Wage and Hour Claims Among Top Threats to U.S. Employers May 21, 2013 Federal wage and hour lawsuits have reached a surprise record high, according to a report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw...
GOP Questions Fundraising for Obamacare May 21, 2013 By David Morgan With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive...
White House Urges Senate to Cut Crop Insurance by $1 Billion May 21, 2013 The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion...
Travelers Launches New Construction Pak- Builders’ Risk Product May 20, 2013 Travelers has introduced Construction Pak – Builders’ Risk, an enhanced product to help construction projects of all sizes and types...
Karen Clark’s New Program Creates Realistic Hurricane Tracks, Loss Estimates May 20, 2013 Just in time for the 2013 hurricane season, Karen Clark & Co. (KCC), a catastrophe risk and modeling firm, has...
Supreme Court to Hear Mutual Fund Whistleblower Case May 20, 2013 By Lawrence Hurley In a case involving whistleblowers at Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether mutual fund...
House Pushes for More Economic Analysis of Securities Rules May 20, 2013 By Sarah N. Lynch A divided U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a Republican-sponsored bill that would force federal securities regulators to conduct...
Feds Propose Child Care Center Safety Steps, Employee Background Checks May 20, 2013 By Kelli Kennedy Federal health officials say they will propose to overhaul federally funded child care centers across the country, beefing up safety...
Cyber Attacks On Banks More Serious Than Public Realizes May 20, 2013 By Joseph Menn The series of cyber attacks that repeatedly knocked major U.S. banking websites offline in the past nine months has been...
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp May 17, 2013 By Denise Johnson and Don Jergler Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For stories focused on particular...