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WASHINGTON--Legislation to bar insurers and other companies from deducting legal settlement costs from their taxes would increase "the current, anticompetitive legal cost burden facing U.S. manufacture

The New York-based professional services firm reported fourth quarter net income increased $191 million, from $35 to $226 million. That translated into a net income per share increase of 34 cents, goi

Jerry Hagins, a spokesman for the state insurance department, said the Allstate subsidiary in 2004 had filed for "a 1 percent rate decrease, but we didn't feel that was adequate." He said the departm

"The outlook was revised to stable due to the company's demonstrated ability to maintain margins in the last few quarters," explained Tracy Dolin, S&P's credit analyst. "In addition, AmWINS is committ

The study, titled "Creating Value: Effective Risk Management in Financial Services," found that the risk management function, despite considerable investment, is often disengaged from the rest of the

o Michael F. Keating, president of Michael J. Keating Agency Inc. in West Hartford, Conn., and Howard Olderman, president of The Olderman and Hallihan Agency Inc. in Ansonia, Conn., were named as vice