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China Rushes Relief After Sichuan Quake Kills 186
Luo Shiqiang sat near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa and told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed him to death in ...Texas Fertilizer Co. Didn’t Disclose Hazard Chemical Levels To DHS
The fertilizer plant that exploded last Wednesday, obliterating part of a small Texas town and killing at least 14 people, had last year been storing 1,350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that ...
Every insurance claim tells a story, but rarely in a single document. Instead, that narrative unfolds across adjuster notes, medical...
Analysis: Economic Rescue Plans In Doubt After Years Of Weak Growth
More than three years after the end of the global recession, sluggish activity across rich and poor economies is confounding policymakers who expected more by now and raising concerns that options ...
How Brains Of Effective Leaders Are Wired
Effective leaders' brains may be physically "wired" to lead, offering the promise of more precise identification and training, according to studies of U.S. Army officers published by the American ...A.M. Best Affirms Meadowbrook Ratings, But Outlook Negative
On Friday, A.M. Best Co. announced that the rating agency removed the "under review" status of "A-minus" financial strength ratings for Meadowbrook Insurance Group and its subsidiaries. The status of ...
Upcoming Cat Model Change, Capital Markets Pressuring Prop-Cat Rates, Execs Say
As first-quarter earnings reports started trickling in from property/casualty insurers and reinsurers carriers last week, two executives confirmed that property-catastrophe pricing is coming under ...
Florida Sues BP On 3-Year Anniversary Of Oil Spill
Florida's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against BP and Halliburton on the three-year anniversary of the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Pam Bondi filed the 40-page lawsuit Saturday in federal court in ...
Back-To-Back Drought Years Statistically Likely, Platinum CEO Says
When Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. reported a 6.2 percent drop in first-quarter net premiums last week, CEO Michael Price attributed a small part of the drop to an intentional cut in the ...