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  • AIG/Insurance Companies & the Credit Crisis
  • Two Life Insurers May Have Sensed Subprime Problems Before They Hit (BestWire 2-4-08)
  • Investors Turn Gaze to AIG (NYT 9-12-08)
  • Goldman, JP Morgan Are Asked to Lead $75 Billion AIG Loan Effort (WSJ 9-15-08)
  • Rush is on to Prevent AIG From Failing (NYT 9-15-08)
  • Fed Takes Steps to Aid AIG (NYT 9-16-08)
  • AIG Says Its Insurance Units Continue Normal Operations (BestWire 9-16-08)
  • State Regulators Hold Talks, Say AIG Subsidiaries Are Sound (BestWire 9-16-08)
  • New York Lets AIG Reallocate Assets (Updated) (NULH 9-15-08)
  • US Plans Rescue of AIG to Halt Crisis; Central Banks Inject Cash as Credit Dries Up (WSJ 9-16-08)
  • AIG's Troubles and Why They Matter (NYT 9-17-08)
  • Is Your AIG Insurance Policy Safe? (NYT 9-17-08)
  • In Asia, the Bloom is Off the AIG Rose (NYT 9-18-08)
  • Bad Bets and Cash Crunch Pushed Ailing AIG to Brink (WSJ 9-18-08)
  • New AIG Chief Sees Smaller, Nimbler Firm: Report (NYT 9-19-08)
  • Dinallo to Lead NAIC Task Force on AIG Asset Sales (NUPC 9-17-08)
  • AIG Crisis Highlights Pros & Cons of Fed Oversight (NUPC 9-18-08)
  • Reputational Risk of Concern for AIG: Moody's (BI 9-19-08)
  • Risk Managers Mull Options as Top Insurer Struggles On (BI 9-22-08)
  • AIG Faces Dual Problem of Retaining Clients, Best Employees (BI 9-22-08)
  • AIG Exec Questions Competitors Motives (NUPC 9-25-08)
  • Behind Insurer's Crisis, a Blind Eye to Risk (NYT 9-28-08)
  • Risk Managers Looking to AIG's Competitors (BestWire 10-2-08)
  • NY Regulator Blames Deregulation for AIG's Problems (BestWire 10-7-08)
  • Fed Gives AIG $37.8 Billion Loan (NYT 10-9-08)
  • Documents Show AIG Knew of Problems with Valuations (WSJ 10-11-08)
  • Insurers Lose Out as Concerns About AIG, Finances Spread (WP 10-11-08)
  • Willis: Insurers Generally Avoid Credit Crisis (NUPC 10-22-08)
  • Treasury Mulls Insurer Aid Program: Sources (NYT 10-24-08)
  • Liddy: AIG May Need More Financing (NYT 10-24-08)
  • US Mulls Widening Bailout to Insurers (WSJ 10-25-08)
  • Plan Could Push Insurers Into Mergers (WSJ 10-28-08)
  • Bair Says FDIC's Powers Could Extend to Insurers (NYT 10-29-08)
  • Bond Insurers Seek Shelter Under TARP (WSJ 10-30-08)
  • Hartford Reports $2.6B Net Loss (NUPC 10-30-08)
  • Behind AIG's Fall, Risk Models Failed to Pass Real-World Test (NYT 10-31-08)
  • AIG, US in Talks to Restructure Loan: Source (NYT 11-7-08)
  • Liberty Mutual CEO Blasts AIG Marketplace Actions (NUPC 11-10-08)
  • US Provides More Aid to Big Insurer (NYT 11-11-08)
  • Life Insurers Facing Cuts in Ratings (NYT 11-13-08)
  • Financial Crisis Highlights Insurance Industry Shortcomings (NYT 11-12-08)
  • Damage Control at Insurance Companies (BW 11-13-08)
  • Hartford Aims to Become S&L, Gain Access to Treasury Program (WSJ 11-14-08)
  • Insurers' Cash Rules May Loosen (NYT 11-14-08)
  • AIG to Pay Millions to Top Workers (NYT 11-14-08)
  • Your Insurer and Financial Worries (NYT 11-15-08)
  • Canadian Lawsuit Claims AIG Misled Investors (BestWire 11-17-08)
  • New York Will Review Insurers' Crisis Readiness (NYT 11-18-08)
  • Panelists: Market Players Are Rethinking Risk (NULH 11-18-08)
  • US Acquires $40 B in AIG Stock and Warrants as Part of Bailout (BestWire 11-26-08)
  • Swiss Re's Strategy Backfires (WSJ 12-1-08)
  • AIG Cancels Billions in Swaps, Hopes to Renegotiate Fed Loan (WSJ 12-3-08)
  • Regulators Weigh ACLI Capital Ideas in Closed Session (NULH 12-5-08)
  • Managing, Against All Odds (Investor's Business Daily 12-5-08)
  • Proposals on Changes for Insurers Moves Ahead (WSJ 12-8-08)
  • NAIC Technical Groups Share Capital Load (NULH 12-9-08)
  • AIG Working to Settle $10B of Investment Losses (NYT 12-10-08)
  • Swiss Re: Insuers Will Weather Rough Economic Storm (BestWire 12-9-08)
  • Dinallo: Securities Lending Needs Attention (NULH 12-10-08)
  • AIG Slashing Prices, But May Burn Taxpayers (NYT 12-11-08)
  • Models Helped Fuel Subprime Crisis, Actuaries Told (NUPC 12-11-08)
  • AIG Shuts Down Securities Lending Program (NUPC 12-16-08)
  • S&P Sees Insurer Downgrades Ahead for 2009 (NUPC 12-16-08)
  • NAIC Working Groups Respond to ACLI Request (NULH 12-17-08)
  • AIG Sells Hartford Steam Boiler for $742 Million (NYT 12-22-08)
  • Swiss Re Taps Credit to Boost Liquidity (WSJ 12-22-08)
  • AIG's Liddy: 70% of Company Must Be Sold to Pay Fed Loan (NUPC 12-22-08)
  • AIG Seeks Change on Loan Terms: Report (NYT 12-31-08)
  • Groups Oppose Easing Insurer-Reserve Rules (NYT 12-30-09)
  • Capital Plan a Poke in the Eye for Consumers: Critic (NULH 12-30-09)
  • NAIC to Hold Public Hearing on Capital Rules for Life Insurers (BestWire 1-5-09)
  • AIG Faces Hurdles in a Sale of a Unit (WSJ 1-13-09)
  • Property/Casualty Chiefs See Lingering Effects From 2008 Financial Storm (BestWire 1-13-09)
  • Simplification Key to Insurers' Relative Success in 2008 (NUPC 1-14-09)
  • Insurers Brace for Commercial Mortgage Turmoil (NULH 1-16-09)
  • Flames, Claims and Automobiles (Economist 1-15-09)
  • Life Insurers Take a Hit (WP 1-24-09)
  • NAIC Working Group Considers ACLI Package (NULH 1-29-09)
  • US Life Insurers Denied Looser Capital Requirements (NYT 1-29-09)
  • NAIC Panel Blocks Capital Proposal (NULH 1-29-09)
  • AIG in Talks for US to Backstop Assets (WSJ 1-31-09)
  • Rejected Regulatory Relief Measures to Face Further Consideration (BestWire 1-30-09)
  • Congressmen Want Study of AIG Bailout's Impact on Insurance Markets (BestWire 2-2-09)
  • Mortgage Market Volatility Impact Seen Light on Insurers (BestWire 2-2-09)
  • Buffett to Invest in Swiss Re (WSJ 2-5-09)
  • An AIG's Unit's Quest to Juice Profit (NYT 2-5-09)
  • TARP Program Overseer Says US is Losing Big on AIG Investment (NUPC 2-6-09)
  • Hartford Asks Its Regulator to Ease Rules (WSJ 2-7-09)
  • Regulators Reconsidering Insurer Relief (WP 2-7-09)
  • Insurers' Stocks Take a Beating (WSJ 2-10-09)
  • Treasury: No CPP Money for Insurers (NULH 2-11-09)
  • Insurers Get Regulatory Approvals (WSJ 2-12-09)
  • Meltdown 101: AIG, Five Months Into Its Bailout (NYT 2-17-09)
  • Fitch Cuts Ratings on Principal, Genworth Life Insurance Units (WSJ 2-19-08)
  • AIG in Talks with US Government, Sees $60 Billion Loss (NYT 2-23-08)
  • Report: Insurer AIG Reportedly Could Be Split (NYT 2-26-08)
  • US Is Said Set to Offer AIG Up to $30 Billion More (NYT 2-28-08)
  • AIG Reports loss of $61.7 Billion as US Gives More Aid (NYT 3-3-09)
  • Government Measures to Help AIG at a Glance (NYT 3-2-09)
  • Bankruptcy Experts Discuss AIG's Legal Options (BestWire 2-27-09)
  • Dinallo: Insurance Department's Stress-Testing Takes New Tack (BestWire 2-27-09)
  • Fed Chief Says Insurance Giant Acted Irresponsibly (NYT 3-4-09)
  • Financial Projects Drag Down Life Insurers (NYT 3-4-09)
  • The Next Big Bailout Decision: Insurers (NYT 3-12-09)
  • Outcry Builds in Capital for Recovery of AIG Bonuses (NYT 3-18-09)
  • Worry Grows Over Insurers As Ratings Slip (WSJ 3-17-09)
  • GAO Says No Firm Evidence AIG Bailout Used to Undercut Competition (NYT 3-18-09)
  • Top Risk Officers Remain at Insurer's Helm (NYT 3-27-09)
  • The Next Domino? (Economist 3-12-09)
  • AIG Crisis Could Be the Tip of an Insurance Iceberg (LA Times 3-30-09)
  • Treasury May Aid Some Life Insurers, Shares Rise (NYT 4-8-09)
  • Lincoln National Taps Funds From Life Subsidiary to Pay Off Debt (NYT 4-8-09)
  • Questions Over Bailout for Insurers (NYT 4-9-09)
  • Panel Would Review Insurers - Updated (NYT 4-23-09)

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  • General Market Trends
  • Conning Says Mutual Firms Set for Soft Market (NUPC 2-28-08)
  • Guy Carpenter Releases Soft Market Strategies (NUPC 3-12-08)
  • Property-Casualty Insurers' Profits Fall (WSJ 4-10-08)
  • Insurers' Reserves Dropping (NUPC 4-23-08)
  • Insurance Markets May Stabilize (NUPC 5-30-08)
  • Report Looks at P-C War for Small-Commercial Business (NUPC 6-12-08)
  • MarketScout Points to Possible End of Soft Market (NUPC 7-7-08)
  • Customers Who Switch Insurers Increasing, Report Says (NUPC 7-10-08)
  • P-C Market Pricing Showing Signs of Stability (NUPC 7-22-08)
  • S&P Outlook for P-C Industry Turns Negative (NUPC 8-14-08)
  • Soft Marketing Hitting Loss Reserves: Fitch (BI 8-15-08)
  • Rate Declines Persisting for All Lines, Says MarketScout (NUPC 9-8-08)
  • Insurance Prices Still Dropping, Survey Finds (NUPC 10-23-08)
  • MarketScout: Soft Market Reaching End (NUPC 11-7-08)
  • Advisen Predicts Market Hardening in Late 2009 (NUPC 11-20-08)
  • Reinsurance Prices Likely to Rise (FT 12-28-08)
  • Rates Harden but Reinsurers Find Conditions Difficult, Warns Guy Carpenter (BestWire 1-6-09)
  • Soft Market Bottoming Out, RIMS Survey Confirms (NUPC 1-20-09)
  • CIAB Survey Sees Rates Bottoming Out (NUPC 1-23-09)
  • Upcoming Hard Market Unique, Advisen Says (NUPC 4-3-09)
  • Marsh: Expect Double Digit Increases on '09 Cat Risks (NUPC 4-16-09)

