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• Senate Looks to Attach Long-Term NFIP Extension to FDA Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 21, 2012

  An effort is underway to attach a long-term National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization and reform legislation to bipartisan drug legislation in the Senate.

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  JPMorgan's "Sloppy" Move Brings Back Bad Memories

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2012

  Once upon a time, both banking and insurance were synonymous with security, stability and strength. For banks, that image has been tarnished by risky schemes like that perpetrated by JPM.

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  Cracking Open Key Risk Indicators

  By Denise Tessier  |  May 4, 2012

  Use KRIs to portend future trends, losses, and market opportunities for your company.

• Nationwide Completes Harleysville Acquisition

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2012

  Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. says it has completed its previously announced agreement to combine with Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. and Harleysville Group Inc.

• D&O Uh-Oh: Large Class-Action Settlements Down, But Smaller Cases Way Up

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 12, 2012

  The directors & officers liability market is an unpredictable, mispriced and likely under-reserved mess of cases waiting in many courts. And while rates are up in this sector, observers say that isn’t enough to tip the scales.

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  Carnival Posts $851M Insurance Recoverables from Costa Concordia

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 2, 2012

  Carnival Corp. lists $851 million in insurance recoverables among its assets for the 2012 first quarter, according to a filing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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  The Hartford Exiting Life Business to Concentrate on P&C

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 21, 2012

  The Hartford Insurance Group is exiting its life business in order to concentrate on its stronger property and casualty operations.

• Paulson Looks to Enlist Analysts in Bid to Split Hartford

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 12, 2012

  Hedge fund titan John Paulson tried on Friday to enlist securities analysts in his effort to force Hartford Insurance Group to separate its property and casualty businesses from the lesser-performing life businesses.

• N.Y. Fed Sells Remaining Maiden Lane II Securities

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 29, 2012

  The Federal Reserve Bank of New York late Tuesday finally closed out one chapter of the controversial bailout of American International Group by selling the last remaining securities held in the Maiden Lane II facility.

• Hedge Fund Manager Makes Case for Splitting Hartford P&C, Life Businesses

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 15, 2012

  Hedge fund manager John Paulson Tuesday increased the pressure on Hartford Insurance Group to break itself up into separate property and casualty and life businesses by taking the case directly to Hartford shareholders.