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Insight: As crop losses mount, farmers seen quicker to claim

November 3, 2021 at 3:41 p.m.

(Reuters) - The drought ravaging America's prime farmland is having an unexpected consequence that could shape the future of agricultural finance: in some cases, farmers who have amped up their...

Rise of gadgets doubles costs of lightning damage

May 23, 2019 at 9:12 a.m.

The cost of insurance claims for lightning strikes nearly doubled between 2004 and 2011, even as the actual number of claims shrank dramatically, and an industry trade group says fancy...

Companies clamor for insurance against Greek exit

August 23, 2021 at 9:28 a.m.

(Reuters) - Companies are clamoring for some kind of insurance protection in case Greece leaves the euro and sticks them with devalued drachmas, but brokers say the uncertainty around Sunday's...

Companies clamor for insurance against Greek exit

December 24, 2018 at 7:20 a.m.

(Reuters) - Companies are clamoring for some kind of insurance protection in case Greece leaves the euro and sticks them with devalued drachmas, but brokers say the uncertainty around Sunday's...

Representative Frank offers bill to bar insurance on claw-backs

August 23, 2021 at 8:09 a.m.

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Executives at financial firms would no longer be able to buy insurance to protect themselves against compensation claw-backs or civil penalties under legislation introduced on Wednesday by...

Representative Frank offers bill to bar insurance on claw-backs

May 23, 2019 at 3:57 p.m.

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Executives at financial firms would no longer be able to buy insurance to protect themselves against compensation claw-backs or civil penalties under legislation introduced on Wednesday by...

Analysis: Investors turning to reinsurance for juiced returns

August 23, 2021 at 8:07 a.m.

(Reuters) - Investors globally, from hedge funds to retirement systems, are looking to an obscure corner of the insurance industry to boost returns and avoid some of the swings that...

Analysis: Investors turning to reinsurance for juiced returns

December 24, 2018 at 5:20 a.m.

(Reuters) - Investors globally, from hedge funds to retirement systems, are looking to an obscure corner of the insurance industry to boost returns and avoid some of the swings that...

Warren Buffett to buy Media General newspapers

August 23, 2021 at 6:57 a.m.

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is boosting its bet on the newspaper industry, with a deal to buy the majority of Media General Inc's papers for $142 million...

Warren Buffett to buy Media General newspapers

December 24, 2018 at 3:46 a.m.

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is boosting its bet on the newspaper industry, with a deal to buy the majority of Media General Inc's papers for $142 million...

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