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  • Airline Safety/Liability/Performance
  • After Deadly Crash in Russia, a Spate of Incidents (NYT 7-10-06)
  • After Engine Blew, Deciding to Fly On 'As Far as We Can' (WSJ 9-23-06)
  • FAA Finds More Errors on Runways (NYT 11-3-06)
  • Flying the Crowded Skies: Challenges for Aviation (NYT 1-15-07)
  • Why Airlines Keep Losing Your Baggage (WSJ 1-16-07)
  • Behind Crashes Abroad, Ill-Regulated Airlines (WSJ 3-17-07)
  • World's Airlines Face Losses Of at Least $6.1 Billion in '08 (WSJ 8-21-08)
  • Alitalia Declares Insolvency in Prelude to Restructuring (WSJ 8-28-08)
  • Fuel Hedges Backfire on Airlines (WSJ 10-17-08)

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  • Alternative Risk Transfer/Captives/Risk Retention Groups
  • ART Market Growth (BI 1-5-04)
  • Soaring RRG Formations Continue Into 2004 (NUPC 1-26-04)
  • Self-Insurance Option Captivates Thrifty Firms (Crain's New York Business 2-16-04)
  • Weather Risk Called Big Area of Potential Growth (BestWire 1-27-06)
  • Bad Weather? Insurers Tout Profit Protection (NYT 12-21-06)
  • Businesses Seek to Keep Insurance In-House (WSJ 3-23-07)
  • Insurance Via 'Captives': Not as Sinister As It Sounds (WSJ 3-27-07)
  • Vermont Becomes Offshore Insurance Haven (BestWire 4-4-07)
  • Bill in the Works to Expand Risk Retention Products (NUPC 4-10-07)
  • High Cost of P/C Coverage Prompts Boroughs to Form Mutual (BI 4-16-07)
  • Brown & Brown Chief Sees 5-Year Soft Market (NUPC 5-18-06)
  • When It Gets Too Dry, He's Well Covered (AJC 1-14-08)

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  • Auto Insurance
  • Consumer Advice
  • How to Save on Auto Insurance (Consumer Reports September 1999)
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
  • Auto Insurance for Teens (Money 11-6-00)
  • Teens, Parents Can Put Brakes On Costly Automobile Insurance (4-21-02)
  • Auto Insurers Have All the Risk Factors Covered (LA Times 5-8-02)
  • Switch Car Insurers to Cut Policy's Cost (WSJ 5-26-02)
  • Car Insurance: Unfair to Young Male Drivers (WP 9-3-02)
  • How to Avoid Headaches From a Fender Bender (WSJ 12-29-02)
  • How to Fix Your Life in 2003: Cut Costs - and Even Cords (WSJ 12-31-02)
  • Saved by a Tow, but Now What? (NYT 3-14-03)
  • Take a Hint from Goldilocks When Buying Kid's First Car (WSJ 9-29-03)
  • Car Accident? File a Successful Claim (Medical Economics 9-17-04)
  • Why Do So Many Consumers Choose Frills? (NYT 7-11-05)
  • Auto Insurance: Choosing an Insurer That Pays (Consumer Reports 3-06)
  • Insuring a Teen Driver for Less (WSJ 8-12-06)
  • Beware Costs of Road Aid (WSJ 8-27-06)
  • When to Drop Collision, Theft Coverage (WSJ 9-3-06)
  • Market and Technological Developments
  • Law and Regulation
  • Safety/Traffic Enforcement
  • Rental Cars and Insurance
  • Other
  • Boats/Inland Marine
  • Freshwater Fishing Boat Program Available on the Web (NUPC 3-3-03)

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  • Brokering
  • Zurich: Bid-Rig Pacts Cost $325M (NUPC 3-27-06)
  • Spitzer Sues Liberty on Bid-Rigging (NUPC 5-4-06)
  • Risk Managers, Brokers Square Off As Compensation Rift Spurs Tension (BR 6-05)
  • Agent Groups Rage Over Contingent Fee Issue (NUPC 8-3-06)
  • Willis Says Deal Lets It Take Pay From Insurers (WSJ 9-2-06)
  • Chubb to Stop Paying Contingent Commissions (WSJ 12-21-06)
  • Underdog in Insurance Ramps Up (NYT 12-27-06)
  • Brokers Still in Recovery From Commission Loss (NUPC 1-16-07)
  • World Class Contender: Lockton (BR 3-07)
  • Willis May Bar Some Supplemental Commissions (NUPC 3-21-07)
  • Broker Commissions Still Hot Topic at RIMS (BestWire 5-1-07)
  • Plumeri (Willis) Rejects Bonus Fees (NUPC 5-2-07)
  • RIMS Calls for Ban on Contingency Fees, Transparency in Broker Compensation (BestWire 1-19-09)

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  • Catastrophe Risk

  • Hurricane Katrina Articles
  • Disaster Reponse/Aid/Preparation
  • House Passes Bill on Loans for Disasters (NYT 4-19-07)
  • In the Northeaster's Wake Come Appeals for US Disaster Aid (NYT 4-24-07)
  • Many Unprepared for a Disaster (USA Today 5-11-07)
  • GAO Finds Disaster Assistance Flows to the Uninsured, Underinsured (BestWire 12-28-07)
  • FEMA Vows Less Aid to Pay Deductibles (Times-Picayune 8-6-08)
  • Public RMs Fault Reimbursement Scheme (NYT 8-20-08)
  • Earthquakes
  • Floods/Mudslides
  • Climate/Global Warming/Environment
  • Weather Patterns
  • Northeast Prepares for Heat Wave (WSJ 8-1-06)
  • Heat Blankets US, Causing Discomfort, and in Some Cases Death (NYT 8-3-06)
  • Heat Wave Exacts a Brutal Parting Toll as It Disrupts Power (NYT 8-4-06)
  • The Ununited States, When It Comes to the Weather (NYT 1-7-07)
  • Can Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina? (NYT 5-29-07)
  • Mitigation
  • Plan to Harden Homes Lags (St. Petersburg Times 1-17-07)
  • Building Stronger and Smarter (Times-Picayune 3-1-07)
  • NCOIL Okays Bldg. Code Model (NUPC 3-5-07)
  • Fortifying Makes Castles of Homes (Investor's Business Daily 4-9-07)
  • Concrete Plans (Times-Picayune 4-21-07)
  • Carports, Patio Walls Cause Mega Storm Losses (NUPC 5-14-07)
  • Few Homes Secured from Natural Disaster (NUPC 6-6-07)
  • Chairman of Preservation Group Promotes Responsible Building (Miami Herald 6-24-07)
  • It Will Take More Than a Wolf to Blow One House Down (NYT 7-3-07)
  • Tough Building Code Bill in Congress (NUPC 12-13-07)
  • Renovations Mean Insurance Discounts for LA Homeowners (BestWire 1-23-08)
  • Building Code Bill Clears US House Panel (BestWire 6-24-08)
  • Built to Weather the Storm (Austin American Statesman 2-8-09)
  • Other Countries
  • Teams Search for Survivors in Algeria After Earthquake (NYT 5-22-03)
  • Japan Digs Out Amid Big Quake's Aftershocks (NYT 10-25-04)
  • Earthquake, Typhoons Not Wreaking Havoc on Japan Property Rates (BI 11-1-04)
  • Rising Death Toll in China Storm Raises Questions of a Cover-Up (NYT 7-23-06)
  • Typhoon Toll Much Higher Than China's Leaders Let On (NYT 9-14-06)
  • Insurer Warns of Risk from China Bad Weather (FT 10-13-06)
  • European Windstorm Damage Could Hit $10 Billion (BestWire 1-22-07)
  • Mediterranean Hurricane Prediction Stirs New Concerns (BestWire 8-7-07)
  • RMS Says Big Windstorm Costs Rising for UK (NUPC 10-11-07)
  • Wildfires
  • Proposed CA Levy Get Grudging Nod from Insurers (BestWire 1-10-08)
  • Risky Business (LA Times 2-24-08)
  • California Frets Fire's Early Start (WSJ 6-3-08)
  • Wildfires Heat Up Debate on Inadequate Insurance Coverage (LA Times 6-6-08)
  • Anxiety Grows in West Over Firefighting Efforts (NYT 6-19-08)
  • Fires Blaze Across Northern California (NYT 6-22-08)
  • Escalating Insurance Claims Seen (San Diego Tribune 7-22-08)
  • As Wildfires Get Wilder, the Costs of Fighting Them are Untamed (LA Times 7-27-08)
  • Where Wildfires Burn, Insurers Get Cold Feet (WSJ 8-14-08)
  • Calif. Fire Loss at $104M; Could Climb to $550M (NYT 11-19-08)
  • As California Fires Smolder, Insurers Contemplate Change (BestWire 11-20-08)
  • Death Toll Climbs in Australia Fires (NYT 2-10-09)
  • Extreme Weather Events Complicates Insurance Coverage in Australia (BestWire 3-24-09)
  • Tornadoes/Other Storms
  • Insurance Tab for Northwest Storms Could Top Half Billion (BestWire 12-19-06)
  • Some Northwest Residents See Trees Differently After Storm (NYT 1-8-07)
  • Insurers' Cliams Climb to the Thousands from US Winter Storm (BestWire 1-18-07)
  • Twisters Hit Central Florida, Killing at Least 19 (NYT 2-3-07)
  • Bush Designates Four Counties As Disaster Areas in Central Florida (WSJ 2-4-07)
  • Insurers Forsee No Problems After Tornadoes (NYT 2-6-07)
  • East Coast Storm Breaks Rainfall Records (NYT 4-16-07)
  • Storm Leaves a Toll of Flooding and Hardship (NYT 4-17-07)
  • A.M. Best Tornado Study (BestWire 4-18-07)
  • After 9 Die in Kansas, a New Wave of Tornadoes (NYT 5-6-07)
  • An Empty Place Where a Kansas Town Once Stood (NYT 5-7-07)
  • 2006 A Record for Tornado Losses (NUPC 5-9-07)
  • Kansas Tornado Loss Put at $80M (NUPC 5-25-07)
  • A Sudden Storm Brings NYC to Its Knees (NYT 8-9-07)
  • Tenn. Tornado Victims Waiting for Aid (NYT 3-8-08)
  • Storm Damages Dowtown Atlanta (NYT 3-15-08)
  • Insured Losses from Georgia, South Carolina Tornadoes in the Hundreds of Millions (BestWire 3-17-08)
  • Big Storms Continue to Strike Midwest (NYT 3-22-08)
  • Tracking the Cause of Twisters (WSJ 5-19-08)
  • Other
  • National Catastrophe Plan/State Cat Plans
  • Government Role in Cat Coverage Necessary, Insurers Say (BestWire 1-9-08)
  • Giuliani Says He Favors National Catastrophe Fund (Palm Beach Post 1-11-08)
  • Giuliani Talks About Insurance in Florida (NYT 1-13-08)
  • CAT Fund Backers Begin Voter Campaign (NUPC 1-23-08)
  • Giuliani's Florida Win Appears in Danger (NYT 1-24-08)
  • Catastrophic-Fund Plan Moves to Fore in Florida (WSJ 1-26-08)
  • AIA Puts Coastal Insurance Needs High on Legislative Agenda (NYT 1-28-08)
  • Tower Group Urges New US, Insurer Focus on Cats (NUPC 2-5-08)
  • Help States With Catastrophes, House Panel Told (NUPC 2-11-08)
  • NCOIL Delays Cat Resolution, Hears Pitch for Federal Fund (BestWire 2-29-08)
  • Sen. Clinton Pushing Wind Cover in Flood Program (NUPC 3-10-08)
  • Reinsurers, Consumers Fight Flood Program Windstorm Bill (NUPC 3-27-08)
  • FL's McCarty Retains Focus on Cat Issues (BestWire 3-31-08)
  • NAIC Catastrophe Plan Held Up (NUPC 3-31-08)
  • Missouri Lawmakers Consider Cat Fund (BestWire 4-9-08)
  • GAO Outlines Problem Adding Wind Cover to NFIP (NUPC 5-6-08)
  • One-Stop Storm Policies Proposed (Times-Picayune 5-11-08)
  • Obama Backs National Cat Fund (NUPC 5-23-08)
  • Taxpayers May Face Hurricane Tab (WSJ 5-31-08)
  • Obama, Dems Hit McCain on National Cat Fund (NUPC 6-6-08)
  • Travelers Supports Fed Cat Reinsurance Paid for by Insurers (NUPC 6-9-08)
  • NJ Senate Leader Proposes Catastrophe Fund (BestWire 6-26-08)
  • Catastrophe Ahead (Chicago Tribune 6-29-08)
  • Why Disaster Insurance is the Responsible Policy (Palm Beach Post 6-29-08)
  • FL Senator Blames RAA for Failure of State Cat Fund Resolution (BestWire 7-10-08)
  • Producer Group and Carriers Promote Cat Plan (BestWire 7-15-08)
  • Multistate Coastal Insurance Plan Earning Agent, Insurer Support (BestWire 7-16-08)
  • The Hartford Launches National Cat Plan Effort (NUPC 7-30-08)
  • Let's Work Together to Resolve Insurance Crisis (Miami Herald 9-26-08)
  • Hartford's Coastal Insurance Plan Gains Industry Support (BestWire 8-7-08)
  • McCain Opposes National Cat Fund (NUPC 8-19-08)
  • Group Says US Cat Fund Would Cost Taxpayers Big Bucks (NUPC 8-21-08)
  • Cat Backstop Bill Report Called Fatally Flawed (NUPC 8-25-08)
  • Debate Gaining Strength Over Government's Insurance Role (WSJ 9-2-08)
  • DNC Moves Platform with Plan Endorsing National Cat Fund (BestWire 8-29-08)
  • GOP Platform Adds a Cat Policy Plank (NUPC 9-4-08)
  • Obama Can Quickly Deliver on Some Florida Promises (Sun-Sentinel 11-6-08)
  • Travelers Plan Ready for Florida Crisis, CEO Fishman Says (NUPC 11-24-08)
  • Travelers Pitches Insurance for Coastal Areas (Biloxi Sun-Herald 2-5-09)
  • Multi-Peril Bill Reintroduced; Industry Opposed (NUPC 3-4-09)
  • State-Pooled Cat Risk Plan Gets New Look (BestWire 3-20-09)
  • FL Finds State Allies in Renewed Push for Federal Hurricane Insurance Help (NYT 4-21-09)
  • Group Unveils Plan to Save Billions From Hurricanes (NUPC 4-23-09)
  • Charity
  • Buffet Always Planned to Give Away His Billions (NYT 6-26-06)
  • The Great Giveaway (WSJ 7-8-06)

