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#1 US Nuclear Verdicts Break Records and Drive Social Inflation to 7% in 2023: Report
Sep 11 2024 // Nuclear verdicts in the United States are breaking records with 27 court cases each awarding compensation of more than US$100 million during 2023, according to Swiss Re executives. Social inflation in US rose to 7% in 2023...
#2 US Property Insurance Rates Fall for First Time Since 2017
Sep 17 2024 // US property insurance rates are decreasing for the first time in almost seven years, after insurers returned to profitability amid lower losses tied to catastrophes. The average US property insurance rate decreased 0.94%...
#3 US P/C Insurance Industry Posts First H1 Underwriting Profit Since 2021
Aug 29 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $3.7 billion and net income of $94.6 billion for the first-half of 2024, according to a new report. “After years of consistent losses,...
#4 Report: Over 250,000 US Properties Have Repeated NFIP Claims
Sep 19 2024 // More than a quarter million U.S. properties have repeated claims for federal flood insurance, costing the National Flood Insurance Program billions of dollars in claims, according to new federal data compiled by the...
#5 Personal Lines Turnaround Fuels US P/C Industry Underwriting Gain
Sep 17 2024 // A turnaround in the personal lines insurance segment results was a key driver of an overall $3.8 billion profit from underwriting for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, according to a new report from AM...
#6 Reinsurance Outlook to ‘Neutral’; US to Push for Double-Digit Casualty Increases
Sep 16 2024 // Fitch Ratings said reinsurers are likely to push for double-digit U.S. casualty rate increases during January renewals to keep up with loss trends from social inflation. The rating agency in a new report changed its...
#7 US Sues Ship Owner, Operator Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Sep 18 2024 // The US sued the owner and the operator of a Singapore-flagged ship that rammed into a Baltimore bridge in March, the most aggressive action to date in response to a disaster that killed six workers and threw the...
#8 Extreme Rain Is a Growing Climate Threat to the Northeastern US
Aug 28 2024 // As high temperatures break records around the US and wildfires rip through the West, another climate-driven weather hazard — extreme rainfall — is pummeling the country’s Northeast and scientists say it will get...
#9 Uber Hit by Record $324 Million Fine for Data Transfers to US
Aug 27 2024 // Uber Technologies Inc. was hit by a record €290 million ($324 million) fine by the Dutch privacy watchdog for failing to abide by European protection standards when it shipped swathes of sensitive data about its drivers...
#10 Chinese Hackers Breach US Internet Firms Via Startup, Researcher Says
Aug 27 2024 // The state-sponsored Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon is exploiting a bug in a California-based startup to hack American and Indian internet companies, according to security researchers. Volt Typhoon has...
#11 Drought Shrivels the Mississippi River and Threatens to Disrupt US Food Exports
Sep 6 2024 // Drought across the central US is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates soaring and threatening to roil shipments of everything from corn to gasoline. Dry conditions across the Ohio River basin, which feeds...
#12 Cyberattacks on US Utilities Surged 70% This Year, Says Research Firm
Sep 12 2024 // U.S. utilities faced a near 70% jump in cyberattacks this year over the same period in 2023, according to data from Check Point Research, underlining the escalating threat to a critical infrastructure. The utilities and...
#13 People Moves: AIG Appoints Walsh CFO; Rokstone Names Baker Deputy Head of US Casualty; Applied Underwriters Hires, Promotes Leadership
Sep 20 2024 // AIG Appoints Walsh Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Keith Walsh American International Group, Inc. (AIG), headquartered in New York City, named Keith Walsh as executive vice president and chief financial...
#14 As Traffic Deaths Remain High, US Awards $1 Billion for Road Safety Projects
Sep 6 2024 // The U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday it is awarding $1 billion for a series of projects aimed at reducing traffic crashes, as road deaths remain sharply higher than pre-pandemic levels. The department...
#15 US Justice Department Accuses RealPage of Driving Up Rents
Aug 26 2024 // The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states sued RealPage on Friday, accusing the property management software company of using algorithms to help landlords illegally collude and drive up rents for apartments. The...
#16 People Moves: Mosaic Builds Out Environmental Liability Team With 13 US Hires
Sep 11 2024 // Mosaic, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, has added 13 U.S. environmental risk specialists to its team. Team members include Assistant Vice President Iraj Dehnavi, Senior Vice President Maureen Domenicone, Vice President...
#17 US Appeals Court Takes Aim at Big Tech Liability Shield
Aug 29 2024 // A US appeals court has struck down a long-standing argument from social media platforms: that a federal law grants them blanket immunity from being held accountable for user harms – even the wrongful death of...
#18 TD to Pay $28 Million for Sharing Inaccurate US Consumer Data
Sep 13 2024 // Toronto-Dominion Bank will pay almost $28 million in fines and restitution after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the lender shared inaccurate information about tens of thousands of US customers with consumer...
#19 Google’s Ad Empire Under Fire With US Antitrust Trial to Begin
Sep 9 2024 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google heads back to court Monday to face US Justice Department allegations that it manipulates the $677 billion display advertising market in violation of antitrust laws, just one month after losing...
#20 Study Suggests US Droughts, Rainy Extremes Becoming More Severe
Sep 11 2024 // Newswise — Severe drought in the American Southwest and Mexico and more severe wet years in the Northeast are the modern norm in North America, according to new research – and the analysis suggests these seasonal...
