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North Carolina Attack Shows Fragility of U.S. Power Grids, Experts Say
Dec 7 2022 // The attacks that left two electrical substations in North Carolina riddled with gunfire and knocked out power to 45,000 homes and businesses underscores the fragility of US grids, experts said Monday. The FBI is...
FloodFlash Eyes Parametric Splash in U.S.
Dec 6 2022 // Parametric flood insurance is still in its infancy in the United States, but one index-based insurer is preparing to make a splash in five states in early 2023. FloodFlash is set to begin offering parametric coverage for...
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Anti-Gay Marriage Web Designer
Dec 5 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday began hearing arguments in a major case pitting LGBT rights against a claim that the constitutional right to free speech exempts artists from anti-discrimination laws in a dispute involving...
Q3 Combined Ratio for U.S. P/C Industry Highest in 5 Years
Dec 5 2022 // The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a combined ratio of about 106.6 in the third quarter — the highest in five years, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. “In addition to the...
Reckitt Expects U.S. Infant Formula Shortage Until Spring
Dec 2 2022 // The near year-long infant formula shortage in the United States that prompted the intervention of the White House is likely to “persist” until spring, according to Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of what is now...
NASA: U.S. Coastlines Could Experience a Foot of Sea Level Rise Within 30 Years
Dec 1 2022 // Sea levels along U.S. coastlines could rise as much as 12 inches above today’s waterline by 2050, according to NASA researchers. The results from the NASA Sea Level Change Team rely on measurements from a network of...
Wejo, Ford Team Up to Expand Insurance Offerings in U.S.
Nov 30 2022 // Wejo Group announced a U.S. expansion of its insurance offering with Ford Motor Company. The cloud and software solutions provider for connected, electric, and autonomous vehicle data said insurance providers will be able...
U.S. E&S Premiums Continue Growth in 2022: S&P
Nov 30 2022 // According to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence, the U.S. excess and surplus market continued to grow in 2022, surging $37.6 billion in premiums during the first six months. Direct written premiums in the...
Albertsons, Kroger CEOs to Defend $25B Merger to Skeptical U.S. Senators
Nov 29 2022 // Top executives at Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc. are expected to face tough questions on Tuesday from lawmakers who worry the grocers’ planned $25 billion merger will push up food prices at a time when...
People Moves: Liberty Mutual New Global Property Product Lead; Canopius Head of U.S. Actuarial; Dresner Takes Everspan CEO Role
Nov 29 2022 // Liberty Mutual Appoints Maria Grace to New Role of Global Product Leader, Property Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Maria Grace as global product leader, property, effective January 3, 2023. Grace will be responsible...
400 Groups Urge U.S. Lawmakers to Take ‘Immediate Steps’ to Block Potential Rail Strike
Nov 28 2022 // More than 400 groups on Monday called on Congress to intervene in an ongoing railroad labor standoff that threatens to idle shipments of food and fuel and strand rail travelers while inflicting billions of dollars of...
Q3 Combined Ratio for U.S. P/C Industry Highest in 5 Years
Nov 23 2022 // The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a combined ratio of about 106.6 in the third quarter – the highest in five years, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. “In addition to the...
First U.S. Coral Insurance Marks the Rise of the Reef Brigades
Nov 22 2022 // Conservation group The Nature Conservancy’s vision for the future of coral protection involves speed boats, and a global army of snorkellers and divers deployed when tropical storms and hurricanes damage reefs. On...
U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs Dispute Over Nursing Home COVID Suits
Nov 22 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear California nursing home operator Glenhaven Healthcare’s bid to avoid a lawsuit filed in state court over the COVID-19 death of a resident, turning away the...
U.S. Proposes Rules to Advance Flying Taxi Operations
Nov 21 2022 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday proposed new rules that would help pave the way for commercial air taxi operations by around the middle of the decade. Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft...
Lloyd’s of London Estimates Claims From Hurricane Ian of US$2.3B-US$3B
Nov 21 2022 // Lloyd’s announced that the market’s claims from Hurricane Ian are estimated to be in the range of US$2.3 billion – US$3 billion, net of reinsurance, based on Q3 data provided by Lloyd’s...
Lawsuit Accuses Largest U.S. Meat Producers of Wage Fixing
Nov 18 2022 // Three meat plant workers have filed a federal lawsuit accusing 11 of the United States’ largest beef and pork producers of conspiring to depress wages and benefits. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Denver on...
U.S. Opens Civil Probe of Worcester Police Over Excess Force, Racial and Gender Bias
Nov 18 2022 // Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an investigation into whether the police department in Massachusetts’ second-largest city routinely uses excessive force or discriminates against residents based on race or...
ID.me’s Claim on Scope of Unemployment Fraud Baseless, U.S. Congress Says
Nov 18 2022 // Government contractor ID.me, which checks the identity of benefits applicants, had no basis for its claim that almost half of unemployment aid during the pandemic was lost to fraud, U.S. congressional investigators said on...
Report: 90% of U.S. Counties Hit With Disaster in Last Decade
Nov 17 2022 // Ninety percent of the counties in the United States suffered a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday. Some endured as many as 12 federally-declared disasters over those 11 years....
