US sees insurers as possible tool in terror fight

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security officials in the Bush administration are considering ways to use the insurance industry as a free-market-friendly vehicle to drive chemical facilities, food companies, utilities, and other businesses to take greater precautions against terrorist attacks without heavy-handed new regulations. (Full article: 1205 words)

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