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U.S. Ambassador Urges China Not to Interfere in Business
Nov 18 2011 // China should allow domestic and foreign companies to make investment decisions without government interference, the U.S. ambassador to China said on Friday. Ambassador Gary Locke also said the United States would work to...
Texas Family Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Aflac
Nov 17 2011 // Seven family members, including a former Hidalgo County district court probation officer, have been convicted for their roles in a $3 million scheme to defraud American Family Life Assurance Company (Aflac). In a news...
Lawmaker: Oklahoma Cannot Wait On Insurance Exchange
Nov 17 2011 // A legislative panel exploring the impact of the new federal health care law on Oklahoma will likely suggest that the state should do the minimum amount required to comply with the act, the committee’s chairman...
Holocaust Survivors in U.S. Seek $20B in Nazi-era Policies
Nov 17 2011 // Thousands of aging Holocaust survivors in the U.S. want Congress to clear a path for them to sue European insurance companies they contend illegally confiscated Jewish life insurance policies during the Nazi era and have...
Google Tells Congress Online Anti-Piracy Bill Goes Too Far
Nov 16 2011 // Google Inc. warned U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that proposed legislation to crack down on foreign websites selling pirated U.S. movies, music or other counterfeit goods goes too far and could depress investment. The...
U.S. Reserves Right to Meet Cyber Attack with Force
Nov 16 2011 // United States reserves the right to retaliate with military force against a cyberattack and is working to sharpen its ability to track down the source of any attack, the Pentagon said in a report made public Tuesday. The...
HK Shares Close Down 2%; Chinese Insurers Slump
Nov 16 2011 // Hong Kong shares slumped on Wednesday, dragged down by weakness in Chinese insurers and property developers, with turnover low as investors became more averse to riskier assets on fears of contagion from Europe’s...
Manulife Expands Asian Reach with Cambodia Unit
Nov 16 2011 // Manulife Financial said it has received approval to establish operations in Cambodia, which will expand the Canadian insurer’s reach into an 11th Asian market. Manulife said in a statement it had “approval in...
Doctors Back ‘Open Market’ Health Insurance Exchanges for States
Nov 16 2011 // The American Medical Association added pressure on U.S. states to steer toward the system that opens doors to all insurers who meet minimum standards as they build up their health insurance exchanges. The influential...
BP Told It Can’t Use Transocean Insurance for Gulf Spill
Nov 16 2011 // A federal judge rejected BP Plc’s bid to use insurance coverage from Transocean Ltd to cover costs stemming from last year’s record oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tuesday’s decision by U.S. District...
Judge Allows Alabama, Louisiana to Seek Punitive Damages in Oil Spill
Nov 14 2011 // A federal judge Monday said Alabama and Louisiana may seek punitive damages from companies including BP Plc for damages arising from last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The decision by U.S....
Supreme Court to Hear Healthcare Law in March
Nov 14 2011 // The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, with an election-year ruling due by July on the U.S. healthcare system’s biggest overhaul in nearly 50 years. The...
Travelers Forms Clean Energy & Technology Practice
Nov 14 2011 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. have formed the Clean Energy & Technology Practice. This new practice offers clean energy and technology-focused insurance products, and risk and claim management resources. The practice...
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Hits New Low
Nov 14 2011 // The percentage of Americans who have health insurance through their employer slipped to a new low of 44.5 percent in the third quarter, a drop of over 5 percentage points in three years, according to a poll released...
Life Insurer Sues Bank of America Over Mortgages
Nov 10 2011 // Bank of America Corp. and its Countrywide Financial unit were on Wednesday hit with a new lawsuit alleging fraud in the sale of residential mortgage debt to a New York mutual life insurance company. National Integrity Life...
U.S. Reopens Public Database of Malpractice Claims Against Doctors
Nov 10 2011 // The U.S. government reopened public access to a database of malpractice claims and damages paid by doctors, with new restrictions that would prohibit using it in any way to identify the physicians. Consumer advocates and...
Australia Urges Breaking up Doha Round into Smaller Pacts
Nov 10 2011 // Australia wants World Trade Organization members to recognize that reaching a comprehensive deal in decade-old world trade talks has become impossible and to focus instead on a series of smaller pacts, the country’s...
Sentry Expands Casualty Products to Clients with Overseas Operations
Nov 9 2011 // Sentry Insurance is now offering foreign general liability and foreign voluntary workers’ compensation to U.S.-based clients with multinational operations. Sentry’s foreign general liability product provides...
Lawmakers Urge U.S. Caution on Japan Trade Talks
Nov 9 2011 // Four senior U.S. lawmakers Tuesday urged President Barack Obama’s administration not to make a hasty decision to begin free trade talks with Japan if that country should request this week to join negotiations on a...
Justice Department to Clarify Guidelines for Bribery Probes
Nov 9 2011 // A top Justice Department official said Tuesday the agency will clarify next year what triggers anti-corruption probes into U.S. corporations. Lanny Breuer, head of the criminal division, said his department expects to...
