The Insurance Information Institute warned today that the severe earthquake in Haiti is a reminder that the United States is vulnerable to the same type of catastrophe and is woefully underinsured.

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Congressional negotiators on a health care measure have indicated that they hope to present a compromise bill sometime this week to the Congressional Budget Office for a final evaluation of its costs.

The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire the Vienna, Va.-based Campania Group, which specializes in insurance solutions for the health care industry.

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking minority member of the Senate Finance Committee, has asked officials to detail how an American International Group executive who resigned is entitled to a multimillion-dollar severance agreement.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has been scheduled to testify before a House committee concerning controversial dealings between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and American International Insurance.

An insurance industry official said the United Kingdom's government is failing exporters by refusing to underwrite bonds needed to win overseas orders by guaranteeing export contract performance.

The discovery of cadmium in jewelry is likely to lead to significant exposure for jewelry distributors and retailers, as well as their liability insurers.