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Vickie and James Anderson were involved in an accident when James lost control of the bike and Vickie was thrown from it. A suit was filed against the tire and helmet manufacturers following her death.

Startups and venture capitalists taking on this challenge means the writings on the wall for the insurance industry: Innovate or get left behind.

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The biggest and most complex U.S. insurance firms are in line to face capital standards that are simpler and less costly than those imposed on Wall Street banks, Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo said Friday.

They must juggle many moving parts, including jurisdictional variations, the mix of in-house and in-country resources, and the silos of systems involved.

Salvage teams from Greece and Egypt have been joined by French investigators to find more debris as authorities seek to piece together what happened to the Airbus single-aisle jet.