For Washington policymakers, the prospect of a grinding, slow-motion legal fight between Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) for the spoils of troubled Wachovia (WB) is clearly unnerving. In a period when the markets seem to come more unhinged with ... [full story]

The gap in customer satisfaction between homeowners and auto insurance providers has steadily widened since 2004, with homeowners insurance customer satisfaction remaining essentially flat during the past five years, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 “Homeowners Insurance Study” ... [full story]

Well above-average hurricane activity is expected for the month of October, the Colorado State University forecast team said Oct. 1. This is in line with their very active full-season forecasts for 2008. The individual month of October is expected to ... [full story]

A Florida state law allowing certain workers to keep dependents on their health insurance policies until age 30 was scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, but some of the specifics of the law still are being discussed, the Orlando Sentinel ... [full story]