Lawmaker eyes plan to expand backstop at Insurance Wood

Lawmaker eyes plan to expand backstop

BOSTON?A key House lawmaker says he has a plan to encourage passage of a bill to expand and extend the federal backstop for terrorism coverage. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told members of the Property Casualty Insurers Assn. of America Monday that...

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Lawmaker eyes plan to expand backstop

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