9/11 disaster payout set record, study says
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Victims of the Sept. 11 attacks received more than $38 billion in compensation - a figure 30 times the size of the largest previous disaster payout and one that is unlikely to be matched, according to a Rand Corp.
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THE al-Qaeda terror network spent less than $US50,000 ($71,000) on each of its main attacks except the September 11 suicide hijackings, a UN report says.
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A New York developer hoping to rebuild the destroyed World Trade Center on Monday won a major victory against his insurers, when a jury decided the hijacked airline attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were two separate events.
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A federal jury decided Monday that the destruction of the World Trade Center was two events for insurance purposes, meaning leaseholder Larry Silverstein can collect twice
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The government failed to ensure that recipients of terrorism-recovery loans were actually hurt by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, allowing banks to spread more than $3.7 billion in aid to whomever they wanted, Senate investigators concluded Wednesday.
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The widow of an Oak Ridge nuclear weapons plant employee received &#36;125,000 Monday, one of the first checks issued by the U.S. Labor Department since it took over a long-delayed compensation program for Cold War-era defense workers from the Energy Department.
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Insurance payouts for Hurricane Frances look set to reach $4.4bn, making it the fourth most expensive storm in US history.
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Insurance payments to victims of  Hurricane Frances are expected to reach $4.4 billion, making it  the fourth most costly storm in U.S. history, an insurance  industry group said on Thursday.
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Victims of the Sept. 11 attacks received $38.1 billion in compensation, with insurance companies picking up the largest portion of the tab, according to a study released Monday.
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A federal jury said yesterday that the destruction of the World Trade Center constituted two separate attacks, entitling the developer Larry A. Silverstein to collect up to $2.2 billion
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More than three years after the  Sept. 11 attacks, the United States is still struggling to  understand how al Qaeda gets its funding, how much it earns and  where it spends the money, lawmakers heard on Wednesday.
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A jury's finding yesterday that the Sept. 11 attack by two hijacked planes on the World Trade Center was two occurrences for insurance purposes provides an extra $1.1 billion, ensuring &quot;a timely and complete rebuild&quot; of the destroyed complex, its leaseholder says.
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The tsunami catastrophe in South Asia is likely to have caused economic damage of more than 10 billion euros (about $14 billion), compounding what was already the most expensive year in history for insurers, the world&#39;s
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A New York court ruled that the World Trade Center terrorist attacks were two separate event, meaning leaseholder Larry Silverstein stands to collect up to $2.2 billion from nine insurers.
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Insurance claims for damage caused in  the United States this year by four major hurricanes may reach  $23 billion, surpassing payments on claims for 1992's Hurricane  Andrew, an insurance industry group said on Friday.
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World Trade Center leaseholder Silverstein Properties Inc. could collect $4.68 billion in insurance payments after the jury in the second phase of the WTC property insurance litigation decided that the Sept.
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A New York developer hoping to rebuild  the destroyed World Trade Center on Monday won a major victory  against his insurers, when a jury decided the hijacked airline  attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were two separate events.