revenue News

Can a ‘Numbers Guy’ with Insurance DNA Finally Fix AIG?

NEW YORK — Peter Zaffino sat at 2 World Trade Center poring over financial reports on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when the first plane struck a neighboring building. Zaffino, known by colleagues for his laser-like focus, remained at …

Congress Moves to Create New Farm Subsidy

Farm-state lawmakers are moving to create a whole new subsidy that would protect farmers when their revenue drops – an unprecedented program that critics say could pay billions of dollars to farmers now enjoying record-high crop prices. The subsidy, free …

Chaney: Insurance Pact Should Bring $16M to Mississippi

A new agreement on surplus lines insurance means Mississippi should get about $16 million in tax revenue of which about $10 million will go into the state’s wind pool, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. Chaney, speaking Thursday in Pascagoula, …