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  • Claims/Claim Disputes/Contracts
  • Insurers Dig in on Claims, Go to Trial (NLJ 2-2-04)
  • Claim-Suppression Plan Gets Travelers in Trouble (NLJ 2-9-04)
  • Insurance Company Files Suit to Fight Claim (KC Star 5-15-04)
  • Marlins Strike Out on Claim Against Lloyd's to Cover Injury (BI 7-12-04)
  • Britney Spears Sues 8 Insurers Over Knee Injury Coverage (DJ 2-8-05)
  • When Appealing an Insurer's Decision Be Ready to Do Some Paperwork (WSJ 4-29-05)
  • AIG Unit Hit With Bad-Faith Charges (BI 8-8-05)
  • AIG's Other Reputation (WP 8-21-05)
  • Insurers, Banks Clash Over Claims for Enron, WorldCom Settlements (WSJ 12-23-05)
  • Insurers in (Claims) Denial (Money 3-1-06)
  • Stinky Thinking (Claims Ethics) (NYT 4-2-06)
  • In Tough Hands at Allstate (BW 5-1-06)
  • The Check is Not in the Mail (NYT 5-25-06)
  • Fired Whistleblower Alleges Allstate Gypped Policyholders (NUPC 6-7-06)
  • De Niro Battles Firm Over Cancer Diagnosis (NYT 5-22-06)
  • Report: P-C Insurers Fail to Adopt to Best Claim Methods (NUPC 6-22-07)
  • Modeling to Cut Insurer Costs, Set Reserves is Outlined (NUPC 6-24-07)
  • Allianz Expert: Claims Handling Vital to Insurer Performance (BestWire 7-12-07)
  • Claims Software Mistreats Customers, Says CFA (NUPC 11-30-07)
  • Why Runoff Disputes Often Linger (BI 12-24-07)
  • NY Says Insurer's Bad Faith Can Lead to Added Claims (NUPC 2-20-08)
  • Willis Rolls Out Insurer Rating Tool to Measure Quality, Claims Response (BI 4-21-08)
  • How a Get-Tough Policy Lifted Allstate's Profits (Sarasota Herald-Tribune 5-6-08)
  • Drivers, Insurers Colliding in Rate Suits (NLJ 4-21-08)
  • New NY Regulation Calls for Policy Contract Certainty (NUPC 10-16-08)

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  • Commercial Insurance
  • Insurance Dispute in Fatal Capsizing May Leave Survivors With Nothing but Debts (NYT 2-23-06)
  • Tillinghast Survey Seeks Accuracy in Commercial Lines Pricing, Loss Data (BestWire 4-5-06)
  • Brokers Call for Contract Certainty (NUPC 4-6-06)
  • Analyst: Commercial Property Insurance Rates Up (NUPC 4-13-06)
  • Underinsurance Risky for Small Businesses (WP 5-10-06)
  • Big Scares Are Big Business (NYT 6-5-06)
  • Railroad Liability Market on Verge of 'Collapse,' Broker Tells Congress (BestWire 6-19-06)
  • Willis Group to Rank Insurers (WSJ 6-22-06)
  • Pool May Be Revived to Cover Losses (Miami Herald 6-24-06)
  • Property/Casualty Cost Depends on Zone (BI 7-3-06)
  • CIAB: Cat Insurance Rates Up as Other Lines Soften (NUPC 7-21-06)
  • A Scramble to Recover Big Dig Costs (Berkshire Eagle 7-22-06)
  • Marsh: Property Viewed As a 'Bifurcated' Market (NUPC 7-27-06)
  • Ace Bets on Specialty Expertise in Shifting Commercial Market (BestWire 8-9-06)
  • Security Property Coverage Becomes a Challenge (BI 8-21-06)
  • Commercial Carriers Focused on Non-Cat Risks (BestWire 8-28-06)
  • Baptist Has $75 Million Insurance Deductible (Miami Herald 10-15-06)
  • Liability Insurance for Small Business (WSJ 10-24-06)
  • Outlook Stable for Commercial Lines, S&P Finds (NUPC 12-6-06)
  • Supply Chain Insurance Can Fill Gaps in BI Coverage (BI 11-5-07)
  • Securing Insurance in Risky Industries (BW 4-7-08)
  • Is Liability Insurance a Must to Go Global? (BW 6-18-08)
  • Energy Insurance Rates Slip as Global Capacity Increases (BI 6-30-08)
  • Program Business Gets Smiles From Carriers (Rough Notes 2-08)
  • More Turn to Professional Groups for Insurance (WSJ 8-12-08)

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  • Consumer Advice/Opinions
  • A Better Insurance Claim (WSJ 9-11-02)
  • Savvy Insurance Shoppers Can Avoid High Premiums (WSJ 11-3-02)
  • Greater Savings, More Risk for People Who Self-Insure (DJ 3-12-03)
  • Self-Insurance Can Prove Costly If Used as a Ploy for Saving Money (DJ 3-18-03)
  • Supermarkets Top Survey for Customer Satisfaction (WSJ 5-28-03)
  • Loose Lips, Higher Premiums? (Washington Post 10-5-03)
  • One-Stop Shopping (Forbes 12-8-03)
  • U. of Mich. Poll Finds P-C Insurers Satisfy Customers (NUPC 2-18-04)
  • 10 Insurance Policies You Don't Need (Consumer Reports 7-04)
  • Don't Let Your Fears Sell You Insurance (WSJ 7-29-04)
  • Making Your Insurer Pay (Motley Fool 8-13-04)
  • The Warranty Windfall (BW 12-20-04)
  • Consumer Service Indicator Tumbles (AJC 2-16-05)
  • When You Might Need 'Extra' Insurance (WSJ 4-24-05)
  • Updating the 'Rules of Thumb' on Life, Auto, Home Insurance (WSJ 12-14-05)
  • PIA Regional to Begin Annual Rating of Carriers (NU 1-23-06)
  • NAIC Launching Insure U for Consumers (NUPC 2-27-06)
  • Give Insurer a Hard Look (WSJ 4-16-06)
  • Selective Tops in NY Agent Satisfaction Survey (NUPC 7-11-06)
  • Shop Smart for Insurance (WP 10-1-05)
  • Are You Overinsured? (WSJ 2-17-07)
  • Insurance Plans You Can Avoid (BW 1-13-06)

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  • Consumer Advocates
  • Stock Losses Boost Premiums, Study Says (LA Times 10-15-02)
  • Insurers Flip the 'Crisis' Switch (LA Times 12-24-02)
  • Reply: Rosenfield's Goals: No Victory for the Insured (LA Times 12-30-02)
  • Consumer Groups Criticize Insurance Regulations Chief (NYT 3-4-04)
  • Consumers Reps Grade NAIC (NULH 12-12-06)
  • Consumer Groups Say 'Overcapitalized' Industry Doesn't Need Backstops (BestWire 1-8-07)
  • Heavyweights Duke It Out in NU's 'Battle of the Bobs' (NU 11-15-07)

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  • Credit and Mortgage Insurance/Lending
  • Commerce Commissioner: Zales, Circuit City Cited for Insurance Violations (Minn. Star-Tribune 11-15-01)
  • NAIC Takes Issue With Report on Credit Insurance (NCPC 11-30-01)
  • Court Limits Minnesota Credit Insurance Attack (NUPC 7-11-02)
  • Mortgage Life Insurance Surges (NYT 10-20-02)
  • Varied Ways to Protect Mortgages (NYT 2-23-03)
  • Credit Insurance Is Often a Waste of Money (Kansas City Star 10-5-03)
  • Lenders Peddle Protection, at A Hefty Profit (WP 3-13-04)
  • Harsh Lending Laws Fail Consumers (AJC 1-29-05)
  • Swift Foreclosures Dash American Dream (AJC 1-29-05)
  • Borrower Beware: Day II (AJC 1-30-05)
  • Borrower Beware: Part III (AJC 1-31-05)
  • Borrower Beware: Part IV (AJC 2-1-05)
  • Be Leery of Costly 'Credit Protection' (WSJ 11-13-05)
  • Credit Life Insurance Issued and In Force Decreased in 2005 (BestWire 10-16-06)

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  • Credit Scoring
  • Florida Judge Shoots Down Insurance Scoring Rule (BestWire 1-3-07)
  • Credit Scores: What's Fair Use? (NLJ 1-15-07)
  • High Court to Hear Consumer Credit Case (NYT 1-16-07)
  • Credit Score Challengers Grilled by High Court (NUPC 1-16-07)
  • Federal Judge Grants Final Approval to TX Ins Scoring Lawsuit Settlement (BestWire 2-16-07)
  • Delaware Senate Panel Okays Credit Score Ban (NUPC 3-22-07)
  • Delaware Restricts Credit Scoring (NUPC 5-10-07)
  • New Scoring Formula Means Building a Credit Will Get Harder (USA Today 7-10-07)
  • FTC: Insurance Scoring Leads to Different Rates for Minorities (BestWire 7-25-05)
  • FTC Commissioner Disowns Agency's Study (BestWire 7-25-07)
  • Long-Awaited Credit-Based Insurance Scoring Report Settles Little (BestWire 7-30-07)
  • Fed Reserve Board: No Credit Score Race Bias (NUPC 8-16-07)
  • House Panel Doubts Credit Score Accuracy (NUPC 10-3-07)
  • FTC Commissioner Defends Report on Credit-Based Insurance Scores (BestWire 10-3-07)
  • Insurer Faces Class-Action Suit Over Its Credit-Scoring System (Chicago Tribune 11-24-07)
  • Federal Bill Would Restrict Insurers' Use of Credit (BestWire 3-14-08)
  • As Economy Sags, Pressure Heats Up for Credit-Based Insurance-Scoring Ban (BestWire 4-14-08)
  • Credit Score Ban Would Be Disruptive, Congress Told (NUPC 5-21-08)
  • FTC Orders Nine Homeowners Insurers Cough Up Insurance-Scoring Data (BestWire 12-23-08)
  • Hard Times Renew Focus on Using Credit Scores to Set Premiums (Hartford Courant 1-25-09)

