- NBC Sports Chicago
Cubs' Justin Steele, Kyle Hendricks on rehab assignments amid injury recovery
A pair of Chicago Cubs pitchers are working their way back from injury this week, as Justin Steele and Kyle Hendricks will both make rehab starts for minor league affiliates.
- Associated Press
The Kentucky Derby is turning 150 years old. It's survived world wars and controversies of all kinds
As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky Derby. “There’s nothing like winning the Kentucky Derby,” recalled Espinoza, a three-time winner.
- Reuters
AIG beats profit estimates on underwriting strength
AIG, one of the world's biggest commercial insurers, said underwriting income in its general insurance arm rose 19% to $596 million for the quarter ended March and included $106 million of total catastrophe-related charges. "General Insurance had another quarter of impressive Commercial Lines profitability benefiting from continued strong underwriting performance and low levels of catastrophe losses as we continue to manage volatility in our results," AIG Chairman and CEO Peter Zaffino said. Insurers have reaped the benefits of growing hopes of a soft landing and a still-tight labor market that has revived spending on insurance policies.
