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Lead Paint Verdict May Set Dangerous Precedent: McArdle Viewpoint
A California judge has just ruled that manufacturers of lead paints and pigments have to pay 10 cities in California $1.1 billion to remediate lead paint used in homes there. I wrote about this last ...
Emerging Nations Overtake West in Dumping Electronic Trash
China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33 percent surge in the amount of waste from 2012 ...
Top 10 Insured Catastrophe Loss Events for 2013: Swiss Re
More than half of the insured losses from the top 10 catastrophe events in 2013 occurred in Europe, according to Swiss Re. In the latest sigma report, Swiss Re reveals that floods in Europe in June ...
Paint Manufacturers to Pay $1.1B to California Municipalities in Nuisance Liability Case
Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries Inc. and ConAgra Grocery Products LLC have been ordered by a judge to pay $1.1 billion to replace or contain lead paint in millions of homes after losing a ...
Total Catastrophe Losses in 2013 at $130B, Insured Losses at $44B: Swiss Re
Swiss Re AG, the second-largest reinsurer worldwide, said natural and man-made catastrophes in 2013 caused $130 billion in economic losses tied to floods, hailstorms and other events. Insured losses ...
Zurich Insurance Policy Lowers Banks’ Operational Risk Capital Needs
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland's biggest insurer, plans to offer banks a way to lower the amount of capital they need to hold for operational risks such as employee misconduct as regulators ...
Hartford May Sell Remaining Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Business
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer which rebuffed an activist's calls to split into two companies last year, is considering a sale of a business that offered companies life insurance ...
GEICO Passes Allstate to Become 2d Largest U.S. Auto Insurer: SNL
Based on third quarter reports, GEICO Corp. has surpassed Allstate Corp. to become the nation's second-largest private auto insurer. According to data compiled by SNL, GEICO logged $4.89 billion in ...