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  • Crop Insurance/Agriculture
  • In the Farm Bill, a Creature From the Black Lagoon (NYT 1-13-08)
  • Farm Lobby Beats Back Assault on Subsidies (NYT 3-27-08)
  • Congress Approves $5.6 Billion in Crop Insurance (BestWire 5-15-08)
  • World's Poor Pays Price as Crop Research Is Cut (NYT 5-18-08)
  • A Brighter Side of High Prices (NYT 5-18-08)
  • Agriculture's Last Frontier (WSJ 5-27-08)
  • UN Issues Warning On Food Crisis (NYT 6-4-08)
  • Food is Gold, So Billions Invested in Farming (NYT 6-5-08)
  • Food Crisis Forces New Look at Farming (WSJ 6-10-08)
  • Fledgling Farm Aid Group Growing Up (NYT 6-13-08)
  • Weather, Costs Could Cause Record Texas Ag Losses (NYT 6-17-08)
  • Insurers' Q2 Seen Hurt by Flood Claims - Analyst (NYT 6-19-08)
  • Crop Insurers Face Large Flood Claims (NYT 6-19-08)
  • US May Free Up More Land for Corn Crops (NYT 6-21-08)
  • In Fertile India, Growth Outstrips Agriculture (NYT 6-22-08)
  • Corn Farmers' Hopes are Dashed by the Flood (NYT 6-25-08)
  • Ag Secretary, Lawmakers Discuss Farmers' Flood Aid (NYT 6-27-08)
  • On China Farms, Push for Consolidation is Growing (WSJ 7-25-08)
  • Niche Farming Offers a Way Back to the Land (NYT 8-7-08)
  • Corn Crop on Track for a Near-Record Harvest (NYT 8-13-08)
  • Acres of Farmland and, Maybe, Profits (NYT 8-17-08)
  • On Parched Farms, Using Intuition to Find Water (NYT 10-9-08)
  • In China, Leaders Turn Focus to Farmers' Plight (WSJ 10-10-08)
  • Too Many Rich Farmers Get Subsidies: GAO (NYT 11-25-08)
  • The Latest Buzz for Beekeepers is Crop Insurance (NYT 12-26-08)
  • Bumpy Crop: Farming's Sudden Feasts and Famines (NYT 12-30-08)
  • Crop Insurers Expect Congress May Ramp Up Oversight (NUPC 1-7-08)
  • Chile Takes Steps to Rehabilitate its Lucrative Salmon Industry (NYT 2-5-09)
  • Texas Ranchers and Farmers Struggle in Drought (NYT 2-12-09)
  • Drought Shrivels China's Wheat Belt (NYT 2-25-08)
  • Crop Insurance Subsidies Cut in Budget Proposal (WSJ 2-26-08)
  • Obama's Farm Subsidy Cuts Meets Stiff Resistance (NYT 4-4-09)

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  • Crime
  • Violent Crime Rising Sharply in Some Cities (NYT 2-12-06)

  •  
  • Demographics
  • Persistent Drop in Fertility Reshapes Europe's Future (NYT 12-26-02)
  • Fertility 'Revolution' Lowers Birth Rates (WSJ 1-24-03)
  • For Ailing Japan, Longevity Takes Bite Out of Economy (WSJ 2-11-03)
  • Life Expectancy in U.S. Reaches a Record High (WP 3-15-03)
  • China Weighs Easing Its Harsh 'One Child' Rule (WSJ 10-4-04)
  • China Scrambles for Stability as Its Workers Age (NYT 3-22-07)

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  • Demutualization/For-Profit Conversions
  • Suit Attacks Plan to Change Blue Cross Status (NYT 8-21-02)
  • Michigan Forbids Blue Cross Conversion (NULH 9-27-02)
  • State Gives Empire Blue Cross Approval for a For-Profit Switch (NYT 9-9-02)
  • Quandry Over Health Insurer: Does It Pay to Sell? (WP 10-24-02)
  • Life in the Public Eye (BR 11-02)
  • Many Sides Await Deal on Insurer (NYT 12-22-03)
  • Interboro Converts to a Stock Firm to Cure Insolvency (NUPC 2-26-07)

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  • Disability Income Insurance
  • NAIC Finds Income Protection Shortage (NULH 2-28-07)
  • Veterans Face Vast Inequities Over Disability (NYT 3-9-07)
  • Weigh the Risk of Disability (NYT 3-11-07)
  • In College, Insurance Can Be Best Policy (NYT 4-22-07)
  • Disabled Need Better Care, More Research (NYT 4-24-07)
  • NFL Disability Plan Testimony (WP 6-27-07)
  • Disability, the Insurance That is Often Sadly Overlooked (NYT 6-30-07)
  • Wounded Vets Also Suffer Financial Woes (NYT 9-29-07)
  • Rehab Plan Announced for NFL's Ex-Players (NYT 12-11-07)
  • Disability Cases Last Longer as Backlog Rises (NYT 12-10-07)
  • Sickened, and Fighting Another Cold War (NYT 12-23-07)

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  • Economics, Economy and Federal Budget
  • E-Commerce, Internet and Insurance/Cyber-Risk
  • E-volutionizing Retirement Planning (BR 1-07)
  • Attack of the Zombie Computers is Growing Threat (NYT 1-7-07)
  • A Lively Market, Legal and Not, for Software Bugs (NYT 1-30-07)
  • Study Finds Web Antifraud Measure Ineffective (NYT 2-5-07)
  • AOL Founder Hopes to Build New Giant Among a Bevy of Health Care Websites(NYT 4-16-07)
  • Auto Insurers See Pickup In Policy Sales Over Web (WSJ 5-23-07)
  • PC Insurers Ramp Up Internet Use, Survey Says (NUPC 1-14-08)
  • To Beat Competition Chase Internet Users, Says Study (NUPC 1-28-08)
  • Internet Attacks Grow More Potent and Complex (NYT 11-10-08)
  • Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe in Your PC (NYT 12-6-08)
  • Panel Presses to Bolster Security in Cyberspace (NYT 12-9-08)
  • Electricity Grid in US Penetrated by Spies (WSJ 4-8-09)

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  • Education
  • As College Grows, a City is Asking, 'Who Will Pay?' (NYT 1-19-07)
  • Troubles Grow for a University Built on Profits (NYT 2-11-07)
  • Believing Scripture buy Playing by Science's Rules (NYT 2-12-07)
  • To Boost Numbers, Colleges Adopt New Tricks (NYT 3-2-07)
  • Students May Have Paid Cash to Change Grades, College Says (NYT 5-5-07)
  • Private Loans Deepen a Crisis in Student Debt (NYT 6-10-07)
  • Certain Degrees Now Cost More at Public Universities (NYT 7-29-07)
  • College Costs Rising Rapidly (NYT 10-22-07)
  • Decline of the Tenure Track Raises Concerns (NYT 11-20-07)
  • A Threat So Big, Academics Try Collaboration (NYT 12-25-07)
  • Analysis: Universities Overproduce Ph.Ds (NYT 1-20-08)
  • Investigation of Study Program Widens (NYT 1-21-08)
  • Endowments Widen a Higher Education Gap (NYT 2-4-08)
  • Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad (NYT 2-10-08)
  • At Harvard, a Proposal to Publish Free on Web (NYT 2-12-08)
  • Dorm Rooms are Revoked Over Grades (NYT 2-13-08)
  • Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge (NYT 2-14-08)
  • Columbia Cites Plagiarism by a Professor (NYT 2-21-08)
  • Math Suggests College Frenzy Will Soon Ease (NYT 3-9-08)
  • Funding of Georgia State E&S Chair Almost Complete (NUPC 3-17-08)
  • A Failing Grade (NYT 3-23-08)
  • Quirky Gifts Can Limit Universities (NYT 4-13-08)
  • Diploma Mill Concerns Extend Beyond Fraud (NYT 6-29-08)
  • The '60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire (NYT 7-3-08)
  • As Textbooks Go 'Custom,' Students Pay (WSJ 7-10-08)
  • B-Schools Tackle Risk Management (BW 7-10-08)
  • High Cost of Driving Ignites Online Classes Boom (NYT 7-11-08)
  • As a Professor, Obama Enthralled Students and Puzzled Faculty (NYT 7-30-08)
  • Beyond the Ivied Halls, Endowments Suffer (NYT 11-26-08)
  • The Last Professor (NYT 1-16-09)
  • Is It Time to Retrain B-Schools? (NYT 3-15-09)

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  • Employee Benefits
  • Use of Captives for Benefit Funding to Surge: Survey (BI 2-2-04)
  • The New Cost of Keeping Workers Happy (NYT 3-7-04)
  • Banks Poised to Take Bigger Bite Out of Employee Benefits Business (NULH 3-8-04)
  • Same-Sex 'Marriage' Likely to Prove Costly (Washington Times 5-18-04)
  • Miner's Benefits Vanish with Bankruptcy Ruling (NYT 10-24-04)
  • Ten Ways Employers Benefit from Benefits Plans (WSJ 1-24-05)
  • The Fight Brewing Over Family Leave (BW 6-13-05)
  • GM Board Wants Cut in Benefits (NYT 6-15-05)
  • Should You Buy 'Voluntary' Benefits (WSJ 8-14-05)
  • America's Dilemma (FT 1-13-06)
  • Unions Pay Dearly for Success (NYT 1-29-06)
  • Benefits Go the Way of Pensions (NYT 2-9-06)
  • Two Tiers, Slipping Into One (NYT 2-26-06)
  • The Benefits and the Doubts (WP 4-7-06)
  • How Will the US Fill Its Benefits Gap? (WSJ 4-13-06)
  • Military Fails Some Widows Over Benefits (NYT 6-27-06)
  • Firms Consider End to Employee Health Insurance (WSJ 8-15-06)
  • Citing Cost Concerns, More Workers Leave Firms' Health Plans (WSJ 8-25-06)
  • It's Fall. Do You Know Where Your Benefits Are? (NYT 10-29-06)
  • The Shifting Calculus of Workplace Benefits (WSJ 1-16-07)
  • Boomers Feel the Squeeze (NULH 1-25-07)
  • Picking the Perks That Employees Value (WSJ 4-9-07)
  • Death Benefit is Elusive for Emergency Workers' Families (NYT 8-8-07)
  • LIMRA Sees Surge in Voluntary Benefits (NULH 8-7-07)
  • GM-UAW Health Care Deal May Spark Trend (NYT 10-15-07)
  • Firms Increasingly Offer 'Voluntary' Benefits (WSJ 10-17-07)
  • Opting for Private Insurance (WSJ 11-21-07)
  • Large Firms Watch for Signal to Drop Coverage (NULH 12-5-07)
  • Employers Offer Workers Fewer Health Care Plans (NYT 11-15-08)

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  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Enterprise RM on the Rise (NUPC 7-9-01)
  • Risk Hedging Tools Becoming Popular (BI 2-18-02)
  • CFO Interest in Strategic Risk Programs Growing: Poll (BI 2-19-02)
  • Combating Risk (Business Finance 4-02)
  • Controlling Market, Credit Risks Aids Operations (BI 7-29-02)
  • Enterprise Risk Management Grows in Popularity (BI 10-7-02)
  • How Vulnerable Are You? (WSJ 9-29-03)
  • A.M. Best Comments on Enterprise Risk Management and Capital Models (BestWire 2-6-06)
  • Europe Leads North America on Enterprise Risk Management, Claims Survey (BestWire 10-31-08)
  • ERM Implementation Still Lagging, Towers Perrin Finds (NUPC 10-31-08)
  • RIMS Study Finds ERM Boosts Insurance Performance (NUPC 11-21-08)
  • ERM Shielded Some From Financial Errors, Says RIMS (NUPC 1-27-09)

