One-Fifth of Drinkers Admit Driving When Near or Over Alcohol Limit December 18, 2013 By Alexandria Baca A fifth of U.S. motorists who drink say they’ve driven at least once in the past year when they thought...
W.R. Berkley Names Littzi As VP, Senior Counsel December 18, 2013 Insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corp. has named John M. Littzi as vice president and senior counsel, where he...
BP Seeks Halt to Oil Spill Payments to Seafood Firms, Alleges Attorney Fraud December 18, 2013 By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc asked a U.S. judge to stop payments in the $2.3 billion seafood-industry portion of its settlement over the...
Arch Enhances Healthcare Facility Professional Liability Form December 17, 2013 Arch Insurance Group, a member of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has launched a specialized healthcare professional liability product in the...
AmTrust Financial Refutes Negative Report, Says Future Has ‘Never Been Brighter’ December 17, 2013 By Young Ha AmTrust Financial Services Inc. (AFSI), a New York-headquartered insurer whose stock price fell last week in wake of a negative...
Hartford May Sell Rest of Corporate-Owned Life Business: Report December 17, 2013 By Matthew Monks Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer which rebuffed an activist’s calls to split into two companies last year, is...
Nasdaq Denied Immunity for Some Investors’ Claims Over Facebook IPO December 17, 2013 By Edvard Pettersson Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. must face some of the negligence and securities law claims by investors who alleged they suffered...
Ex-BP Engineer Destroyed Gulf Spill Evidence, Jury Told December 17, 2013 By Daniel Lawton and Margaret Cronin Fisk A former BP Plc engineer deliberately destroyed evidence sought by the U.S. for a probe of the 2010 Gulf of...
Democrats Question Government Contracts to Firms with Safety, Labor Violations December 17, 2013 By Sam Hananel The federal government awards billions of dollars in contracts each year to companies that routinely violate safety, health and wage...
Ironshore’s U.S. Energy Unit Launches Endorsements for Upstream Risks December 16, 2013 The Energy Unit of Ironshore’s U.S. Specialty Casualty unitis now offering enhanced insurance coverage endorsements for upstream energy risks as...