Terrorism News

W.Va. Woman Disappointed with USS Cole Damages

The mother of a W. Va. sailor killed in the 2001 terrorist attack on the USS Cole says she is disappointed with a federal judge’s decision to limit damages in a lawsuit filed by sailors’ families against Sudan. Saundra Flanagan’s …

N.Y. City Safety Officials Reassure Public After Steam Pipe Blast

Although last week’s steam pipe explosion in New York City raised worries about the city’s vulnerability to attacks, law enforcement officials said this week they aren’t concerned that it might have given terrorists any ideas. Federal, state and city law …

Terror Insurance Act Moves Forward in House with Lowered Event Triggers

The federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act moved out of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises this week and on to the full House Financial Services Committee. The measure (H.R. 2761) …

Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world

The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years, and the energy industry has been no exception. Climate changes (including global warming), market fluctuations, ever-increasing business mergers and acquisitions, natural disasters, terrorism threats, war, political risk, increasing regulatory …

Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world

The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years, and the energy industry has been no exception. Climate changes (in-cluding global warming), market fluctuations, ever-increasing business mergers and acquisitions, natural disasters, terrorism threats, war, political risk, increasing regulatory …

The tale of two states

For years the insurance industry has fought desperately to reduce or eliminate burdensome governmental regulation, insisting that competitive market forces will adequately regulate the industry. Deregulation has dominated the insurance public policy debate on both the state and federal levels. …

Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world

Taking the time to qualify a responsive and capable carrier with energy industry-specific expertise, upfront, before scrambling to line up quotes or compare policy parameters, is worth the investment. The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years, …

The tale of two states

For years the insurance industry has fought desperately to reduce or eliminate burdensome governmental regulation, insisting that competitive market forces will adequately regulate the industry. Deregulation has dominated the insurance public policy debate on both the state and federal levels. …

The tale of two states

For years the insurance industry has fought desperately to reduce or eliminate burdensome governmental regulation, insisting that competitive market forces will adequately regulate the industry. Deregulation has dominated the insurance public policy debate on both the state and federal levels. …

Calif. workers’ comp earthquake losses could exceed $150 million annually

California workers’ compensation insurers will need $180 million annually to pay for workers’ compensation losses induced by earthquakes, according to a recently released study by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. The report, which was conducted by risk …