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WASHINGTON--Legislation reversing a Supreme Court decision that severely limited workers' ability to sue their employers on the basis of wage discrimination was passed by the House yesterday and sent

In an investor's note, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Meyer Shields said the political criticism that State Farm will suffer from its decision could benefit Allstate, which may attract "some disenfranchised

Neal Wolin, president and chief operating officer of the Hartford Financial Services Group's property-casualty operations--who previously worked with the administrations of Presidents George H.W.

The Oldwick, N.J.-based rating agency said it concurrently has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the debt ratings of "a" of the $1.5 billion in existing surplus notes of

The critical comment from Mike Gold, chief executive officer of Boca Raton, Fla.-based Peoples Trust Insurance Company, was coupled with an announcement that he and Florida officials will shortly

Despite conflicting scientific evidence on the severity of the threat posed by climate change, the insurance industry seems intent on throwing lots of money at the problem. How should insurance