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AM Best: Six-Month US P/C Underwriting Income Jumps to $11.2B
Sep 11 2025 // An early look by AM Best at the financial results of the U.S. property/casualty industry revealed insurers recorded an estimated $11.2 billion in net underwriting income in the first half of 2025. Last year after the first...
South Korean E-Commerce Giant Coupang Wins US Dismissal of IPO Lawsuit
Sep 11 2025 // Coupang, the e-commerce company often called the Amazon of South Korea, won the dismissal on Wednesday of a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders during and after its 2021 initial public offering, Wall Street’s...
US Senator Cruz Proposes AI ‘Sandbox’ to Ease Regulations on Tech Companies
Sep 10 2025 // Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz introduced a bill on Wednesday that would let artificial intelligence companies apply for exemptions to federal regulation to help them experiment in developing new technology. Cruz leads...
US Commercial Lines Prices Increase 3.8%, Falling From Up 6% in Previous Quarters
Sep 10 2025 // U.S. commercial insurance rates increased 3.8% in the second quarter of 2025, according to the latest WTW Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). WTW said the price increase has been very close to 6% over the...
US Electric Car Uptake Will Slow Further on Trump Policies
Sep 9 2025 // Already sluggish adoption of electric vehicles in the US will slow even further after a $7,500 tax credit for EV buyers expires later this month. Battery-powered cars will account for half of US auto sales in 2039, five...
US Property Insurance Costs Hit New High as Disasters Worsen
Sep 9 2025 // The cost of property insurance in the US rose to an all time-high in the first half of the year, as homeowners faced sharp price increases in states recently affected by climate-related disasters, such as California. The...
People Moves: Lockton Promotes Rapciewicz and Cullen to Lead US Casualty
Sep 8 2025 // Brokerage Lockton announced new leadership appointments within its U.S. casualty business. Peter Rapciewicz has been named U.S. casualty leader, and Jessica Cullen appointed head of excess casualty and operations. Peter...
US Plant Raid Jolts South Korea and Stirs Investor Anxiety
Sep 8 2025 // The immigration raid on a Georgia EV battery plant run by two South Korean firms has rattled Seoul, coming less than two weeks after President Lee Jae Myung’s White House meeting with Donald Trump where Korean...
Head of EU Parliament Trade Committee Has ‘Doubts’ About Deal With US
Sep 5 2025 // The head of the European Parliament’s trade committee said Wednesday he has “doubts” about aspects of the EU’s trade deal with the Trump administration and predicted the deal could be amended during...
US Government Says Southern California Edison Should Pay for LA Fire Costs
Sep 4 2025 // The U.S. asked a federal court to force Southern California Edison to pay for fighting a pair of wildfires that were believed to have originated from its power lines, including the Eaton Fire in January in Los Angeles...
European Private Credit Market to Catch Up With US, Moody’s Says
Sep 4 2025 // The European private credit market is gaining ground on the US, according to a report from Moody’s Ratings. Over the last several years, the depth of the market in Europe has lagged behind the US, mostly because of...
US P/C Insurance Industry First-Half Underwriting Profit Triples
Sep 4 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $11.5 billion and net income of $49.1 billion for the first-half of 2025, according to a new report. “The lack of any significant...
Markets/Coverages: Marsh Extends Nimbus Data Center Facility to US Projects
Sep 3 2025 // Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, announced the extension of its Nimbus insurance facility for the construction of large-scale data centers across the US, as well as in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Launched in...
Google Adtech Fine on Hold as EU Awaits Lower US Car Duties, Sources Say
Sep 3 2025 // EU antitrust regulators have delayed fining Alphabet’s Google over its adtech business, while waiting for the United States to cut tariffs on European cars as part of a trade deal, three people with knowledge of the...
Sedgwick: Recalled Products in US Hit Lowest Quarterly Level in 3 Years
Sep 2 2025 // The number of products recalled across the U.S. in the second quarter fell 31.5% from 125.37 million units in the first quarter to 85.87 million in Q2, a new report shows. This level marked the lowest quarterly total since...
Most Trump Tariffs Are Not Legal, US Appeals Court Rules
Sep 2 2025 // A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president’s use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool. The court...
US Farmers Are Pulling Back on Spending in Threat to Rural Economy
Aug 29 2025 // Sunny skies and mild temperatures this week greeted the biggest US farm show of the year. The contrast couldn’t be greater with the sentiment among attendees as low crop prices and trade tariffs squeeze the...
NOAA Develops Tool to Predict Hourly US Wildfire Hazards
Aug 29 2025 // Scientists at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Global Systems Laboratory said it has developed an hourly assessment of wildfire potential across the U.S. The Boulder, Colorado-based...
US, Allies Step Up Fight Against North Korean Cyber Activities
Aug 29 2025 // The US, Japan and South Korea pledged to intensify efforts to block North Korea’s use of overseas IT workers to raise money for its weapons programs, warning that Pyongyang’s operatives are using increasingly...
Aging US Railroad Bridges Are Self-Inspected and Findings Are Kept Secret
Aug 25 2025 // The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to Oregon State University. Long after the...
