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Court Orders Chubb Subsidiary to Pay for Merchandise Lost in Warehouse Bankruptcy

Chubb’s Federal Insurance Co. must pay more than $2 million to a fabric company that lost 22 trailer loads of merchandise when the Mississippi warehouse company that stored it, filed for bankruptcy, sold the goods and pocketed the proceeds. A …

Marex Spectron’s Metals Financing Deal Triggers Fraud Lawsuit, Insurance Dispute

Commodities broker Marex Spectron was warned by one of its executives about the risk of fraud before it finalized a metals financing deal with French bank Natixis that triggered a $32 million lawsuit by the lender, court documents seen by …

Zurich Policyholder Dispute Highlights Danger of Calling Out Cyber Attackers: Opinion

The $100 million lawsuit that Mondelez, the maker of Oreos and Cadbury chocolate, has brought against Zurich Insurance Group shows that governments should be more careful about identifying the would-be culprits in putative cyber-wars: Such claims can have unintended consequences, …

Texas Seeking Employer Representative for Workers’ Comp Appeals Panel

The Texas Department of Insurance is seeking an employer representative to serve on the Texas Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel. The panel resolves policyholder disputes with insurance carriers that are referred by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). The panel …