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  • Entertainment/Event/Art Insurance
  • Underwriting Hollywood (Best's Review 5-21-01)
  • Shows Must Go On, but E&O Rates Rise As Lawsuits Grow (BI 5-21-01)
  • Risk Managers Scramble to Obtain Liability Insurance for Olympics (NYT 2-8-02)
  • Deal Ends Legal Action Over Film Flops (FT 10-21-03)
  • Will CBS Go Bare on Jackson Exposure? (NUPC 2-16-04)
  • IOC Buys Insurance for the Athens Games (AP 4-28-04)
  • Unique Risks Mark Cycling's Biggest Event (BI 7-19-04)
  • A Stash of Stolen Art (WSJ 8-24-04)
  • Coverage for Reality TV Shows Difficult to Place, Expensive (BI 8-30-04)
  • Turin, Home of 2006 Winter Olympics, Presents Unique Risks (BestWire 2-6-06)
  • Art Prices Are Rising, and So Are the Risks (NYT 12-31-06)
  • Wynn Vs. Insurers Over Punctured Picasso (WP 1-12-07)
  • Managing Risks at Upcoming Super Bowl Includes Controlling Alcohol Consumption (BestWire 2-1-07)
  • New Cover Could Give Ticket Buyers Another Reason to Celebrate (BestWire 2-1-07)
  • Markel Launches New Web Site for Recreation Risks (NUPC 3-1-07)
  • Before the Film Rolls, Insurers Scrutinize Actors They Insure (BestWire 3-19-07)
  • Mascot Attacks: Injured Fan Cries Flagrant Foul (BI 3-19-07)
  • Lights! Camera! Risk! Insuring Movies is Risky Business (USA Today 2-23-08)

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  • Environment/Pollution Risk & Insurance
  • As Threat of Old Mines Grows, A Legislative Fix Isn't Working (WSJ 6-4-03)
  • Windmills Sow Dissent for Environmentalists (NYT 6-5-03)
  • Fewer Marshes + More Man-Made Ponds = Increased Wetlands (NYT 3-31-06)
  • Overfarming African Land is Worsening Hunger Crisis (NYT 3-31-06)
  • Enviromental Cover Transfers to New Owners: Court (BI 12-21-06)

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  • Ethics
  • On Wall Street, a Rise in Dismissals Over Ethics (NYT 3-29-05)

  •  
  • Financial Market Crisis
  • Long-Term Capital: It's a Short-Term Memory (NYT 9-7-08)
  • As Crisis Grew, One Option Remained (NYT 9-7-08)
  • Lehman Races to Find a Buyer (WSJ 9-12-08)
  • A Financial Drama With No Final Act in Sight (NYT 9-14-08)
  • In Frantic Day, Wall Street Banks Teeter (NYT 9-15-08)
  • Purchase of Merrill Fulfills Quest for a Bank (NYT 9-15-08)
  • Wall St.'s Turmoil Sends Stocks Reeling (NYT 9-16-08)
  • 5 Days of Pressure, Fear and Ultimately, Failure (NYT 9-16-08)
  • Morgan Stanley Considers Merger With Wachovia (NYT 9-18-08)
  • A Dark Mood Among Hedge Funds in London (NYT 9-18-08)
  • US Drafts Sweeping Plan to Fight Crisis (NYT 9-19-08)
  • Congressional Leaders Stunned by Warnings (NYT 9-20-08)
  • Treasury to Guarantee Money Market Funds (NYT 9-20-08)
  • $700 Billion is Sought for Wall Street in Massive Bailout (NYT 9-21-08)
  • But Will it Work? (NYT 9-21-08)
  • The Wall Street Bailout Plan, Explained (NYT 9-21-08)
  • China's Top Banks Primed to Weather Storm (NYT 9-22-08)
  • Treasury May Buy Assets from Insurers (NULH 9-22-08)
  • Cox: SEC Probing Insurers' Role in Subprime Loan Crisis (NUPC 9-23-08)
  • Battle to Save Rescue Plan Intensifies As Democrats Consider Restrictions(WSJ 9-24-08)
  • Rescue Plan Calls for Deeper Regulation (WSJ 9-24-08)
  • Plan's Mystery: What's All This Stuff Worth? (NYT 9-25-08)
  • White House Meeting Ends With Bailout Still in Flux (WSJ 9-25-08)
  • Agreement Remains Elusive on Bailout (NYT 9-26-08)
  • Some Bailout Critics Proposing Other Ways to Go (NYT 9-26-08)
  • Congress Pushes to End Impasse on Bailout (NYT 9-27-08)
  • Consensus on Wall Street Rescue Plan is Said to Be Near (NYT 9-28-08)
  • Party Leaders Back Revised Plan for Bailout (NYT 9-29-08)
  • After the Deal, the Focus will Shift to Regulation (NYT 9-29-08)
  • House Rejects Bailout Package, 228-205; Stocks Plunge (NYT 9-30-08)
  • European Regulators Move Swiftly to Rescue Lenders (NYT 9-30-08)
  • Citigroup to Acquire Wachovia Assets (WSJ 9-29-08)
  • CFOs Say Bank Risk Management Caused Fiscal Crisis (NUPC 9-30-08)
  • Lawmakers Hope Small Changes will Spur Bailout (NYT 10-1-08)
  • FDIC to Insurer Greater Amounts (NYT 10-1-08)
  • Money Funds Seek Insurance (WSJ 10-2-08)
  • Agency's '04 Rule Let Banks Pile Up New Debt (NYT 10-3-08)
  • Short Selling Can Pay Off (NYT 10-3-08)
  • House Approves Bailout on Second Try (NYT 10-4-08)
  • European Banks Look to Pick Up America's Pieces (NYT 10-4-08)
  • Bush Signs Bailout After House Passage (WSJ 10-4-08)
  • How Free Should a Market Be? (NYT 10-5-08)
  • European Leaders Vow to Fight Financial Crisis (NYT 10-5-08)
  • Pressured to Take More Risk, Fannie Reached Tipping Point (NYT 10-5-08)
  • Credit Markets Still Tight as Stocks Plunge (NYT 10-6-08)
  • Fed Looks to Ease Strains in Commercial-Paper Market (WSJ 10-5-08)
  • Economists Expect US Crisis to Deepen (WSJ 10-9-08)
  • US to Buy Stakes in Banks to Help Free Credit (NYT 10-11-08)
  • Sellers of Lehman's Default Swaps Face Payout (NYT 10-11-08)
  • White House Overhauling Rescue Plan (NYT 10-12-08)
  • What History Tells Us About the Market (WSJ 10-11-08)
  • US to Take Equity Stakes in 9 Banking Behemoths (WSJ 10-14-08)
  • Stocks Plunge on Economic Gloom (NYT 10-16-08)
  • Deposits Flow to Healthier Banks (NYT 10-16-08)
  • On Wall Street, Eyes Turn to the Fear Index (NYT 10-20-08)
  • Joint US-New York Inquiry Into Credit-Default Swaps (NYT 10-20-08)
  • Meltdown 101: What Are Credit Default Swaps? (NYT 10-20-08)
  • Citi Pacific Loses on Derivatives Bets (WSJ 10-20-08)
  • Signs of Easing Credit and Stimulus Talk Lift Wall Street (NYT 10-21-08)
  • Credit Rating Agency Heads Grilled by Lawmakers (NYT 10-23-08)
  • Credit Card Losses May Scale New Peak (NYT 10-22-08)
  • Tracking Firm Says Bets Placed on Lehman Have Been Quietly Settled (NYT 10-23-08)
  • Corporate Bonds Stress Adds to Companies' Worries (NYT 10-23-08)
  • Greenspan Concedes Error on Regulation (NYT 10-24-08)
  • They're Shocked, Schocked, About the Mess (NYT 10-26-08)
  • Treasury Begins to Deploy Financial Rescue Plan (NYT 10-27-08)
  • Fraud Trial to Focus on Accounting at Helig-Meyers (NYT 10-28-08)
  • Government Said to Be Discussing Plan to Aid Homeowners (NYT 10-30-08)
  • Securities-Lending Sector Feels Credit-Crisis Squeeze (WSJ 10-30-08)
  • Gold Fails to Shine Despite Global Economic Crisis (NYT 11-3-08)
  • Surprises in a Closer Look at Credit-Default Swaps (NYT 11-5-08)
  • IBM Has Tech Answers for Woes of Economy (NYT 11-6-08)
  • Obama Says Speedy Action Needed for Economy (NYT 11-6-08)
  • How the Thundering Herd Faltered and Fell (NYT 11-9-08)
  • China Unviles Sweeping Plans for the Economy (NYT 11-10-08)
  • Paulson Says Treasury is Shifting Focus of Bailout (NYT 11-13-08)
  • Panel Moves on Oversight of Swaps (NYT 11-14-08)
  • Crisis Hits Tech Sector With Layoffs as Sales Slump (NYT 11-15-08)
  • FDIC Offers Plan to Stem Foreclosures (NYT 11-15-08)
  • GM Blitzes Washington in Attempt to Win Aid (WSJ 11-15-08)
  • Citigroup Plans to Sell Assets and Cut More Jobs (NYT 11-18-08)
  • Deregulator Looks Back, Unswayed (NYT 11-17-08)
  • Let Detroit Go Bankrupt (NYT 11-19-08)
  • Why GM Deserves Support (WSJ 11-19-08)
  • Dow Drops Below 8,000 in Another Stock Sell-Off (NYT 11-20-08)
  • Hopes Dim for Quick Bailout for Automakers (NYT 11-20-08)
  • Regulating Swap Transactions Blamed for Meltdown (WP 11-20-08)
  • Congressional Leaders Vow Support for Carmakers (NYT 11-22-08)
  • Citigroup Pays for a Rush to Risk (NYT 11-23-08)
  • Citigroup to Halt Dividend and Curb Pay (NYT 11-24-08)
  • Meltdown 101: Ideas for the Next Stimulus Plan (NYT 11-24-08)
  • Obama Unveils Team to Tackle 'Historic' Crisis (NYT 11-25-08)
  • Another Crisis, Another Guarantee (NYT 11-25-08)
  • US Unveils New Programs to Ease Credit (NYT 11-26-08)
  • Mortgage Rates Fall as US Expands Rescue (WSJ 11-26-08)
  • Data Indicate Faltering Demand (WSJ 11-26-08)
  • Meltdown Far From Over, New Mortgage Crisis Looms (NYT 11-27-08)
  • Obama Works on Economic Plan (WSJ 11-27-08)
  • Bursting the Bubble (NYT 11-30-08)
  • They Warned Us, but US Eased Loan Rules (NYT 12-1-08)
  • Banks Lead the Way Back (WSJ 12-2-08)
  • Economic Signs Point to Longer, Deeper Recession (WP 12-2-08)
  • Debt Watchdogs: Tamed or Caught Napping (NYT 12-7-08)
  • Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale (NYT 12-7-08)
  • Capital Insurance (NYT 12-14-08)
  • The Key Numbers Behind the Bailouts (NYT 12-13-08)
  • Fed Cuts Rates to Historic Low (WSJ 12-16-08)
  • Obama Team Is Seeking Simulus Bill by New Year (NYT 12-19-08)
  • White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire (NYT 12-21-08)
  • Insurance Deals Spread Pain of US Defaults World-Wide (WSJ 12-23-08)
  • Chinese Savings Helped Inflate American Bubble (NYT 12-26-08)
  • Slump Batters Small Business, Threatening Owners' Dreams (WSJ 12-26-08)
  • By Saying Yes, WaMu Built Empire on Shaky Loans (NYT 12-28-08)
  • After Dow's Collapse, Guarded Hope (WSJ 1-1-09)
  • Some Economists Find Reasons to Be Optimistic (NYT 1-3-09)
  • Some Doomsayers Who Got It Right (WSJ 1-2-09)
  • How Do We Fix the Financial Mess? (NYT 1-7-09)
  • Obama Presses for Action on the Economy (NYT 1-9-09)
  • Citigroup Said to Consider Plan to Split in Two (NYT 1-14-09)
  • Congress Moves on Stimulus Bill and Bailout Money (NYT 1-16-09)
  • Credit Markets Showing Some Signs of Revival (NYT 1-16-09)
  • Bank of America Posts Loss as It Gets New US Aid (NYT 1-17-09)
  • TARP Funds' Second Half Set for Release as Senate Signs Off on Request (WSJ 1-16-09)
  • Bailout Is a Windfall to Banks, if Not to Borrowers (NYT 1-18-09)
  • Obama Urged to Move Swiftly to Rescue Banks (NYT 1-18-09)
  • Financial Sector Ignored RM Warnings, RIMS Says (NUPC 1-23-09)
  • Time to Unravel the Knot of Credit-Default Swaps (NYT 1-25-09)
  • FDR's Example Offers Lessons for Obama (NYT 1-27-09)
  • Animal Spirits Depend on Trust (WSJ 1-27-09)
  • Global Worries over US Stimulus Spending (NYT 1-30-09)
  • Components of Stimulus Vary in Speed and Efficiency (NYT 1-29-09)
  • Praise, and Caveats, for 'Bad Bank' Plan (WSJ 1-29-09)
  • Big Risks for US in Trying to Value Bad Bank Assets (NYT 2-2-09)
  • What Other Financial Crises Tell Us (NYT 2-3-09)
  • My Economic Wish List (NYT 2-4-09)
  • Comparison of Economic Stimulus Plans (NYT 2-9-09)
  • Stocks Slide as New Bailout Disappoints (NYT 2-11-09)
  • Treasury Chief Aims to Restore 'Lost Faith' in Bailout (NYT 2-11-09)
  • Congress Reaches Deal on Stimulus Plan (NYT 2-12-09)
  • US Offers $2 Trillion Bank Plan (NYT 2-11-09)
  • Detials of a Trimmer Stimulus Emerge (NYT 2-13-09)
  • Obama Unveils $75 Billion Plan to Fight Home Foreclosures (NYT 2-19-09)
  • Fed Offers Bleak Economic Outlook (NYT 2-19-09)
  • Modifying Mortgages Can Be Tricky (NYT 2-19-09)
  • Obama Planning to Slash Deficit, Despite Stimulus Spending (NYT 2-22-08)
  • When Consumers Cut Back: A Lesson from Japan (NYT 2-22-08)
  • The Government and the Banks (NYT 2-22-08)
  • Nationalize the Banks (WSJ 2-21-08)
  • Obama Plans Major Shifts in Spending (NYT 2-27-08)
  • Subprime Europe (NYT 3-8-09)
  • They Tried to Outsmart Wall Street (NYT 3-10-09)
  • Treasury Plans Small Business Aid (WSJ 3-10-09)
  • The Inner Circle of Systemic Risk (WSJ 3-10-09)
  • House Passes Heavy Tax on Bonuses at Rescued Firms (NYT 3-20-09)
  • Will the Geithner Plan Work? (NYT 3-24-09)
  • US Expands Plan to Buy Banks' Troubled Assets (NYT 3-24-09)
  • Louisiana, a Test Case in Federal Aid (NYT 4-5-09)
  • Why Creditors Should Suffer Too (NYT 4-5-09)
  • US Imagines the Bailout as an Investment Tool (NYT 4-5-09)
  • Signs Point to Stabilizing Economy (NYT 4-9-09)
  • Lending Down Among TARP Banks (WSJ 4-15-09)

