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In the event of a mass-casualty accident involving the derailment of a crude-carrying train in a densely populated urban area, who would be responsible for the compensation for deaths, injuries, damage to property and environmental clean up?

In the event of a mass-casualty accident involving the derailment of a crude-carrying train in a densely populated urban area, who would be responsible for the compensation for deaths, injuries, damage to property and environmental clean up?

American International Group Chairman Steve Miller says in an interview with Bloomberg Television that the company's reputation has improved since repaying the government and that AIG now has "tremendous momentum."

Insurers who do not outsource currently are not planning to turn to external partners this year.

Mortgage insurer MGIC Investment Corp posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss as fewer U.S. homeowners defaulted in a recovering housing market.

Insurers may be underestimating their exposure to a coming third wave of asbestos liabilities by relying on outdated assumptions and not accounting for factors such as longer life expectancy and advances in medical knowledge, a research firm says.

Insurers may be underestimating their exposure to a coming third wave of asbestos liabilities by relying on outdated assumptions and not accounting for factors such as longer life expectancy and advances in medical knowledge, a research firm says.

Lower catastrophe losses helped send The Travelers Companies, Inc.s 2013 fourth-quarter net income soaring 225% to $988 million, compared to 2012 fourth-quarter net income of $304 million.