Assured Guaranty Ltd. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to settle lawsuits filed by the bond insurer accusing the bank’s EMC Mortgage and Bear Stearns units of making misrepresentations about mortgage-backed securities. Assured Guaranty Corp., a New York-based unit of …
New York City prep school Horace Mann sued units of American International Group Inc. saying they refused to defend and indemnify the school for damages stemming from sex-abuse claims by former students against teachers. The Bronx school sued AIG’s Granite …
Chubb Corp.’s Vigilant Insurance must face a lawsuit by Bear Stearns Cos. accusing the insurer of breach of contract for refusing to pay part of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settlement, New York state’s highest court ruled. Bear Stearns …
Allstate Corp. and Citigroup Inc. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the insurer in New York state court accusing the bank of fraudulently selling hundreds of millions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities. Allstate, the largest publicly traded U.S. home …