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  • Financial Accounting, Analysis & Regulation
  • Paulson to Review Regulatory System for Finances (NYT 6-27-07)
  • Regulators Near Deal on Basel II Reforms (WSJ 7-20-07)
  • GNAIE Backs FASB International Contracts Standards Project (NULH 8-8-07)
  • Insurers Mull FASB Insurance Contracts Project (NUPC 8-9-07)
  • Mind the GAAP (WSJ 11-9-07)
  • Financials' Monoline Write-Downs May Top $70B in '08 (NYT 1-30-08)
  • Rep. Kanjorski: Bond Insurers Need Tough Oversight (NUPC 2-7-08)
  • Next Up for Raters: SEC Rules? (WSJ 2-9-08)
  • UK's Northern Rock Move Highlights Risk to Taxpayers (WSJ 2-19-08)
  • Regulators Have Choices to Make on Bond Insurance Solutions (BestWire 2-19-08)
  • A Simple Bond Insurance Plan (WSJ 2-21-08)
  • FDIC to Add Staff as Bank Failures Loom (WSJ 2-26-08)
  • Fed Faces Scrutiny on Oversight (WSJ 2-29-08)
  • Write-Offs Rattle Market (WSJ 3-3-08)
  • Mortgage Fallout Exposes Holes in New Bank-Risk Rules (WSJ 3-4-08)
  • Fed Admits Missteps on Banks (NYT 3-5-08)
  • Countrywide Said to Be Subject of Federal Criminal Inquiry (NYT 3-9-08)
  • Stronger Rules for Mortgages are Proposed (NYT 3-13-08)
  • Brainstorming About 'Bailouts' (WSJ 3-13-08)
  • Run on Big Wall St. Bank Spurs Rescue Backed by US (NYT 3-15-08)
  • Fed Races to Rescue Bear Stearns in Bid to Steady Financial System (WSJ 3-15-08)
  • Fed Acts to Rescue Financial Markets (NYT 3-17-08)
  • JP Morgan Buys Bear in Fire Sale, As Fed Widens Credit to Avert Crisis (WSJ 3-17-08)
  • Bush Backs Fed's Actions, but Critics Quickly Find Fault (NYT 3-18-08)
  • When a Safety Net Can Lead to Risky Behavior (NYT 3-18-08)
  • Panel Chairman Calls for a Risk Regulator (NYT 3-20-08)
  • In the Fed's Cross Hairs: Exotic Game (NYT 3-23-08)
  • In Washington, a Split Over Regulation of Wall Street (NYT 3-23-08)
  • Time to Combine Agencies (WSJ 3-27-08)
  • Sweeping Changes in Paulson Plan (WSJ 3-29-08)
  • In Treasury Plan, a Reluctant Eye Over Wall Street (NYT 3-30-08)
  • Financial Overhaul at a Glance (NYT 3-31-08)
  • Proposed Revamp Taps Fed As Uber Cop (NYT 3-31-08)
  • Doubts Greet Treasury Plan Regulation (NYT 4-1-08)
  • Fed Officials Defend Rescue of Bear Stearns (NYT 4-3-08)
  • Regulators Defend Bear Rescue (WSJ 4-3-08)
  • US Seeks New Curbs on Credit-Card Practices (NYT 5-3-08)
  • The Case for a Newer Deal (NYT 5-4-08)
  • Spending on Regulation, Compliance Set to Surge (WSJ 5-14-08)
  • Agency Sounds an Alarm on Banks' Shaky Outlooks (NYT 5-30-08)
  • New York Fed Chief Calls for Regulatory Shake-Up (NYT 6-10-08)
  • Administration: Fed Needs More Protective Powers (NYT 6-19-08)
  • Bernanke, Paulson Push for New Regulatory Powers (WSJ 7-10-08)
  • Fed Adopts Plan to Curb Shady Mortgage Practices (NUPC 7-14-08)
  • Honor Your Word, or This Banker May Call Mom (NYT 7-19-08)
  • House Passes Housing Bill After Bush Says He Will Sign It (NYT 7-24-08)
  • Banks Aren't the Only Insured Financial Institutions (USA Today 7-24-08)
  • Lessons of Financial Crisis (WSJ 8-22-08)
  • Bernanke Urges Broader Oversight of Financial Firms (NYT 8-23-08)
  • FDIC Faces Balancing Act in Replenishing Coffers (WSJ 8-21-08)
  • How the Fed Can Fix the World (NYT 9-3-08)
  • Frank Forsees Sweeping Regulatory Overhaul (WSJ 12-4-08)
  • US Rachets Up Citi Oversight (WSJ 12-17-08)
  • Bermuda Survey Finds Governance Lacking in Insurer Modeling (NUPC 12-17-08)
  • Going on Offense With Mark-to-Market (WSJ 12-19-08)
  • Regulators Back System to Clear Credit Swaps (WSJ 12-24-08)
  • How to Fix Finance (Economist 1-15-09)
  • SEC Nominee Offers Plan for Tighter Regulation (NYT 1-16-09)
  • By Switching Their Charters, Banks Skirt Supervision (WP 1-22-09)
  • Congressional Leaders Propose New Financial Reins (NYT 1-30-09)
  • Volcker Suggests Ways to Refine Bank Regulations (NYT 2-5-09)
  • Regulators Seek to Quell Fears About Viability of Banks (WSJ 2-23-08)
  • SEC Chief Pursues Tougher Enforcement (NYT 2-23-08)
  • Government Offers Detail of Bank Stress Test (NYT 2-26-08)
  • Bernanke Says Financial Rules Need an Overhaul (NYT 3-11-09)
  • Patchwork System Oversees Nation's Financial Markets (NYT 3-10-09)
  • Senators Debate Fed's Role in Overseeing Systemic Risk (WSJ 3-19-09)
  • Bernanke, Geithner Call for Broader Government Power (WSJ 3-24-09)
  • Questions for Reform (NYT 3-29-09)
  • Accounting Group Eases Valuation Rules (NULH 4-2-09)
  • Bailouts Could Be Used to Remake Rating Business, SEC Panelist Says (BestWire 4-15-09)

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  • Financial Convergence: General
  • Banks Give Wall Street A Run for Its Money (WSJ 1-5-04)
  • The Myth of the Mega-Bank (FT 1-6-04)
  • Big Bank Deal Expands the Gap Between Leaders and Pack (NYT 1-15-04)
  • Unusual Suspects: Expansion into Life Insurance Marketplace (BR 5-04)
  • Outside Audit: Guess Why GM Is More Bank Than Car Maker? (WSJ 5-5-04)
  • Principal, Nationwide Up Cross-Sales (AB 6-10-04)
  • US Bank Regulators Issue Plan for Cross-Marketing Rules (DJ 7-2-04)
  • Financial Services Integration Said to Be Sluggish Under GLB (AB 7-14-04)
  • Federal Regulators Propose Affiliate Marketing Rules (NULH 8-2-04)
  • Personal Lines a Key to Broadened Cross-Selling (AB 9-9-04)
  • Trade Groups, Firms Push to Ease Tough Federal Scrutiny (WP 1-3-05)
  • Shareholders Follow Regulators in Pressing for Reforms (NLJ 12-20-04)
  • Wal-Mart: Your New Banker? (BW 2-7-05)
  • American Express Plans to Spin Off Advisory Unit (WSJ 2-2-05)
  • Big Financial Companies Might Look to Exit Insurance (DJ 2-15-05)
  • Washington Mutual to Buy Providian in $6.45 Billion Deal (DJ 6-6-05)
  • Morgan Stanley To Do List: Get Boss Strategy (WSJ 6-14-05)
  • Emerging Colussus: Bank of America Makes Deal for MBNA (WSJ 7-1-05)
  • Wal-Mart's Bank Push Draws Growing Opposition (WSJ 1-19-07)
  • Citigroup to Buy Egg Banking From Prudential for $1.13 Billion (WSJ 1-29-07)
  • Wal-Mart Drops Big to Get Into Banking (WP 3-17-07)
  • House Panel Passes Bill to Ban Commercial Ownership of Banks (WSJ 5-2-07)
  • Banks' Insurance Operations: Are Painful Lessons Paying Off? (US Banker 6-07)
  • Nationwide Financial Eyes Middle Market (BestWire 10-23-07)
  • Fixing Citigroup Will Test Rubin (NYT 11-5-07)
  • Citigroup May Face $11 Billion Writeoff (NYT 11-5-07)
  • Meltdown 101: The Fate of 'Financial Supermarkets' (NYT 1-14-09)
  • The End of Citi's Financial Supermarket (NYT 1-16-09)

