National Weather Service Warns Accuracy of Forecasts in Danger Over Damaged Buoys March 7, 2014 The National Weather Service is set to start repairing 70 towering buoys used to track El Nino and La Nina...
HSBC, Wells Fargo Settle Force-Placed Insurance Claims March 7, 2014 By Edvard Pettersson and Susannah Nesmith HSBC Holdings Plc and Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to settle lawsuits by mortgage holders who alleged they were forced...
Top Executives of Failed Dewey Law Firm Facing Fraud Charges March 7, 2014 By Tiffany Kary, Christie Smythe and Bob Van Voris Three former executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, once the No. 3 legal adviser to banks handling merger deals, were...
Private Market Could Grow As Government Flood Insurance Prices Rise: Fitch March 6, 2014 As federal subsidies for flood insurance are reduced and the cost of government provided insurance goes up, the demand for...
Increase in Cyber Attacks Costing Millions, Stressing Internet March 6, 2014 By Peter Apps Crashing websites and overwhelming data centers, a new generation of cyber attacks is costing millions and straining the structure of...
Supreme Court Justices Tackle Rules for Class Actions March 6, 2014 U.S. Supreme Court justices sought a middle ground to preserve class-action shareholder lawsuits as they heard a case testing the...
Adjuster, Nationwide Mutual Take Sides Over ‘On Your Side’ Slogan March 6, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., which has used the “On Your Side” slogan in its marketing and advertising since 1966, is...
K&K Launches E-Commerce Website for Outfitter & Guide Operations March 6, 2014 K&K Insurance Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Aon plc has launched a new website for agents that provides access to...
Vertafore, StoneRiver Partnership Aims to Make Selling Flood Insurance Easier March 5, 2014 Insurance software firm Vertafore has formed a partnership with flood insurance policy processing firm StoneRiver National Flood Services (NFS) to...
State Farm Managed Underwriting Profit in 2013 Despite Loss on Auto March 5, 2014 By Susanne Sclafane Even though State Farm’s auto businesses suffered a loss in 2013, the property/casualty companies reported a $230 million underwriting gain,...