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Analysis: Continued Contraction Seen for U.S. Municipal Bonds Market in 2014
The withering U.S. municipal bond market will shrink even more well into 2014, with interest rate and credit risks keeping both investors and borrowers away. Barring an unforeseen turnaround in the ...
Cantor Fitzgerald, American Airlines Agree to 9/11 Suit Settlement
Cantor Fitzgerald has agreed to settle a lawsuit against American Airlines Group Inc. and its insurers over business and property losses stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade ...AIG Selling Aircraft Leasing Firm for $5 Billion
American International Group Inc. agreed to sell the world's second-largest aircraft lessor to AerCap Holdings NV for $5 billion after a group of Chinese bidders missed deadlines to purchase the ...Donelon: Fewer Customers Have Louisiana Citizens Insurance
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says fewer homeowners and businesses have property insurance through the state-run insurer of last resort. Donelon announced Wednesday that Louisiana Citizens ...
Florida’s Citizens Says Clearinghouse Delay Allows More Insurers to Join
Florida's state-backed property insurer announced that the debut of a new web-based clearinghouse would be delayed for a few weeks in order to ensure it is working efficiently and to allow more ...
Treasury’s FIO Releases Long-Awaited Modernization Report
After nearly two years of delays, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today released its report on how to modernize and improve the system of insurance regulation in ...
U.S. Authorities Nearing $2B Settlement with JPMorgan on Madoff Violations
JPMorgan Chase & Co is working with criminal and regulatory authorities on settlements over the bank's relationship with convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, ones that would involve $2 billion ...
2013 Had Lowest Hurricane Count Since 1982: Willis Re
The 2013 Atlantic storm season was one of the quietest in decades, with the lowest number of hurricanes since 1982 and none of them considered major, according to insurance broker Willis Re. An ...