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TIG Holdings reported a loss for third-quarter 1998 of $46.8 million, compared with a net profit of

Markel Corp.'s earned premiums were almost the same, at $84.7 million, for the third quarter of 1998

Hartford Life Inc. said third-quarter operating income of $100 million was a 20 percent increase fro

Ohio Casualty Corp.'s net income for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 was $23.2 million, down slight

American General in the third quarter of 1997 had operating earnings of $268 million, an increase of

Rewards Plus of America, which puts together benefits packages for companies to offer workers, recen

A government task force has concluded that Canadian banks have failed to make a compelling case for

A panel of Wall Street stock analysts has predicted that on average there will be a 2.6 percent incr

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

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Agriculture officials announced plans to quarantine homegrown fruits and vegetables and apply pestic

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. expects its U.S. operations to break even this year for the first time this

Penn Treaty American Corp. intends to purchase United Insurance Group, a privately held consortium o

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will begin actively marketing in Connecticut in the first

In a surprise move, a textile union is trying to upset the billion-dollar merger of Berkshire Hathaw

International expansion by life insurers has been nominal. But as these businesses grow, they may af

A Georgia bill that would exempt insurers there from using filed rates, rating plans, rating systems

Three of Wall Street's top insurance analysts last week gave a bearish short-term view of the proper

With winds as high as 120 miles per hour, Hurricane Mitch smashed into the coast of Honduras on Wedn

Releasing data showing a shrinking economy and rising unemployment, Singapore Prime Minister Goh Cho

Ford Motor Co., having battled for one set of special concessions in return for locating a plant in

Volvo Canada's car assembly plant, shut down for almost a week by workers staging a sit-in to push f

After decades with a single telephone company, and only a couple of years with a handful, Hong Kong

The Nigerian government may keep to its pledge to merge the dual exchange-rate regime in the country

Kiichi Miyazawa, Japan's finance minister, said his ministry has a plan to dispatch a special missio

After decades of not being able to mention the competition or compare prices in their ads, some Germ

Maximo Aguilera, director of Chile's National Statistics Institute, said that 81 goods will be added

A discussion of whether to provide extremely large emergency loans to Brazil and Argentina, possibly

Dockworkers in a dispute that has shut down the main cargo terminal here have agreed to arbitration.

A union representing some 800 Airborne Express pilots says its members are refusing to fly voluntary

Rebuffed in his attempts to buy more shares of Atlantic Container Line, Philadelphia shipping execut

A new cargo terminal building attached to Zia International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is expecte

Decisions to build and expand ports should be based on the economic and operating realities of custo

Gaza International Airport has shiny new terminals, a control tower ready to be filled with state-of

PeopleSoft Inc. has completed its acquisition of Intrepid Systems Inc. of Alameda, Calif.The

Truck maker Navistar International Corp. has agreed to form a joint venture with a Brazilian company

Air China has added a flight to its route between Beijing and Kuwait.The flight, which start

Libra Navegacao SA, formerly Grupo Libra, will join an alliance comprising Crowley American Transpor

Customers seeking changes in the Canadian National Railway-Illinois Central merger focused on a U.S.