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  • Financial Guaranty/Credit Enhancement Insurance
  • Lawsuit Reveals Differences Between Players in Financial Guaranty Market (NUPC 8-26-02)
  • Backing Corporate Bonds Can Be a Risky Business (WSJ 11-5-02)
  • Credit Enhancement Market Shrinking (BI 1-13-03)
  • Wall St. Firms Want Insurers to Cover Fines (NYT 1-18-03)
  • Lingering Losses on Bonds are Haunting Insurers (NYT 6-15-03)
  • Wall Street's Hope for Coverage on Penalites Is Clouded by Ruling (WSJ 7-18-03)
  • GE Nears Sale of Guaranty Arm to Consortium for $2.16 Billion (WSJ 8-4-03)
  • To Insurers, a Long, Free Ride is Looking Risky (NYT 8-9-03)
  • The Vanishing Insurers (Barron's 12-8-03)
  • Iraqi Imports Get Citigroup Backing (WSJ 2-17-04)
  • Credit Insurance's Popularity on the Rise (AB 9-04)
  • For Bondsmen, Bail is a Game of Risk (NYT 2-27-05)
  • Subcontractor Default Insurance Makes Inroads in Surety Industry (BestWire 9-8-06)
  • SBA Proposes Rule Change for Surety Bond Program (NUPC 10-11-06)
  • Out of 'Microfinance' Work Springs Insuring Loans for Impoverished (WSJ 10-15-06)
  • Mortgage Insurance Booms (WSJ 4-21-07)
  • Bond Insurers' Stocks Hit by Uncertainty (NYT 7-19-07)
  • Bond Insurers Appear Shaky as Credit Climate Worsens (WSJ 11-8-07)
  • Defaults May Spark Big Loss for Insurers: Barclays (NYT 11-16-07)
  • MBIA Gets $1 Billion Capital Infusion (BestWire 12-10-07)
  • Ratings Move Roils Bond Insurers (WSJ 12-19-07)
  • Bond Insurer's Stock Plunges on Exposure (NYT 12-20-07)
  • Buffett Starts Up Bond Insurer to Rival MBIA, Ambac (NYT 12-28-07)
  • Default Fears Unnerve Markets (WSJ 1-18-08)
  • Bond Insurers' Distress Rattles Wall Street (NYT 1-19-08)
  • Bond Insurer is Downgraded (WSJ 1-21-08)
  • Next on the Worry List: Shaky Insurers of Bonds (NYT 1-24-08)
  • Bond Insurer Rescue Effort Faces Wall Street Skepticism (WSJ 1-25-08)
  • Illegal Globally, Bail for Profit Remains in US (NYT 1-29-08)
  • Stocks Rally as Concern Over Bond Insurer Eases (NYT 1-31-08)
  • 8 Banks in Talks to Rescue Bond Insurer (NYT 2-1-08)
  • Former Spitzer Aide Drives Bond-Insurer Rescue Talks (WSJ 2-6-08)
  • Buffett Offers to be Reinsurer on Muni Bonds (WSJ 2-12-08)
  • House Panel Looks at Relief for Bond Insurers (NYT 2-14-08)
  • Bond Insurer Seeks to Split Itself, Roiling Some Banks (WSJ 2-16-08)
  • Arcane Market is Next to Face Big Credit Test (NYT 2-17-08)
  • Ambac Plan Disappoints Investors (NYT 3-5-08)
  • Dinallo Tells Congress of New Rules for Bond Insurers (NUPC 3-12-08)
  • Bond Insurer SCA Says Merrill Lynch Broke Agreement in Swap Contract (BestWire 3-20-08)
  • Bond Insurer Says Its Risk Exceeded Legal Limits (NYT 3-27-08)
  • Dinallo Sets FGIC 30-Day Target (FT 4-4-08)
  • Ambac May Need Capital: NY Regulator (NYT 4-23-08)
  • Bond Insurers Inflict Further Pain on the Market (WSJ 6-21-08)
  • Mortgage Insurers' Losses Mount (WP 8-14-08)
  • House Panel Approves Federal Oversight of Bond Insurers (BestWire 8-4-08)
  • Insurers Pull Cover from GM, Ford Suppliers: Report (NYT 11-14-08)
  • Credit Insurers Cautious as Bankruptcy Risk Rises (NYT 1-20-09)

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  • Financial Markets/Financial Services
  • Banks' Narrowing Margins (WSJ 1-8-08)
  • Citigroup, Merrill Seek More Foreign Capital (WSJ 1-11-08)
  • Bank Agrees to Buy Troubled Loan Giant for $4 Billion (NYT 1-11-08)
  • Behind Bank of America's Big Gamble (WSJ 1-12-08)
  • Beijing Blocks Deal for Citigroup Stake (WSJ 1-14-08)
  • Citigroup Loss Raises Anxiety Over Economy (NYT 1-16-08)
  • World Rides to Wall Street's Rescue (NYT 1-16-08)
  • The World Melts for Gold (WSJ 1-19-08)
  • Why Banks' Pain Could Continue (WSJ 1-19-08)
  • Overseas Investors Buy Aggressively in US (NYT 1-20-08)
  • Global Markets Sink on US Recession Fears (NYT 1-21-08)
  • Bank of China May Report Subprime-Related Write-Down (WSJ 1-21-08)
  • Should Bankers Pay for Their Mismanagement? (WSJ 1-28-08)
  • US Probes 14 Companies in Subprime Investigation (WSJ 1-29-08)
  • Investors Rush to Gold (WSJ 1-31-08)
  • The Subprime Cleanup Intensifies (WSJ 2-2-08)
  • Banks Tighten Lending Standards According to Quarterly Fed Survey (NYT 2-4-08)
  • New Hitches in Markets May Widen Credit Woes (NYT 2-11-08)
  • Lenders Offer Plan to Head Off Foreclosures (NYT 2-12-08)
  • Fitch: Unrealized Subprime Losses for Insurers May Reach $8 Billion (WSJ 2-21-08)
  • Rescues for Homeowners in Debt Weighed (Miami Herald 2-22-08)
  • Foreclosure Aid Rising Locally, as Is Dissent (NYT 2-26-08)
  • Next Year's Model? (Economist 2-28-08)
  • Facing Default, Some Walk Out on New Homes (NYT 2-29-08)
  • States and Cities Start Rebelling on Bond Ratings (NYT 3-3-08)
  • Housing, Bank Troubles Deepen (NYT 3-7-08)
  • Where Either a Borrower or a Lender Can Be (WSJ 3-12-08)
  • A Wall Street Domino Theory (NYT 3-15-08)
  • Debt Reckoning: US Receives a Margin Call (NYT 3-15-08)
  • Fears That Bear Stearn's Downfall May Spread (NYT 3-17-08)
  • JP Morgan Lifts Dow Industrials, But Elsewhere, Financials Decline (NYT 3-17-08)
  • The Week That Shook Wall Street: Inside the Demise of Bear Stearns (NYT 3-18-08)
  • Debt-Gorged British Start to Worry the Party is Ending (NYT 3-22-08)
  • What Created This Monster? (NYT 3-23-08)
  • CMBS Pendlum Swings to 'B-Pieces' (WSJ 4-10-08)
  • Merrill Upped Ante as Boom in Mortgage Bonds Fizzled (WSJ 4-16-08)
  • Citigroup Posts $5.1 Billion Loss (WSJ 4-19-08)
  • Triple-A Failure (NYT 4-27-08)
  • History Suggest US Isn't Out of the Woods (WSJ 5-5-08)
  • Credit-Default Swaps: Weapons of Mass Speculation (Barrons 5-12-08)
  • Credit Strain Flares Again After Relief Since March (WSJ 6-5-08)
  • A Window in a Smoky Market (NYT 7-6-08)
  • The Fannie and Freddie Fallout (NYT 7-13-08)
  • Bond Yields Hint at Corporate Bankruptcies (WSJ 8-19-08)
  • Insurers Avoid Getting Soaked in Subprime Storm (WP 8-17-08)
  • Hedge Funds Get Rattled As Investors Seek Exits (WSJ 9-6-08)
  • New Ways to Guage Value (NYT 9-7-08)
  • Banks Mine Data and Woo Troubled Borrowers (NYT 10-22-08)
  • When Humans Need a Nudge Toward Rationality (WSJ 2-8-09)
  • The Great Solvent North (NYT 2-28-08)
  • Commercial Property Faces Crisis (WSJ 3-26-09)
  • Stock Pros Who Survived the Depression (WSJ 4-15-09)
  • Opposing Views on US Stock Rally (WSJ 4-19-09)

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  • Financial Risk Management
  • Insurers Struggling with Risk Measurement and Capital Management (Ernst & Young 11-12-03)
  • Financial WMD?: Derivatives (FT 1-22-04)
  • Moody's Liquidity Model Gives More Insurer Funding Detail (AB 1-27-04)
  • Merger Party's Newest Invitees: The Insurers (WSJ 6-6-07)
  • ERM Still Falling Short, PwC Survey Finds (NUPC 7-1-08)
  • What Investors Can Learn From the Collapse of AIG (WSJ 8-7-08)
  • A.M. Best Releases BCAR Calculation Tool for P/C Companies (BestWire 8-21-08)

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  • Finite Risk Contracts/Financial Reinsurance
  • AIG May Pay Up to $1.5 B in Settlement: Report (NYT 1-13-06)
  • Ex-AIG, General Re Executives Indicted (WSJ 2-1-06)
  • Jury Convicts Five of Fraud in Gen Re, AIG Case (WSJ 2-26-08)

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  • Fire/Commercial Property Insurance
  • Looking for Answers in the Ashes (USNWR 2-16-04)
  • Insurance Gaps Arise As Building Cost Surge (WSJ 7-28-04)
  • Gift Cameras to Help Rescuers Search Burning Buildings (AJC 8-12-04)
  • A Hot Assignment: Set Fire to Cocoa, Concrete and Sludge (WSJ 8-25-04)
  • Ecoterrorism Suspected in Md. House Fires (NYT 12-7-04)
  • Developer Plans to Rebuild Houses (WP 12-8-04)
  • Maryland Indicts 5 in Fire That Swept 26 New Homes (NYT 1-3-05)
  • Construction Theft a Growing Concern (WP 2-10-05)
  • Why Contractors May Be Hard to Find (NYT 4-3-05)
  • Fire Departments Try Fees to Cover Cost (Hartford Courant 5-15-05)
  • Many Nursing Homes Run Risk of Catastrophic Fires (USA Today 10-8-05)
  • Second Rash of Fires Strikes Churches in Rural Alabama (NYT 2-8-06)
  • Broker: Commercial Carriers Gain Confidence in Mold Underwriting (NYT 2-21-06)
  • After 200 Years, the Fire Patrol's Time May Be Up (NYT 3-24-06)
  • 'Collyers Mansion' Is Code for Firefighters' Nightmare (NYT 7-5-06)
  • Lax Oversight Cited in Refinery Blast (NYT 3-20-07)
  • Cargo Underwriter Focus on Warehouse Cat Exposures (BestWire 5-3-07)
  • Playing with Fire (NYT 2-17-08)
  • Pollution Exclusion Used to Deny Fire Death Claims (BI 12-19-08)

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  • Fraud and Other Crimes
  • US Moves to Shut Operations It Accuses of Health-Plan Fraud (NYT 4-17-04)
  • Blue Cross Says It's Fighting $50 Billion in Fraud Nationwide (DJ 4-20-04)
  • Couple is Accused of Faking a Drowning for Insurance (NYT 5-13-04)
  • Insurers Employ Voice-Analysis Software to Help Detect Fraud (WSJ 5-17-04)
  • FBI, Insurers Target Fraudulent Surgeries (BI 7-5-04)
  • 3 Accused of $97-Million Rent-a-Patient Scheme (LA Times 7-22-04)
  • CR Investigates: Insurance Agent Scams, 2004 (Consumer Reports 8-04)
  • Fighting Fraud with Technology (BR 10-04)
  • Health Insurers and FBI Say Doctors' Scheme Cost $1 Billion (NYT 3-11-05)
  • Huge Billing Fraud is Cited by Health Plans at California Clinics (NYT 3-12-05)
  • Couple Faked Death With Stolen Corpse (AP 5-8-05)
  • Paradise and Money Lost (NYT 8-14-05)
  • An Industry is Based on a Simple Masquerade (NYT 9-11-06)
  • Antifraud Law Stirs Industry Concern (NUPC 3-12-07)
  • Insurance Fraud Convictions Rise, But Not Everywhere (NUPC 3-19-07)
  • 2 Plead Not Guilty in Homeless Hit-Run (NYT 3-30-07)
  • Massachusetts Orders Halt to Bogus Health Insurance Solicitations (NUPC 1-14-08)
  • A Car-Fraud Sting With a Long-Arm (NYT 1-18-08)
  • 2 Elderly Women on Trial in Murder Plot (NYT 3-19-08)
  • Losses in Madoff Case Spread (WSJ 12-15-08)
  • Cox: SEC Handling of Madoff Case 'Deeply Troubling' (WSJ 12-16-08)
  • Madoff Ran Vast Options Game (WSJ 12-16-08)
  • Even Winners May Lose With Madoff (NYT 12-19-08)

