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Munich Re Takes Big Tianjin Explosion Hit; XL Catlin, Allied World Impacted Less
Munich Re, XL Group and Allied World are among the latest insurers and reinsurers disclosing catastrophe costs stemming from the Tianjin port explosion in China earlier this fall, and the hits range ...
Buffett’s Railway Company Helped Lead Successful Effort to Delay Train Safety Tech
When an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Philadelphia in May, killing eight people and injuring scores more, the railroad industry's campaign to delay a Dec. 31 deadline to install technology to ...
Takata Must Pay Up to a Record $200M Over Defective Air Bags
The Japanese maker of air bags linked to the deaths or injuries of dozens of motorists has agreed to pay a U.S. civil penalty of up to $200 million and have an independent monitor oversee the ...
OneBeacon’s Q3 Results Disappoint; CNA’s Investment Income Plunges
OneBeacon's third-quarter results disappointed; CNA's numbers were mixed to positive, though its investment income took a big hit. Here are the details: *** OneBeacon Insurance Group saw its ...
US and UK Will Jointly Test Global Financial Firms’ Cyber Security
The US and British governments will hold a joint exercise to test cyber security and information sharing arrangements involving global financial institutions, according to the UK National Computer ...
El Faro Owner Pursues U.S. Maritime Liability Limit on Death Claims
The owner of the U.S. cargo ship El Faro that sank in a powerful hurricane off the Bahamas nearly a month ago has filed for protection in Florida federal court from claims it is liable for the deaths ...
European, Gulf Carriers Reroute Flights Away from Sinai After Russian Jet Crash
Most national carriers in the United Arab Emirates will reroute flights to avoid Egypt's Sinai peninsula until more is known on what caused a Russian-operated jet to crash there on Saturday, killing ...
Liberty Mutual Loses WC Market Share, but Travelers Remains on Top: A.M. Best
Liberty Mutual Insurance's U.S. workers compensation net premiums written for 2014 dropped a whopping 27.5 percent compared to the previous year. The decline was enough to knock it from second to ...