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No Disclosure of Lawmakers’ Own Crop Insurance Payments in Farm Bill
Crop insurers successfully lobbied to keep several proposals out of the farm bill set to pass the U.S. Congress today -- such as a requirement that would have forced farmer-lawmakers to disclose ...
3 Ways FIO’s Report Could Impact Core Insurance Functions and Management
In its report, How to Modernize and Improve the System of Insurance Regulation in the United States (Modernization Report), the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) concluded that a combination of reforms ...Starr Opens Branch Office in Canada; Names Pak as Country Executive
Starr Insurance & Reinsurance Limited said it has been approved to open a branch office in Canada by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in Canada (OSFI). Starr said it has ...
Richer Nations at Risk from Sell-Off in Emerging Markets
Any spill-over damage to the developed world from a sell-off in emerging markets is likely to come through violent swings in financial flows rather than via lost trade, with Japan seen as most ...
Cat Bond Deals Fell Just Short of Record in 2013: Willis Capital Markets Advisory
Tallying up total catastrophe bond issue for 2013, Willis Capital Markets Advisory put the figure at $7.1 billion, just shy of the $7.2 billion record of 2007. Last year saw a record number of 29 ...
Turmoil in Emerging Markets Prompting Strategy Changes from Global Cos.
International companies are taking steps to mitigate the effects of the turmoil in emerging markets, including hedging foreign currency exposure more aggressively, reducing some investment plans, ...
Bernanke’s 8-Year Term Highlights: Anger at AIG, Media Mishaps, Relations with Congress
Intellectually, Ben S. Bernanke was prepared to tackle the gravest economic crisis since the 1930s as chairman of the Federal Reserve. A Princeton University economics professor, he was an expert on ...
What Consumer Credit Data Reveals About Auto Insurance Shoppers
Customers with lower credit-based insurance scores shop most frequently while consumers with the highest insurance scores are less likely than the general population to shop for new auto insurance. ...