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Monsanto Acquiring Weather Data Modeler, Farm Insurer Climate Corp. for $930 Million
Monsanto Co., the world's largest seed company, agreed to buy The Climate Corp. for about $930 million to provide farmers with weather data and agronomic modeling to boost yields and manage risk. ...Guy Carpenter Targets E&S Carriers with Specialty Practice
Guy Carpenter & Co., a global risk and reinsurance intermediary specialist and member of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the launch of its new Excess & Surplus Lines Specialty Practice. ...
Government Shutdown Could Jeopardize Economic Recovery: CEOs
Chief executive officers at companies ranging from Honeywell International Inc. to JetBlue Airways Corp. said that a prolonged shutdown of the U.S. government has the potential to jeopardize the ...
Ex-AIG Chief Greenberg Fails to Persuade Judge to Leave Case
Former AIG Inc. Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg lost a second bid to have a judge remove himself from an eight-year-old lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general's office. Greenberg in July ...
How Government Shutdown Will Affect P/C Insurance Industry
The property/casualty insurance industry should not be seriously affected by the federal government shutdown. Since the industry is largely regulated by the states, not Washington, the impact on the ...
Federal Agencies Overseeing Financial Markets to Operate During Shutdown
U.S. oversight of financial markets and institutions will operate largely as usual in the event of a government shutdown because most regulators are funded with independent revenue. An exception ...New York’s Regulator Urges Obamacare-Like Standardization of Homeowners Policies
Homeowners' insurance needs to be more standardized because customers are confused about what their policies protect, New York's financial regulator said. Few fully understand all the complexities of ...
BP Lied About Size of U.S. Gulf Oil Spill, Lawyers Say
In the frantic days after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP lied about how much oil was leaking from its Macondo well and took too long to cap it, plaintiffs' lawyers said on Monday at the ...