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13 Years After 9/11, a Call to Renew TRIA
Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the insurance industry and business they cover are restating their call to Congress to renew a law establishing federal reinsurance coverage to help ...
Canopius Unveils U.S. Property Re Expansion Push
Canopius Group Ltd., a global specialty reinsurance company based in the U.K., will expand its U.S. operations nearly a year after getting snatched up by a Japanese casualty insurance giant. Canopius ...
U.S. Government Will Revisit Oil Train Risks
U.S. studies of oil train dangers may have underestimated the perils of volatile vapor on the tracks and officials will in future use precision instruments for more thorough tests, a Transportation ...
Home Depot Data Breach Liability Lawsuits Have Already Begun
Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc has been sued over data breach by a customer, saying the company failed to properly safeguard customer data from hackers, a lawsuit filed in a Chicago federal ...
Baseball Fans Increasingly Confront Foul Ball Injury Risk
From his perch in the Atlanta Braves infield on May 20, third baseman Chris Johnson heard what sounded to him like the crack of two bats in quick succession. The first was a line drive off the bat of ...
Home Depot Cyber Violation Could Be Biggest Retail Breach Yet
Home Depot Inc., the largest home- improvement chain, confirmed that hackers attacked its computer systems at stores in the U.S. and Canada in what could be one of the retail industry's biggest ...
Hedge Funds Shut Out Nonprofits in FHA Sale of Distressed Loans
The U.S. Federal Housing Administration started selling distressed loans in 2012 to help communities hit hard by foreclosures while also reducing losses to its taxpayer-backed insurance fund. Two ...
Americans Worry About Risks Caused by Drones: Chubb
Most Americans are worried that the increased use of drones in the U.S. could damage property, cause injury and create other new risks, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies determined in a new ...