Supreme Court ‘Easily’ Settles Insider Trading Liability Question December 7, 2016 By Greg Stohr, Patricia Hurtado and Bob Van Voris For two years, stock traders and the attorneys who represent them said insider-trading law was a muddle, with no one...
Insurance Crime Watchdog Reveals Mystery Device Used by Vehicle Thieves December 7, 2016 Insurance crime investigators recently went on a crime spree, breaking into vehicles and stealing them. It was all part of...
Over-Compensating Data Breach Victims Can Backfire December 7, 2016 Compensation in response to a data breach is most effective when it meets customers’ expectations for what is appropriate, according...
Gruber to Succeed Larson as President of Great American Insurance Co. December 7, 2016 Gary J. Gruber has been promoted president and chief operating officer of Great American Insurance Co., effective January 1, 2017....
Health Insurers Warm to Replacing Individual Mandate with Incentives December 7, 2016 By Zachary Tracer U.S. health insurers signaled Tuesday that they’re willing to give up a cornerstone provision of Obamacare that requires all Americans...
Report Criticizes FAA Safety Oversight of Drones as Lax December 7, 2016 By Alan Levin U.S. aviation regulators approved commercial drone applications so quickly in recent years that they missed safety violations and took few...
Supreme Court Upholds Katrina Fraud Verdict Against State Farm December 6, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to two whistleblower sisters by upholding a jury verdict that found State...
Supreme Court Orders Refiguring of Samsung’s Damages in Patent Fight with Apple December 6, 2016 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Samsung in its big-money smartphone patent fight with Apple, throwing out an...
Verisk Teams with Driveway Software on Smartphone Telematics for Autos December 6, 2016 Property/casualty insurance data supplier Verisk Insurance Solutions has formed a strategic alliance with Silicon Valley’s Driveway Software to jointly develop...
Swiss Re Veteran Hudzik to Head North America Casualty Operation December 6, 2016 Swiss Re has named Mike Hudzik as head of its North America Casualty unit, effective Jan. 1, 2017. He will...