Bringing a securities class action became less lucrative last year. According to a new Cornerstone Research report, total settlements in...
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The same weather pattern that made the West warm and dry and the Northeast cold and snowy has contributed to...
U.S. bank regulators are scheduled to vote next week on whether to extend MetLife Inc.’s deadline for filing a so-called...
Christopher Y. Russell has joined the Liberty Mutual Insurance office in Washington, D.C. as senior public affairs officer, focusing on...
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it...
Managing general agency StartPoint has added $25 million in new capacity for the U.S. directors & officers (D&O) insurance marketplace....

American International Group (AIG) and Nationwide Mutual are the top writers of U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) business but Berkshire...
U.S. drillers already reeling from a six- month drop in oil prices denounced new U.S. fracking regulations as costly and...

An insurance empire that included two insurance carriers, two offshore reinsurers, several buildings and other insurers’ investments was built by...
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration plans to unveil new steps soon to make it easier for companies to use drone...