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Firefighters in three Nebraska counties battled expanding wildfires on Wednesday and an Arkansas town of 1,300 people was evacuated because of an approaching fire, as the central part of the United States suffered through another day of stifling heat.

The cyclical change in the marketplace no longer tops the list of concerns for W.R. Berkley Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William R. Berkley, who says that while economic activity may have slowed the pace of the market turn, the cycle is indeed changing and prices are rising.

The cyclical change in the marketplace no longer tops the list of concerns for W.R. Berkley Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William R. Berkley, who says that while economic activity may have slowed the pace of the market turn, the cycle is indeed changing and prices are rising.

The drought in the United States is expected to cause as much as $68 million in third-quarter crop-insurance losses for ACE, says the companys chief executive.

The drought in the United States is expected to cause as much as $68 million in third-quarter crop-insurance losses for ACE, says the companys chief executive.

Some of the world's largest insurers for corporate directors and officers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in claims over the next few years to cover legal costs for people caught up in the Libor scandal.