USA Focus

  • Verisk first to apply for California's new wildfire model review

    03 January 2025

    Comes as state's Sustainable Insurance Strategy took effect on 2 January

  • California issues reinsurance regulation to address wildfire risk

    31 December 2024

    Measure is final step in reform package to expand insurance coverage across California

  • Wildfire insurer Kettle appoints Jeff Chen as CRO

    31 December 2024
  • State commissioners call on Musk to abolish "actively harmful" FIO

    30 December 2024

    States lash out at Federal agency's "duplicitous" and "unnecessary" work

  • US flood insurance gap shows no signs of narrowing, says Neptune research report

    20 December 2024

    Florida has 82% of residential buildings uninsured

  • Senate committee report lays bare US insurability crisis

    19 December 2024

    Crisis is only getting worse, says Senator Whitehouse

  • InsuranceERM's 2024 review: Mad, bad and sad for the US insurance market

    18 December 2024
  • Farmers Insurance resumes coverage in California

    12 December 2024

    Insurer returns to state after one year pause, highlighting CDI's insurance strategy

  • Allianz launches Bermudian life reinsurer, Sconset Re

    11 December 2024

    Will launch with $4bn reinsurance of fixed index annuities

  • MetLife and General Atlantic set up Bermudian life reinsurer Chariot Re

    11 December 2024

    Will start with $10bn block of liabilities from MetLife

  • Chelsea FC owner forms new insurance-asset manager

    09 December 2024

    Venture aims to capitalise on "most attractive opportunity set in a long time"

  • US health insurer CEO Brian Thompson assassinated in New York

    05 December 2024
  • Offshore reinsurance is "net credit negative" for US life insurers, says Moody's

    05 December 2024

    Regulators are looking into this development as volumes soar

  • Insurers need to consider non-price factors for PRT, says Hymans Robertson

    29 November 2024

    Use of funded reinsurance is part of criteria pension funds should look at

  • US is committed to the ICS, says IAIS chair

    28 November 2024

    Implementation efforts required for all jurisdictions by 2027