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  • Genetic Testing
  • A Brave New Insurance (WSJ 12-20-02)
  • To Study Disease, Britain Plans a Genetic Census (NYT 12-31-02)
  • Growth of Genetic Tests Concerns Federal Panel (NYT 1-18-08)
  • Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes (NYT 5-2-08)
  • Red Flags for Hereditary Cancers (NYT 5-28-08)

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  • Health Insurance
  • Health Plan Proposals 2007-2008
  • Bush to Urge New Tax Plan for Health Coverage (NYT 1-21-07)
  • Gold-Plated Indifference (NYT 1-22-07)
  • Clinton Opens Her Campaign With Health Insurance Plan (NYT 1-22-07)
  • Bush Health Plan to Cost $30-$40 Billion a Year (NYT 1-24-07)
  • Bush's New Health Insurance Plan Faces Stiff Resistance (BestWire 1-24-07)
  • State of the Union: Health Care Fact Sheet (WSJ 1-23-07)
  • Experts See Peril in Bush Health Proposal (NYT 1-28-07)
  • Edwards' Health Care Plan Includes Taxes (NYT 2-5-07)
  • Candidates Outline Ideas for Universal Health Care (NYT 3-25-07)
  • Way Off Base (NYT 4-16-07)
  • Edwards' Big - and Costly - Proposals (NYT 5-11-07)
  • Obama Offers Health Care Plan (NYT 5-29-07)
  • Democrats Offer Health Care Plans (NYT 6-25-07)
  • Health-Care Plans Aid Industry (WSJ 11-19-07)
  • Clinton Details Premium Cap in Health Plan (NYT 3-28-08)
  • Parties' Split Most Apparent on Health Care (WSJ 4-19-08)
  • McCain Offers Details of His Health Plan (NYT 4-30-08)
  • Health-Coverage Plans Could Face Obstacles From Growing Budget Gap (NYT 10-27-08)
  • Insurers Group Proposes Universal Health Care (WSJ 12-4-08)
  • Health Care Industry in Talks to Shape Policy (NYT 2-20-08)
  • Health Insurers, Poised for Round 2 (NYT 2-20-08)
  • Health Insurers Offer Concessions in Health-Care Overhaul (WSJ 3-24-09)
  • College Students/Grads
  • Consumer Advice
  • How to Find Insurance That Fits (NYT 10-6-02)
  • Do's and Don'ts to Consider When Choosing a Health Plan (WSJ 11-11-02)
  • Buying Private Health Insurance (SMARTMONEY.com 9-30-03)
  • Is a Health Savings Account Good for You? (WSJ 1-4-04)
  • Buying Individual Insurance Can Prove a Headache (WSJ 9-2-04)
  • Fill in the Gap in Health Coverage (WSJ 10-31-04)
  • Full Coverage: Insurance Journalist Goes Shopping (WP 10-26-04)
  • The November Dilemma: Choosing Your Health Plan Gets More Complex (WSJ 11-9-04)
  • Steps Older Consumers Can Take to Get Health Coverage (WSJ 11-16-04)
  • Choosing a Health-Insurance Plan (WSJ 12-14-04)
  • Patient, Beware (WP 1-16-05)
  • The Promise and the Pitfalls of Health Savings Accounts (NYT 8-14-05)
  • Don't Let Coverage Lapse (WSJ 11-5-06)
  • Shopping for (Health) Insurance (WSJ 1-28-07)
  • In Bid for Better Care, Surgery With a Warranty (NYT 5-17-07)
  • Health Insurance: What You Need to Know (NYT 2-3-09)
  • Other
  • Costs
  • Limited Benefit Policies/Disease Insurance
  • Workers Buy Into Disease Insurance (Newark Star-Ledger 11-6-03)
  • 'Catastrophic' Health Care Policies Are Catching On (WSJ 10-26-04)
  • Critical Care, the Insurance Industry's Latest Push (WSJ 7-14-05)
  • How the Policies Work (FT 8-20-05)
  • Allstate Adds Critical Illness Policies (NULH 8-28-06)
  • Insurance With Limits (WSJ 12-17-06)
  • Drugs
  • Epidemics, Disease, Medical Conditions, Treatments
  • On a Remote Path to Cures (NYT 1-1-08)
  • Do My Breast Implants Have a Warranty? (NYT 1-17-08)
  • Despite Doubts, Cancer Therapy Draws Patients (NYT 1-18-08)
  • Scientists Are Still Searching in the Dark for the Secrets of Sleep (WSJ 1-18-08)
  • A Pandemic That Wasn't but Might Be (NYT 1-22-08)
  • In Spinal Device Research, Questions on Financial Conflicts (NYT 1-30-08)
  • Mutant Flu Virus Is Found That Resists Popular Drug (NYT 1-31-08)
  • Mosquito Nets and a New Drug Make Sharp Inroads Against Malaria (NYT 2-1-08)
  • A Medical Mystery Unfolds in Minnesota (NYT 2-5-08)
  • Drug-Resistant TB at Record Levels (NYT 2-26-08)
  • Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines (NYT 3-21-08)
  • What if a Flu Like 1918's Broke Out Now? (NYT 3-23-08)
  • Gap in Life Expectancy Widens for the Nation (NYT 3-23-08)
  • Bird-Flu Concerns Resurface (WSJ 6-9-08)
  • Diabetes: Underrated, Insidious and Deadly (NYT 7-1-08)
  • Stem Cells' New Sugar Daddy (WSJ 8-7-08)
  • British Threat Report Says Flu Pandemic Would Have Most Impact (NYT 8-9-08)
  • Curbing Antibiotic Use In War on 'Superbugs' (WSJ 9-3-08)
  • The War on Dengue Fever (NYT 11-4-08)
  • Law on Flu Vaccinations May be Tested (NYT 1-4-09)
  • Accidental Injuries Higher in Rural Areas (NYT 1-6-09)
  • Questions Linger Over the Value of a Global Illness Surveillance System (NYT 5-2-09)
  • The Age of Pandemics (NYT 5-2-09)
  • Firms, Competition and Regulation
  • A Novel Plan Helps Hospital Wean Itself Off Pricey Tests (WSJ 1-12-07)
  • Lawsuit Points to MRI Kickbacks (WSJ 1-18-07)
  • Regulators Challenge Kentucky Ruling Favoring Religion-Based Health Plan (NYT 2-2-07)
  • California Health Insurers to Face New Regs to Curb 'Post-Claims' Underwriting (BestWire 2-8-07)
  • Bargaining Down That CT Scan is Suddenly Possible (NYT 2-27-07)
  • A Message to Health Insurers: Ask Before Raising Rates (NYT 3-12-07)
  • Publicly-Traded Health Plans Lag in Customer Satisfaction Survey (WSJ 3-20-07)
  • Study Shows Growing Number of State-Mandated Health Benefits (BestWire 3-23-07)
  • Merger Will Form Massive Health Insurer (NYT 3-29-06)
  • Some Hospitals Call 911 to Save Their Patients (NYT 4-2-07)
  • Health Insurers Settle Dispute on Pay With 900,000 Doctors (WSJ 4-28-07)
  • Report Details Hospitals' Cost for Poor (Post-Dispatch 5-1-07)
  • Medical Ills Thwart Insurers in China (WSJ 5-15-07)
  • Troubled Los Angeles Hospital Loses Financing (NYT 8-10-07)
  • Select Hospitals Reap a Windfall Under Child Bill (NYT 8-12-07)
  • With Health Costs Rising, a Tougher Sell for Hospitals (NYT 10-12-07)
  • Atlanta Hospital in Grave Condition (NYT 11-26-07)
  • A Safety-Net Hospital Falls Into Financial Crisis (NYT 1-8-08)
  • Two Cities, Two Besieged Hospitals, Two Startling Different Results (NYT 2-10-08)
  • A City Where Hospitals Are as Ill as the Patients (NYT 6-5-08)
  • Concerned About Costs, Congress Pushes Curbs on Doctor-Owned Hospitals (NYT 6-8-08)
  • PA Blues Merger Would Gain 72% Market Share, Economist Testifies (BestWire 7-9-08)
  • GAO: Small Group Concentration Worse (NULH 3-24-09)
  • Managed Care/Quality of Care/Mandated Benefits
  • Medicare/Medicaid
  • Mental Health
  • Officials Discuss Insurance for Mental Illness (NYT 4-25-02)
  • Bush Calls for Mental Health Coverage (NYT 4-29-02)
  • Mentally Ill, and Locked Away in Nursing Homes (NYT 10-6-02)
  • One Stressed-Out Industry (WP 10-29-02)
  • New York Exports Mentally Ill, Shifting Burden to Other States (NYT 11-17-02)
  • Panel Urges Millions for Homes for the Mentally Ill (NYT 11-27-02)
  • Cruelest Choice Faces Parents of Mentally Ill (NYT 2-16-03)
  • Stress is Up. So Why are Mental Health Benefits Down? (NYT 4-20-03)
  • Major Change in Mental Health Care Is Urged (NYT 7-23-03)
  • Insurer Seeks Return of Fees for Therapy (NYT 9-27-03)
  • Issue of Competition Causes Widest Split Over Medicare (NYT 11-10-03)
  • Depressed? New York City Screens for People at Risk (NYT 4-13-05)
  • FDA Considers Implant Device for Depression (NYT 5-21-05)
  • Most Will be Mentally Ill at Some Point, Study Says (NYT 6-7-05)
  • A Doctor's Fight: More Forced Care for the Mentally Ill (WSJ 2-1-06)
  • Study Backs Equal Coverage for Mental Ills (NYT 3-30-06)
  • Trapped by Rules, The Mentally Ill Languish in Prison (WSJ 5-3-06)
  • How Much Mental-Health Care Do Insurers Have to Cover (WSJ 5-22-06)
  • Battle Lines in Treating Depression (NYT 9-10-06)
  • Lawmakers Push for Better Treatment of Addiction (WP 9-21-06)
  • Pataki Signs Bill on Parity in Health Care (NYT 12-23-06)
  • Long-Term Therapy Effective in Bipolar Depression (NYT 4-10-07)
  • Nursing Homes/Custodial Care
  • U.S. Issues Data on Nursing Home Quality and Performance (NYT 11-12-02)
  • Overwhelmed and Understaffed, Nursing Home Workers Vent Anger (NYT 6-8-03)
  • IRAs and Nursing Homes Require Careful Planning (WSJ 7-20-03)
  • Nursing-Homes Costs are Climbing (WSJ 8-5-03)
  • Elderly Immigrants Embrace Nursing Homes (NYT 10-20-03)
  • Blacks Far More Likely to Live in Substandard Nursing Homes (SFC 6-21-04)
  • The New Nursing Home, Emphasis on Home (NYT 4-23-05)
  • Oversight of Nursing Homes is Criticized (NYT 4-22-07)
  • Battle on Home Front (NYT 5-7-07)
  • Key to Funding for Eldercare Technologies? Pilots (NYT 7-17-07)
  • A Grass-Roots Effort to Grow Old at Home (NYT 8-14-07)
  • Study Finds Higher Costs for Caregivers of Elderly (NYT 11-19-07)
  • Patients Rights
  • Uninsured and Coverage
  • History
  • Insurance Nation (Boston Globe 3-9-03)
  • London Property Broker Maps Out City's Insurance History (BestWire 3-19-07)

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  • Holocaust Claims
  • Landmark Insurance Settlement Leaves Many Armenians Unhappy (DJ 2-16-04)
  • Holocaust Survivors, Heirs to Receive Token Payments (AP 3-30-04)
  • After Scars of Holocaust, Fresh Pain Over Money (NYT 5-8-05)
  • Deal Struck on Claims of Nazi Era (NYT 1-31-07)
  • A Deadline May Be Extended for Claims in Holocaust Case (NYT 2-12-07)
  • Judge Approves Holocaust Settlement (NYT 2-27-07)
  • Court Reopens Insurance Dispute in Holocaust Case (NYT 10-2-07)