Senate, House panels set terror backstop hearings

by Mark A. Hofmann (mailto:mhofmann@BusinessInsurance.com) at Business Insurance: Breaking News

WASHINGTON—The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on the federal government’s role in the terrorism insurance market, the committee announced Monday. The committee’s chairman, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., was a sponsor of the Terrorism Risk...

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