Loyalty to Insurer Doesn’t Always Pay Off for Drivers June 30, 2015 By Mitch Lipka When Jonathan G. Stein became unhappy with his long-time car insurance carrier earlier this year, the 41-year-old lawyer from Elk...
MetLife Seeks Documents from Systemic Risk Panel June 30, 2015 By Sarah N. Lynch MetLife asked a federal judge on Monday to force the U.S. government to hand over 500 pages of confidential records...
GM Directors Off the Hook; Court Nixes Investors’ Lawsuit Over Ignition Switch June 30, 2015 By Jef Feeley General Motors Co. directors don’t have to face investors’ allegations that lax supervision allowed the company to make cars with...
SpaceX Cargo Loss is Government’s, but Rocket Costs and Backlog Uncertain June 29, 2015 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket en route to the International Space Station erupted in flames on Sunday moments after its launch,...
Supreme Court Rejects BP, Anadarko Appeal of Gulf Spill Fines June 29, 2015 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected bids by BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to avoid penalties under federal...
Updated AIR Hurricane Model for U.S. Features Storm Surge Module June 29, 2015 Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has updated its hurricane model for the U.S. to help insurers and reinsurers better...
How Terrorism Reinsurance Law Uncertainty Affected Market June 29, 2015 After a slight dip in the wake of the brief lapse of the terrorism reinsurance program in early 2015, terrorism...
Google Offering Railroad Crossings Alerts for Drivers June 29, 2015 Google will add audio and visual alerts to warn drivers about upcoming railroad crossings on Google’s navigation system, the U.S....
Congress Leaves Export-Import Bank Facing Lending, Insurance Lapse June 29, 2015 By David Lawder The U.S. Export-Import Bank faced an imminent shutdown of its new lending and insurance activities as lawmakers left Washington on...
XL Catlin Expands Data Breach Response Specialists Network June 29, 2015 XL Catlin’s Cyber & Technology insurance business in North America is adding additional computer forensic and legal resources to its...