All North America articles – Page 13
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Online onlyAIG companies are strong and solvent: Dinallo
The New York insurance superintendant has reassured AIG customers on the validity of their policies
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Online onlyPoliceman arrested for insurance fraud
A New York policeman filed an insurance claim for a missing diamond ring while it was being worn by his fiancée
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Online onlyAIG's Californian affiliates remain strong: Regulator
The insurer’s claims-paying capacity remains solid in California, according to the Insurance Commissioner
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Online onlySEC bans short selling in financial stocks
The regulator takes measures to increase confidence in markets, follows similar moves by the FSA
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Online onlyAIG’s ratings remain unchanged
A.M. Best said it was too early to amend AIG’s ratings following the Feds bailout
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Online onlyMoody’s maintains AIG ratings
The rating agency said it is maintaining its current ratings following the $85bn rescue package
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AnalysisWhat AIG's downfall means for buyers
A hardening market and doubts about insuring non-traditional risks
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Online onlyIndustry group applauds efforts to stabilise AIG
A Washington-based trade group welcomed the government's takeover
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Online onlyNo place for weapons in the workplace
RIMS responds to the rising trend of liberalising state gun laws
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Online onlyLehman files for bankruptcy
The investment bank becomes the latest high profile victim of the global credit crunch
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Online onlyFed bails out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The Treasury said it would buy as much as $200bn in preferred stock in the mortgage companies
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FeaturesWho pays for hurricanes?
For decades residential and commercial property insurance policyholders in the United States have had a place to go if they are having difficulty obtaining coverage in the standard market. By Claire Wilkinson
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FeaturesInfrastructure deterioration
Many parts of the US infrastructure such as levees, dams, bridges and roads have deteriorated to a point that they may not withstand a catastrophe or the use to which they would be put during a disaster. By Paul Mlakar
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FeaturesThe Black Swan slain
Developing futures scenarios is a strategic risk management technique for considering what could happen in the future and its possible impact on a company’s objectives. The goal is to establish the basis for managing uncertain or unknown events.By Scott Randall
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Catastrophe RiskLooking for small birds in thick growth
Some events that take us by surprise may turn out not to be so unpredictable on reflection
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Catastrophe RiskFew US homes insured against flood
Mid West flooding expected to cost $20bn but no impact on insurers
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Catastrophe RiskTornadoes 2008
Insured losses for 2008 have already exceeded losses for the whole of 2007
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Jury awards Mattel Bratz payout
Mattel wins a copyright infringement claim against MGA Entertainment, damages figure disputed
