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WASHINGTON —Wall Street’s watchdog on Wednesday unveiled a draft new rule to enhance blank-check company investor disclosures and to strip them of a legal protection critics argue has allowed the shell companies to issue overly optimistic earnings projections. The move …

The SPAC boom is overwhelming a key player in the creation of a blank-check companies: insurers. Firms selling directors-and-officers liability policies for special purpose acquisition companies have been flooded by the listings that surged last year. That’s caused insurers to …