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Regulators, Industry Reach SOX CompromiseRegulators and insurance industry representatives appear close to a compromise on a formula that would impose Sarbanes-Oxley Act corporate governance ...

Industry Geared To Fight HoodIndustry representatives say insurers have no intention of settling a suit by the Mississippi attorney general and making payments to ...

House, Senate Committees Vote To Extend TRIAConsensus bill possible in early DecemberWashingtonBoth the House and Senate financial services panels last Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to ...

Regulators Map A CAT PlanAfter a two-day huddle, regulators unveiled a plan for a national catastrophe insurance program with a wide-ranging outline, but few ...

WashingtonThe U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent its version of legislation extending the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for two years. The bill, providing insurers ...

Boost Building Codes, Congress UrgedHigher standards in three states hit by Katrina could have saved 80 percent of lossesWashingtonThree of the states in the ...

Governors, Lenders Push TRIA ExtensionWashingtonOver half of the nation's governors and a major lenders' group have added their voices to the chorus of calls ...

Suits Might Leave Disaster Workers BareBroker calls on Congress to limit injury claims for catastrophe site cleanupsWashingtonContractors doing catastrophe cleanup work might be unable ...