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Dodd-Frank Rules Should Be Mostly Complete By End of 2013, Say Regulators
Dodd-Frank Act measures designed to prevent a repeat of the global credit crisis will be largely complete by the end of this year, financial regulators plan to tell lawmakers at a hearing today on ...
XL Among Insurers of Railway Involved in Deadly Quebec Explosion
XL Group Plc said it's among the insurers of the railroad involved in Canada's worst train disaster in 27 years. XL "can confirm that we are an insurer of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway," ...
Texas Taxpayers Off Hook for Unfunded Losses of Windstorm Plan, Says AG Abbott
Texas' attorney general says the state is under no obligation to pay outstanding claims for the insurer of last resort for coastal properties should that organization not have sufficient funds to pay ...
Chubb Estimates Q2 Cat Losses at $240M
The Chubb Corp. estimates that catastrophe losses in the second quarter will be approximately $240 million before tax, or $156 million after tax ($0.60 per share after tax). The company said that ...
Report: AIG in Talks to Buy Israel’s Clal Insurance
Clal Insurance Enterprise Holdings Ltd. gained the most this month after a report that American International Group Inc. is in talks to buy the Israeli insurer. Bonds of parent IDB Development Corp. ...
European CEOs Worried About High Taxes, Regulatory Burden: Lloyd’s Survey
High taxation and new regulation are among the most pressing concerns for senior European company executives, according to a survey by Lloyd's of London. The Lloyd's Risk Index survey also found ...
Regulators Officially Designate AIG, GE Capital As Systemically Important
American International Group Inc. and General Electric Co.'s finance unit were designated systemically important by U.S. regulators, a ruling the companies had already agreed to accept. The vote by ...
Greenberg Wants Bernanke to Testify in Suit Challenging AIG Bailout
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke shouldn't be compelled to testify in Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's lawsuit over the government's bailout of American International Group Inc., the Justice ...