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Midwest Flooding More Frequent: University Study
The U.S. Midwest and surrounding states have endured increasingly more frequent flood episodes over the past half-century, according to a study from the University of Iowa. The UI researchers based ...
Train-Delivered Canadian Crude Oil Shipments Will Need More Insurance
The Canadian government is overhauling its safety rules for crude oil shipments by train, creating a disaster fund and forcing railways to carry more insurance. Oil companies will pay into the fund, ...
FEMA Seeks to Resolve Sandy Flood Insurance Claim Lawsuits
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working on settling litigation with hundreds of Hurricane Sandy victims who challenged denials or alleged underpayments of flood insurance claims. Brad ...
GM Customers Struggle to Propel $10B Suit Over Falling Car Values
Drivers of Chevy Cobalts and Saturn Ions met with skepticism when they tried to restart a $10 billion lawsuit accusing General Motors Co. of exposing them to falling car prices. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge ...
West Virginia Oil Train Derailment Threatens Drinking Water
U.S. regulators joined the investigation into a fiery CSX Corp. oil-train derailment in West Virginia that forced residents to flee their homes in frigid weather and threatened drinking water. The ...
Smaller Companies Not Embracing Cyber Risk Insurance: Treasury Dept.’s Raskin
While the overall cyber risk insurance market is growing tremendously, larger corporate clients have driven much of the expansion. Smaller companies, on the other hand, have not followed suit, Deputy ...
AAA: Americans Drive Unsafely, Even Though They Know Better
Auto insurers take note: Many Americans are driving while speeding, sleepy and texting. They also run red lights, even though they know better, according to a new survey. In other words many drivers ...
BP Can’t Access $750M Transocean Cover For 2010 BP Spill
BP Plc isn't covered under Transocean Ltd.'s insurance policies for the doomed Macondo well project, the Texas Supreme Court said, blocking the oil company's access to $750 million to pay costs from ...