EEOC Spells Out How Disabilities Act Applies to Pregnant Workers July 23, 2014 By Tom Raum New federal guidelines on job discrimination against pregnant workers could have a big impact on the workplace and in the...
Financial Firms Want More Time to Review U.S. Consumer Complaint Proposal July 23, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson The federal government is proposing a new policy that would allow consumers to publicly post their complaints about consumer financial...
Same Day, Different Court Obamacare Subsidies Upheld July 22, 2014 By Andrew Zajac Two U.S. appeals courts reached opposite conclusions on the legality of a key financing provision of the Affordable Care Act,...
Travelers Posts $683M Q2 Profit, Misses Estimates as Catastrophe Losses Rise July 22, 2014 Property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos. Inc.’s quarterly earnings fell short of analysts’ estimates as hail and wind storms in...
Court Orders Travelers to Pay $500M in Johns-Manville Asbestos Claims July 22, 2014 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered Travelers Cos. Inc. to pay more than $500 million to satisfy asbestos-related claims...
Court Rules Against Obamacare Subsidies for Federal Exchange Insureds July 22, 2014 By Andrew Zajac President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul suffered a potentially crippling blow as a U.S. appeals court ruled the government can’t give...
CGS&C’s New MGA Targets U.S. Healthcare Industry with Lloyd’s July 22, 2014 Wholesale insurance broker Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) has launched an underwriting management agency specializing in the healthcare industry....
Will BNP Deal Expand Whistleblower Protections in Banking, Insurance? July 22, 2014 By Henry Engler BNP Paribas SA’s $9 billion settlement with U.S. authorities, aided by internal whistleblowers, has spurred calls for federal banking regulators...
Rep. Hensarling Blasts Export-Import Bank As ‘Special Privilege’ July 22, 2014 By Susan Cornwell A Republican House committee chairman scolded Boeing Co. and a large U.S. trade group on Monday for lobbying to keep...
SIAA Adds 204 Member Agencies in First 6 Months 2014 July 22, 2014 The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance, or SIAA, signed 204 new member agencies in the first six months of 2014, including...