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Cantor Fitzgerald, American Airlines Agree to 9/11 Suit Settlement
Cantor Fitzgerald has agreed to settle a lawsuit against American Airlines Group Inc. and its insurers over business and property losses stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade ...AIG Selling Aircraft Leasing Firm for $5 Billion
American International Group Inc. agreed to sell the world's second-largest aircraft lessor to AerCap Holdings NV for $5 billion after a group of Chinese bidders missed deadlines to purchase the ...
Sompo Japan Weighs Acquisition of U.K.’s Canopius Group
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., a unit of Japan's third-largest casualty insurer group by market value, is considering buying U.K.'s Canopius Group Ltd. as it continues an overseas expansion. The ...
Insurance Australia Group Buying Wesfarmers’ Insurance Business
Insurance Australia Group Ltd., the nation's biggest car and home insurer, will buy Wesfarmers Ltd.'s insurance underwriting businesses in Australia and New Zealand for A$1.85 billion ($1.66 ...Donelon: Fewer Customers Have Louisiana Citizens Insurance
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says fewer homeowners and businesses have property insurance through the state-run insurer of last resort. Donelon announced Wednesday that Louisiana Citizens ...
RSA Insurance Ireland CEO Lee Resigns After Another Lower Profit Warning
RSA Insurance Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Simon Lee quit after warning for the third time in six weeks that profit will be lower as the insurer injected more capital into Ireland amid an ...
Florida’s Citizens Says Clearinghouse Delay Allows More Insurers to Join
Florida's state-backed property insurer announced that the debut of a new web-based clearinghouse would be delayed for a few weeks in order to ensure it is working efficiently and to allow more ...
Treasury’s FIO Releases Long-Awaited Modernization Report
After nearly two years of delays, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today released its report on how to modernize and improve the system of insurance regulation in ...