to avoid what the EU calls discrimination against...
Europe, U.S. East Coast Likely to Avoid Unusually Cold Winter: Climate Model
Oct 14 2022 // Europeans and people living on the US East Coast are more likely to experience mild temperatures than a deep freeze this winter, easing any potential heating-fuel constraints at a time when energy costs are...
U.S. to Issue New Cybersecurity Requirements for Critical Aviation Systems
Oct 13 2022 // A U.S. transportation security agency said Wednesday it plans to issue new cybersecurity requirements for some key aviation systems after several U.S. airport websites earlier this week were hit with apparently coordinated...
Top U.S. Homeowners Insurers Minimally Exposed to Losses from Ian: Moody’s
Oct 12 2022 // A report from Moody’s Investors Service clearly paints Ian as a loss event for Florida-only home insurers since large, national insurers have significantly reduced exposure in the Sunshine State throughout the...
Legal Challenges Could Hamper U.S. Rule to Limit Independent Contracting
Oct 12 2022 // Business groups will almost certainly file lawsuits in an attempt to delay or derail a rule proposed by the Biden administration on Tuesday that would limit companies’ use of independent contractors, experts...
US Airport Websites Knocked Offline by Pro-Russia Hackers
Oct 12 2022 // A pro-Russian hacktivist group is claiming credit for a series of disruptions that temporarily knocked the websites of some US airports offline. The group, called Killnet, has engaged in a series of cyberattacks in recent...
Ian Death Toll in US Hits 100 Across Three States
Oct 10 2022 // The death toll from Ian reached 100 on Friday, making it the third most deadly hurricane to hit the mainland in a decade. The number of confirmed deaths across three states continues to climb nine days after Ian roared...
U.S. Consumers Value Data Privacy Over Savings in Home, Auto Insurance: Policygenius
Oct 6 2022 // Despite inflation and rising costs, most Americans would rather pay more for insurance coverage than use data-monitoring devices, according to an annual survey from Policygenius. The survey found that 68% of U.S. consumers...
5th Circuit Mulls Vaccine Mandate for US Contractors
Oct 5 2022 // A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday became the latest to hear arguments on whether President Joe Biden overstepped his authority with an order that federal contractors require that their employees be...
U.S. Barge Backlog Swells on Parched Mississippi River
Oct 5 2022 // Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday as low water levels halted shipments of grain, fertilizer and other commodities on the critical waterway, shipping...
U.S. Homeowners Line ‘Stable’ but Weather Events Present Uncertainty: AM Best
Oct 3 2022 // A day after Hurricane Ian hit Florida as a Category 4 storm Sept. 28, AM Best released its scheduled market segment report of the U.S. homeowners insurance market, calling it stable due to overall strong risk-adjusted...
Social Media Company Liability Draws US Supreme Court Scrutiny
Oct 3 2022 // The US Supreme Court will decide whether social media companies can be sued over targeted content recommendations, agreeing to hear an appeal from a family that says Alphabet Inc.’s Google bears some of the...
Generali Weighs Deal With U.S. Asset Manager Guggenheim Partners
Oct 3 2022 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA is exploring a deal with US investment firm Guggenheim Partners to bolster its asset management business, according to people familiar with the matter. Italy’s biggest insurer has held...
Gun Violence Costs the U.S. $557 Billion a Year
Sep 28 2022 // Gun violence that causes tens of thousands of US deaths each year — far more than any other developed nation — is having a significant, negative impact on the country’s economy, Harvard Medical School researchers...
US Starts Criminal Probe Into PG&E Role in California Wildfire
Sep 27 2022 // Federal officials have initiated a criminal investigation into PG&E Corp.’s potential role in starting California’s largest wildfire of the year. On Sept. 24, the US Forest Service removed one of the...
Pie Insurance Raises $315M in Largest U.S. Insurtech Financing Round of 2022
Sep 21 2022 // Pie Insurance, an insurtech specializing in workers compensation insurance for small businesses, said it raised a $315 million Series D round of funding – the largest round of financing for any U.S. based P&C...
Britain’s Haleon Rejects Potential Zantac Liabilities in U.S.
Sep 21 2022 // Haleon believes it is not liable for any claims that may arise from U.S. litigation over the heartburn drug Zantac, the London-listed company’s CEO Brian McNamara told Reuters on Tuesday. More than 2,000 legal cases...
