New York State governor Andrew Cuomo has named 10 banks, including Capital One Financial Corp and SunTrust Banks Inc, that he says are sitting on $41 million in insurance money owed to victims of Superstorm Sandy, which hit the northeastern United States last year.

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday a homeowner seeking to sue his insurer could not file suit in a state court considered friendly to plaintiffs.

The number of Atlantic storms with magnitude similar to killer Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, could rise sharply this century, environmental researchers reported on Monday.

The number of Atlantic storms with magnitude similar to killer Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, could rise sharply this century, environmental researchers reported on Monday.

Paulson & Co asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the firm of conspiring with Goldman Sachs Group Inc to get a bond insurer to guarantee payments on an investment allegedly designed to fail.

The Obama administration has imposed sanctions on Iranian companies it says provide insurance services to the country's main petroleum shipper, part of the latest U.S. effort to choke funding to Iran's disputed nuclear program.

U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pressed a new financial risk council to release more details about closed-door meetings, saying the public needs to know more about what regulators are doing to prevent the next financial crisis.

U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pressed a new financial risk council to release more details about closed-door meetings, saying the public needs to know more about what regulators are doing to prevent the next financial crisis.