Senate panel sets terror insurance backstop vote

by Jerry Geisel (mailto:jgeisel@BusinessInsurance.com) at Business Insurance: Breaking News

WASHINGTON?The Senate Banking and Housing and Urban Affairs Committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday on legislation to extend the federal terrorism insurance backstop for seven years. The vote comes after Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., the committee?s chairman, and Richard Shelby, R-Ala., the panel?s...

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