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U.S. Flood Insurance Reform Gets SmartSafer Lobbying Push
The latest attempt to overhaul the U.S. federal flood insurance program hit a stumbling block, but a coalition of business and environmental groups renewed their push on Wednesday for lawmakers to ...
One Zurich NA Adjuster’s View of Hurricane Harvey
After Hurricane Harvey moved out of the Houston area, Steve Sherin, an executive general adjuster for Zurich North America, spent five days there assessing claims. Because of the extent of the damage ...
Weathering Storms Together: How Zurich North America Responded to Recent Hurricanes
With each hurricane or major catastrophe, like hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, insurers step up and are at their best. It's times like these when our customers need us most. Even before a disaster ...
Fracking Poised to Resume in UK, 6 Years After Tremors Halted the Practice
Six years after Britain's first fracking operation was stymied by earth tremors, its shale gas industry is poised to try again with a technology that could transform the UK gas market and drastically ...
More Legal Crises for Wells Fargo: Lawsuits Over Mortgage and Auto Loans
Wells Fargo & Co is facing litigation over previously disclosed sales problems related to its auto lending and mortgage businesses, the bank disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday. The ...
New Judicial Appointments Could Help Curb Shareholder Suits, Reduce D&O Losses
Directors and officers insurance has faced major losses in recent years due, in part, to what some call a significant increase in shareholder securities class action lawsuits. But a slew of new ...
10M Americans Will Be Affected by Climate Change by 2075: CBO Warning
Ten million Americans will be "substantially affected" by climate change by 2075, causing government disaster spending to jump, the Congressional Budget Office projected Thursday. But, instead of ...
First Commercial Carrier Approved in California to Sell Cannabis Insurance
Since last year, Californians are allowed to grow and possess marijuana. Now, the most populous U.S. state has taken another step to bolster the cannabis business by deciding to give insurance cover ...