Former Attorney General John Ashcroft and one of his hardline lieutenants face the rare prospect of being held personally liable for alleged violations of individuals’ rights in the aggressive aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks. High-ranking officials usually are protected …
Craig Fugate brought three lessons with him when he took over the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Always be ready for disasters, make sure people take responsibility for themselves and get the message out creatively. He also is stressing FEMA isn’t …
If the suicide bombers who targeted two luxury hotels in Jakarta this year hoped their attacks would strike a significant long-term blow against Indonesia’s economy, the reaction of financial markets suggests they were wrong. Economic warfare is at the heart …
Just ahead of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Wednesday address to the United Nations in New York, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner encouraged his fellow state insurance commissioners to follow California’s lead and to probe insurance company investments for ties to …
Somber Anniversary “Insurance claim dollars are playing an essential role in rebuilding Lower Manhattan.” —Robert P. Hartwig, the Insurance Information Institute’s president and chief economist, commenting on rebuilding efforts in the vicinity of the World Trade Center site, eight years …
Insurance claims dollars are helping to rebuild Lower Manhattan even eight years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The 9/11 attacks produced the second largest loss in the history of insurance, falling just behind the claims losses left by …
Coverage For When the Show Just Can’t Go On Michael Jackson’s recent untimely death has produced a flurry of articles in the mainstream media. Aside from tributes to the deceased, many of them have focused on what outlays and expenses, …
Now that the hurricane season is well underway, Louisianans remember when Katrina came ashore, late in August 2005, with a storm surge that eventually flooded New Orleans and leveled many Gulf Coast towns, costing more than 1,500 lives and causing …
The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute announced that its London Market faculty will hold a second “Counter Terrorist Workshop” in conjunction with the City of London Police on November 10. The CII said the first conference, held earlier this year, had …
Politico-social trends are rarely static; they evolve over time. Terrorism is no exception. An article on the Lloyd’s of London web site (www.lloyds.com) notes that “today’s extremists are just as intent on causing headline grabbing death and destruction – but …
