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Forecasters Humbled, Insurers Relieved by Quiet Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is humbling forecasters by shaping up as the first in almost two decades without a major storm, confounding predictions that it would be more active than normal. ...
UN Report: Global Warming Has Slowed; Sea Levels to Rise More Quickly
Global warming has slowed since 1998 even though humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases are almost certainly to blame for damaging the atmosphere. That's according to a 36-page summary of a report ...
Auto Insurance Buyers Driven by Price: J.D. Power
Rate increases are driving more customers to obtain competitive price quotes, while satisfaction with the buying experience is trending downward among new-buyer customers due to lower price ...
SEC Chair White Vows Big Fines to Punish Wrongdoers
The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission warned that her agency will aggressively use its powers to fine wrongdoers and is seeking other creative ways to hold companies and individuals ...Industries Look to UN Report for Guidance on Climate Risks
Companies increasingly factor extreme weather into their strategic planning and a report from the United Nations due on Friday is expected to underscore the heightened risks they face. Extreme ...
AIG Sells $1 Billion of 10-Year Bonds as Corporate Yields Drop
American International Group Inc., the insurer that paid back a $182.3 billion bailout package last year, sold $1 billion of 10-year notes as corporate bond yields fell to a six-week low. The New ...
Donelon: Fewer Customers Have Citizens Insurance
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the state-run insurer of last resort has its lowest number of customers since Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana eight years ago. Donelon says the ...
Legislators Look into Questionable Insurance Deal
The head of Florida's largest property insurer defended on Tuesday a controversial deal to pay millions to a startup insurance company that made campaign donations to Gov. Rick Scott. But Barry ...