Chinese state-owned insurer PICC Group has secured pledges from American International Group (AIG) and other investors to buy about half of its up to $3.6 billion IPO, set to be the biggest in Hong Kong in two years.

Britain has refused to bankroll a fund to subsidize insurance for households in flood-prone areas, derailing talks over the scheme and potentially leaving 200,000 homes without protection.

Britain has refused to bankroll a fund to subsidize insurance for households in flood-prone areas, derailing talks over the scheme and potentially leaving 200,000 homes without protection.

MBIA Inc shares rose nearly 9 percent on Monday after the bond insurer said it had changed the terms of some of its debt to avoid what it called a possible default.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived a challenge t o P resident Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, allowing a Christian college to pursue litigation raising First Amendment objections to a law that the court mostly upheld in June.

U.S data aggregator Property Claims Service (PCS) is putting insured losses from superstorm Sandy at $11 billion, which currently leaves catastrophe bond investors safe from losses - but experts say the figure is likely to rise.

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