Lenders Miss Chance as U.S. High Court Housing-Bias Case Settles November 14, 2013 By Greg Stohr The settlement of a New Jersey housing-bias lawsuit scuttles a U.S. Supreme Court showdown that might have shielded lenders from...
House Passes Bill Requiring Reporting by Asbestos Victims’ Trusts November 14, 2013 By Jonathan D. Salant Honeywell International Inc., whose political action committee donates more money than any other corporate PAC, and the U.S. Chamber of...
Obamacare Banking on Enrollment Surge Near Deadlines November 14, 2013 By Alex Nussbaum and Alex Wayne Almost 1 million people who applied for health care on the government insurance exchanges last month left without choosing a...
CGSC Holdings Brasil Names Carlos Reis as Commercial Director November 14, 2013 Wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) has appointed Carlos Reis as commercial director of CGSC...
Fairholme Offers to Buy Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Mortgage Insurance Business November 14, 2013 Fairholme Capital Management has proposed to buy the insurance businesses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a move that seeks...
European Insurers Welcome Deal on Solvency II Capital Rules November 14, 2013 By Chris Vellacott and Jonathan Gould European insurers breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday that a deal on new capital requirements was less burdensome than...
Canada Delays New Life Insurer Capital, Transparency Standards Until 2018 November 14, 2013 By Katia Dmitrieva Canadian insurance companies including Manulife Financial Corp. and Sun Life Financial Inc. will have three more years to comply with...
European Officials Reach Deal on Solvency II Insurance Rules November 14, 2013 By Maud van Gaal and Oliver Suess European politicians reached an agreement paving the way for new rules designed to make insurance companies safer after 13 years...
White House Willing to Consider Fix to Stop Health Policy Cancellations November 13, 2013 By Roger Runningen and Mike Dorning The Obama administration today indicated it was willing to consider Democratic legislation to halt some of the hundreds of thousands...
Low Obamacare Enrollment Figures Add to Pressure on White House November 13, 2013 By Caroline Humer and Richard Cowan About 106,000 people signed up for insurance coverage nationally under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law during October, the government said...