-
By Associated Press |
March 28, 2012
Bolstered by reinforcements, fire crews were focusing Wednesday on building containment lines around the 7-square-mile wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in the mountains southwest of Denver and may have claimed two lives.
-
By Associated Press |
March 20, 2012
A strong, long 7.6-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in Guerrero state on Tuesday, followed by an aftershock that shook central southern Mexico, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent frightened workers and residents into the streets.
-
By Associated Press |
February 17, 2012
Citigroup has agreed to pay $158.3 million to settle claims that its mortgage unit duped the U.S. government into insuring risky mortgage loans for over six years.
-
By Associated Press |
January 31, 2012
Officials with the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association are in London this week looking for reinsurance deals.
-
By Associated Press |
January 31, 2012
A judge Monday stopped attorneys trying to seize bank accounts of Louisiana's property insurer of last resort to collect more than $100 million they won for homeowners who claimed the company dragged its heels in adjusting hurricane claims in 2005.
-
By Associated Press |
December 23, 2011
Reinsurance company Everest Re Group Ltd. on Thursday said that claims related to the massive flooding this year in Thailand could cost it $100 million to $125 million after certain premiums and taxes.
-
By Associated Press |
November 11, 2011
German insurer Allianz SE saw third quarter profits sag $350 million from $1.73 billion the year before because of investment losses and Greek bond writedowns from Europe's debt crisis.
-
By Associated Press |
September 12, 2011
Berkshire Hathaway has hired a second hedge fund manager to help run the company's investment portfolio and prepare for what it described as the eventual retirement of 81-year-old billionaire Warren Buffett.
-
By Associated Press |
August 29, 2011
Though it never became the big-city nightmare forecasters and public officials had warned about, Hurricane Irene left a path of destruction.
-
By Associated Press |
August 24, 2011
Allstate Insurance Co. said Tuesday that it's now offering identity theft insurance in California.
