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The American International Group's property and casualty business further distanced itself from the parent corporation with a name change to Chartis and the creation of a special purpose vehicle.

A weather forecaster is warning Southeast and Gulf Coast residents to be alert next month for quick-forming tropical storms that could materialize with little warning as summer temperatures rise.

Catastrophe bond issuances are down in the first half of 2009 compared to the same time period in 2008, but second-quarter activity represents a rally from an economy-driven slump, a new Guy Carpenter report said.

Around the world there are any number of naturally occurring substances that pose little or no risk to human health when left in their natural state.

Brown & Brown, Inc. announced that it will pay a quarterly cash dividend of 7.5-cents per share on outstanding common stock on Aug. 19 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 12.

Insurers are the last people who should be complaining about any reform plan that has the government mandate employers to provide health insurance and for individuals to buy it, says NU Editor Sam Friedman on his blog today at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.