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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its counterparty credit rating on Warren, N.J.-based Chubb Corp. to... Read More

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider reinstating a roughly $500 million settlement of asbestos-related lawsuits against the Travelers Companies... Read More

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Toro Co. announced a voluntary recall of about 900,000 Toro Power Sweep Electric... Read More

After-tax profits for the U.S. property and casualty industry through the first nine months of the year were $4.1 billion... Read More

The U.S. government needs a more comprehensive plan for studying the risks of nanotechnology, the National Research Council said. While... Read More

For the first time, federal inspectors have completed mandatory safety reviews of all the nation’s mines within a single year,... Read More

Researchers have developed a trio of pole-climbing serpentine robots designed to take the place of construction workers tasked with dangerous... Read More

Progress made to better protect the country from disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and bioterrorism is now at risk, due to... Read More

American International Group Inc., the giant insurer bailed out by the U.S. government, is trying to figure out how it... Read More

A judge has ruled that Mattel, Wal-Mart and others can still be sued for making and selling toys with high... Read More