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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Obamacare Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a legal challenge to a key part of the Obamacare health law that, if successful, would limit the availability of federal health insurance subsidies for ...
Home Depot Also Admits Hacker Theft of 53 Million E-Mail Addresses
Home Depot Inc., which suffered a data breach between April and September, said 53 million e-mail addresses were taken by hackers during the attack, in addition to the 56 million payment cards that ...
New Online Tool Helps Predicts Risk For Deadly Coastal Hurricanes
When a hurricane comes ashore, there are so many dangers: tree-snapping winds, torrential downpours and even tornadoes spawned by the tempest itself. But it's the wall of water that tropical systems ...
Aspen’s U.S. Arm Realigns Casualty Business
Aspen U.S. Insurance, part of the insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced Thursday that it has realigned its casualty business to better serve broker partners and deliver ...
Wells Fargo Acknowledges U.S. Mortgage Insurance Settlement Talks
Wells Fargo & Co said on Wednesday it is in discussions with the U.S. government to resolve a lawsuit accusing the nation's largest mortgage lender of cheating taxpayers by submitting ineligible ...
Munich Re’s Net Income Soared But Still Missed Analysts’ Estimates
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, posted third-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates as low interest rates eroded returns from its fixed- income investments. Net income rose 16 percent ...
Here’s How Republicans Swept to Some Major Election Night Wins
Republicans seized on voter anger over President Barack Obama's handling of the economy to take control of the U.S. Senate, setting up a clash of priorities that will shape his final two years in ...
The P/C Industry Calculates Its Future After Republican U.S. Election Gains
A day after the 2014 midterm elections gave Republicans control of the U.S. Senate, wider control of the House and major gains in state races across the nation, lobbyists for the property/casualty ...