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#1 Alliant Latest to Sue Howden US Over Alleged ‘Smash-and-Grab’ Poaching
Jan 12 2026 // Alliant Insurance Services is the latest to join a group of brokers suing new competitor Howden US over what it calls Howden’s “smash-and-grab” strategy to take teams from other brokers. The suit also...
#2 Good Times for US P/C Insurers May Not Last; Auto Challenges Ahead
Jan 7 2026 // In their latest report on the U.S. auto insurance market, analysts from S&P Global Market Intelligence predict the strongest overall U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting results in 18 years for 2025, driven by...
#3 Howden Buys M&A Insurance Broker Atlantic Group in US Expansion
Jan 5 2026 // UK insurance broker Howden agreed to buy M&A protection specialist Atlantic Group as the City firm presses ahead with a rapid expansion in the key US market. Atlantic Group’s founders — Richard French, Joe...
#4 Sweeping US Winter Storm Threatens Blackouts and Snarled Travel
Jan 23 2026 // A vast swath of the US — sweeping east from the Southern Rockies to the Mid-Atlantic and New England — is on alert for winter-storm conditions that could last days, disrupting travel and threatening blackouts. By...
#5 Tesla Door Design Is Targeted by New US Automotive Safety Bill
Jan 8 2026 // A US lawmaker is proposing legislation that would require manual door releases in new cars, a move to address growing safety concerns with the type of electrically powered handles popularized by Tesla Inc. The measure from...
#6 Active Tornado Season Expected in the US
Feb 3 2026 // An active 2026 tornado season is expected for the Central Plains, with approximately 15% more tornadoes than the 20-year average, according to the Kansas Institute of Tornado Dynamics (KITD). Factors influencing this...
#7 People Moves: Howden Launches US Cyber Practice
Jan 21 2026 // Howden today announced the launch of a U.S. cyber practice, with Juliet White hired as head of cyber and Lou Botticelli as cyber brokerage leader. Juliet White Since May 2022, White has been head of cyber at E&O at...
#8 Goldman Sachs Warns US Grids Face Power Crunch by 2030
Jan 9 2026 // Almost all US power grids will lack critical spare capacity by 2030 as demand surges to supply data centers, with bottlenecks threatening to hand China an edge in the artificial-intelligence boom, according to an analyst...
#9 Post-Storm Freeze to Test US Power Grids as Demand Surges
Jan 26 2026 // US power grids are expected to grapple with unprecedented seasonal demand and the threat of blackouts after a damaging winter storm coated parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic in ice — leaving brutal cold in its...
#10 US Wants Venezuelan Oil Flowing Again With Revenues in US Accounts, Wright Says
Jan 7 2026 // Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday the United States government wants to get Venezuelan oil flowing again, deposit money into U.S.-controlled accounts and create conditions for U.S. oil companies to enter the...
#11 Volvo Cars Recalls Over 413,000 US Vehicles Due to Rearview Camera Issue
Jan 8 2026 // Swedish automaker Volvo Cars is recalling 413,151 vehicles in the United States over an issue with the rearview camera, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Thursday. The software will be...
#12 Business Moves: ALKEME Expands in US With Addition of 5 Agencies
Jan 14 2026 // Brokerage ALKEME Insurance said it has acquired five agencies over the last quarter to enhance its property/casualty offerings while expanding its employee benefits capabilities across the United States. “With strong...
#13 US Senators Introduce Long-Awaited Bill to Define Crypto Market Rules
Jan 16 2026 // U.S. senators late on Monday unveiled draft legislation that would create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency which, if signed into law, would clarify financial regulators’ jurisdiction over the burgeoning...
#14 Trump Officials Vow to Keep All US Coal Plants Running
Jan 16 2026 // Trump administration officials vowed to keep US coal power plants operating, casting it as an imperative to meet surging electricity demand and drive a revival of the nation’s industrial base. “The goal is 100%...
#15 US Deep Freeze Wreaks Havoc on Texas Oil Producers and Refiners
Jan 26 2026 // A massive winter storm that swept the US over the weekend crippled oil and gas producers and the industrial plants that refine the raw commodities into everything from gasoline to plastics. Refinery flares lit up the...
#16 US Military Operation in Venezuela Disrupts Caribbean Travel
Jan 5 2026 // The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region. No airline flights were...
#17 US Marshals Are Investigating a Possible Digital-Asset Hack
Jan 29 2026 // The US Marshals Service, which provides custody of cryptocurrencies seized by or forfeited to federal law enforcement agencies, said it’s investigating a possible hack of US government digital-asset...
#18 Trump Aims Bumper Aid at US Rice Farmers Facing Bleakest Outlook
Jan 7 2026 // The new year may mark the last time Texas farmer LG Raun plants a rice crop. “I guess I’m going to be the one that’s going to screw up the tradition of growing Raun family rice,” said the...
#19 People Moves: Marsh Risk Expands US Surety Team; AXA XL Appoints Billingslea as Head of Energy; Nixon Joins KCC Leadership Team
Jan 29 2026 // Marsh Risk Expands US Surety Team With 3 Leadership Appointments Jimmy Tse Marsh Risk, headquartered in New York City, made three leadership appointments. Jimmy Tse was named U.S. financial institutions surety growth...
#20 Allianz Executive Pushes EU to Pressure US With Market Volatility
Jan 21 2026 // European policymakers should fuel market turbulence to pressure US President Donald Trump to back down from his Greenland claim, according to a senior executive at Allianz Global Investors. “If I were an adviser to...
