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Senate Leaders Look to Quickly Pass U.S. House Flood-Insurance Measure
Senate leaders are seeking agreement to quickly pass a House flood-insurance bill to avert steep premium increases for property owners in coastal states such as Florida, Louisiana and New Jersey, ...
Mortgage Insurers Form New Trade Group
Six U.S. mortgage insurers, including units of Radian Group Inc. and Genworth Financial Inc., formed a lobbying association to push for a broader role for the industry in a revamped housing-finance ...
For nearly four years, Drew Hill has worked alongside Vertafore through our partnership with Mutual Capital Analytics (MCA), helping insurance...
NetVU Names Miner Chairman of the Board
NetVU has named Debbie Miner as its newest chairman of the board. Miner began her career in 1972 as a receptionist and claims clerk for Bundy-McNear Insurance before moving to Henriott Group Inc., ...
Nationwide Helps Finance $50M SunEdison Calif. Solar Project
SunEdison Inc., the solar developer and polysilicon supplier formerly known as MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., will use $50 million to build 13.4 megawatts of photovoltaic projects for California ...
Commercial Rate Gains Slowing; 4Q Aggregate Jump 5%: Towers Watson
Commercial insurance prices have risen for 12 straight quarters, including the latest jump of 5 percent in aggregate during fourth-quarter 2013. But price gains are slowing down, according to Towers ...
Early Warning: El Nino Could Strike by Summer
The much-feared El Nino phenomenon, the warming of sea surface temperatures in the Pacific which can trigger drought in Southeast Asia and Australia and floods in South America, could strike as early ...
Fitch Sees Rise in Demand for Private Flood Insurance
As federal subsidies for flood insurance are reduced and the cost of government provided insurance goes up, the demand for private flood coverage could also rise, according to Fitch Ratings. However, ...
Company Mergers in U.S. Ignore 60-Day ‘Cooling Off’ Period: Reuters
Sometime soon, maybe in the next month or so, a federal judge is expected to decide whether the creation of the world's biggest passenger airline, as envisioned by two companies and the U.S. Justice ...