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Allstate CEO Wilson Pledges Rebound for Auto Insurance Combined Ratio
Allstate Corp. Chairman and CEO Thomas Wilson assured investors this week that the insurer is working hard to improve its automobile combined ratio, which spiked six points to 101.4 in the 2015 ...
California Wildfires Could Produce Record Insured Losses: Munich Re America
Two major Northern California wildfires destroyed more than 1,000 structures as of early morning on Sept. 16, and Munich Re America said the ongoing crisis could eventually cause historic levels of ...
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Bill Cosby Wants AIG to Pony Up Defamation Defense Coverage
Bill Cosby, citing financial pressures, asked a federal judge to dismiss or put on hold a lawsuit in which American International Group Inc seeks to avoid paying for his defense against defamation ...
California Wildfires Damage 5 Calpine-Owned Power Plants
A California wildfire damaged five power plants at Calpine Corp.'s Geysers geothermal complex in Lake and Sonoma Counties. The so-called Valley Fire burned local power distribution lines, cooling ...
Chemical Giant DuPont Readies for 1st Trial Over Tainted Drinking Water
Chemical giant DuPont Monday will face the first trial in litigation from residents near one of its plants in West Virginia who have accused the company of sickening them by emitting a toxic chemical ...
Cyber Risks Poised to Become a $20 Billion Market: Allianz
Cyber risk remains a rapidly increasing problem with wide-ranging economic impact and cost. A new Allianz report illustrates how bad the situation has become, costing the global economy $445 billion ...
FHA Urges National Overhaul of Guardrail Standards After Review
U.S. highway guardrail systems made by Trinity Industries Inc. and Road Systems Inc. have "safety performance issues" in some real-world crash scenarios, the Federal Highway Administration said as it ...
Genome Sequencing is Boosting Food Safety Efforts in Crucial Ways
Investigations into foodborne illness are being radically transformed by whole genome sequencing, which federal officials say is enabling them to identify the source of an outbreak far more quickly ...