Stilt Houses in Greenwich, Conn., Foreshadow Impact of New Flood Maps August 19, 2013 In the coastal areas of Greenwich, Connecticut, the latest housing craze requires hydraulic jacks, pylons and stilts. One home towers...
Florida Blue Gets OK to Restructure Under Mutual Holding Company August 19, 2013 By Kelli Kennedy Florida insurance regulators ruled Friday to allow health insurance giant Florida Blue, one of the state’s largest employers and political...
Catalina in Agreement with Fairfax for American Safety Acquisition August 19, 2013 By Charles E. Boyle Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., a consolidator in the non-life run-off sector, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with...
States Weakening Commercial Host Liability Laws to Protect Retailers August 19, 2013 A new report says that in recent years many states have enacted legislation to protect retailers from commercial host liability...
Obama to Meet with Regulators on Dodd-Frank Law Status August 19, 2013 By Sarah N. Lynch President Barack Obama will sit down with the leading U.S. financial market regulators on Monday to discuss their progress in...
U.S. Presses Japan to Open Insurance, Auto Markets August 19, 2013 By Stanley White The United States urged Japan on Monday to open its auto and insurance markets more to foreign companies as the...
Central New Zealand Shaken by M6.5 Earthquake: AIR Analysis August 19, 2013 According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, homes and roads in central New Zealand were damaged by a M6.5 earthquake...
Philippine Death Toll Rises in Worst Sea Tragedy in Five Years August 19, 2013 By Cecilia Yap Philippine authorities said the death toll from the collision of a passenger ferry and a cargo ship in Cebu province...
Amlin First-Half Profit Drops 17% as Catastrophe Claims Mount August 19, 2013 By Gavin Finch Amlin Plc, the second-biggest Lloyd’s of London insurer by market value, posted a 17 percent drop in first-half profit as...
Commentary: Deep Oceans to Resolve Human Role in Global Warming August 19, 2013 By Gerard Wynn The world’s oceans have absorbed more than 90 percent of global warming since the mid-20th century, making accurate measurements of...