Firm to pay $25m in club fire settlement (Boston Globe)
PROVIDENCE A company that made insulation used in a Rhode Island nightclub that burned down five years ago has agreed to pay $25 million to the survivors of the fire and relatives of the 100 people killed. The settlement with Sealed Air Corp. , a company based in Elmwood Park, N.J., was disclosed in court papers yesterday. It is the ...

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Symetra Financial and Its Subsidiaries (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
OLDWICK, N.J.----A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A and issuer credit ratings of "a+" of Symetra Life Insurance Company and its subsidiary, First Symetra National Life Insurance Company of New York.