Ex-Players Oppose NFL Image Rights Settlement October 17, 2013 By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg Years away from the field, former National Football League players including Jim Brown, Preston Pearson and Reggie Rucker are set...
Health Cost Increases in 2013 Were Lowest in Decade: Aon Hewitt October 17, 2013 There was some relatively good news in health care this year. U.S. employers and their employees saw the lowest health...
CPCU Students Gain Earlier Access to Benefits October 17, 2013 The CPCU Society has expanded membership opportunities for students actively pursuing the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. CPCU offers...
Congressional Study Finds Inconsistency in Nuclear Safety Enforcement October 17, 2013 By Jeff Donn The number of safety violations at U.S. nuclear power plants varies dramatically from region to region, pointing to inconsistent enforcement...
SEC Battles Industry Fund over Stanford Victims’ Claims October 17, 2013 By Sarah N. Lynch U.S. regulators sought to overturn a 2012 court ruling that prohibited victims of Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme from...
Bernanke Excused from Testifying in Greenberg’s Suit Over AIG Bailout for Now October 16, 2013 By Aruna Viswanatha Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke does not have to testify in the multibillion-dollar lawsuit by the former chief of American...
AIG Launches Product Recall Estimate Service, Raises Contaminated Product Limits October 16, 2013 In response to the growing financial impact and frequency of product recalls for food and beverage manufacturers, distributors and importers...
A.M. Best, Fitch Explain Recent Downgrades of Tower Group October 16, 2013 By Susanne Sclafane Rating agencies have downgraded Tower Group following the insurer’s announcement of loss reserve and goodwill charges in excess of what...
Supreme Court Tackles Suits Against Firms for Human Rights Violations Abroad October 16, 2013 By Lawrence Hurley A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices raised doubts on Tuesday over whether Daimler AG can be sued in federal...
Rural Groups Push Back on Crop Insurance Cuts October 16, 2013 By Alan Bjerga Rural groups say they’ll fight a proposed $100 million-a-year cut in crop insurance subsidies, a measure that has won the...