Government
Flood Insurance, Terrorism Cover, FIO Will Be on the 2019 P/C Congressional Agenda
Reform and long-term renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program will be high on the property/casualty insurance industry's agenda when the new Congress begins its work in January 2019. Congress ...
UK Trade Secretary Urges Colleagues to Back Brexit Deal or Be Trapped in EU Forever
U.K. Trade Secretary Liam Fox, a veteran Brexit campaigner, told his colleagues to back Theresa May's divorce deal or risk trapping the country in the European Union. Speaking in a Bloomberg ...
Report: Ex-GE Employees Being Questioned About Legacy Insurance Business
General Electric Co's former employees are being questioned by federal investigators about details in a legacy insurance business that led to accounting issues at the conglomerate last year, the Wall ...
Experts Predict Another Short-Term Renewal for National Flood Insurance Program
With the clock ticking on the National Flood Insurance Program's authorization that is set to run out this Friday, Nov. 30, Congress is expected to renew the program short-term by taking one of ...
Climate Change Talks Scheduled to Begin With Backdrop of Intense Political Divisions
Divisions within Europe and tension between the United States and China pose major challenges to the next round of United Nations talks on climate change. The most important U.N. climate conference ...
SCOTUS Appears Open to Letting Apple App Store Antitrust Suit Proceed
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared open to letting a lawsuit proceed against Apple Inc that accused it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for iPhone software ...
EU Leaders Endorse May’s Brexit Deal, Urge UK Parliament to Also Approve
European Union leaders finally sealed a Brexit deal on Sunday, saying the package agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May was the best Britain will get in a warning to the British parliament not to ...
Brexit Turmoil Increases Likelihood of Widespread UK Business Interruption Risks
British companies selling everything from washing machines to flights, food and mortgages plan to spend tens of millions of pounds in case the political brinkmanship gripping the country leads to a ...