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To Succeed, Detroit’s Deal with Syncora Needs Backing From Other Creditors
The fate of Detroit's watershed settlement with Syncora Guarantee Inc. may hinge on whether the bond insurer can win concessions from other creditors, including Bank of America Corp. and retired city ...
13 Years After 9/11, a Call to Renew TRIA
Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the insurance industry and business they cover are restating their call to Congress to renew a law establishing federal reinsurance coverage to help ...
Canopius Unveils U.S. Property Re Expansion Push
Canopius Group Ltd., a global specialty reinsurance company based in the U.K., will expand its U.S. operations nearly a year after getting snatched up by a Japanese casualty insurance giant. Canopius ...
U.S. Government Will Revisit Oil Train Risks
U.S. studies of oil train dangers may have underestimated the perils of volatile vapor on the tracks and officials will in future use precision instruments for more thorough tests, a Transportation ...
Home Depot Data Breach Liability Lawsuits Have Already Begun
Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc has been sued over data breach by a customer, saying the company failed to properly safeguard customer data from hackers, a lawsuit filed in a Chicago federal ...
Allstate Hopes Timber, Real Estate will Boost Struggling Annuity Unit
Allstate Corp. is betting on timber and real estate to boost returns at a struggling annuity unit. "We do need to figure out what we do with our annuity business," Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson, ...
Brokers and Hedge Fund Lose Bankruptcy Claim Against Lehman
Co-underwriters with Lehman Brothers Inc. don't have so-called contribution claims against the liquidated investment bank related to offerings in which it was the lead underwriter in the sale of its ...
Baseball Fans Increasingly Confront Foul Ball Injury Risk
From his perch in the Atlanta Braves infield on May 20, third baseman Chris Johnson heard what sounded to him like the crack of two bats in quick succession. The first was a line drive off the bat of ...