Car Makers Offered Relaxed Regulation for Installing Ignition Lock Tied to Seat Belt Use November 19, 2013 By Jeff Plungis A U.S. regulator’s offer to relax auto safety rules for manufacturers that install technology to prevent drivers from starting a...
Google Reaches $17M Privacy Settlement with 37 States November 19, 2013 By Christie Smythe Google Inc. has reached a $17 million settlement with 37 U.S. states over its circumvention of privacy settings for some...
Scientists Develop Breakthrough Computer Forecasting Models for Wildfires November 18, 2013 Scientists have developed a new computer modeling technique that offers the promise, for the first time, of producing continually updated...
Businesses Urge IRS to Reduce Data Reporting Under Obamacare November 18, 2013 By Patrick Temple-West The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is under pressure from some businesses to reduce the information they may soon have to...
Schinnerer Updates Kidnap, Ransom, Extortion Coverage Endorsement November 18, 2013 Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., an underwriting manager, has enhanced its kidnap, ransom and extortion insurance coverage with an updated...
Supreme Court Poised to Decide Future of Securities Class Actions November 18, 2013 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court accepted a case with the potential to transform securities litigation, agreeing to reconsider a precedent that...
Tower Restating Prior Financials; ‘Going Concern’ Status in Doubt November 18, 2013 By Susanne Sclafane Tower Group International Ltd. announced Nov. 14 that it is restating previously filed audited annual consolidated financial statements for 2011...
Many State Insurance Regulators Uncertain About Obama’s Fix to Health Insurance Promise November 17, 2013 By Caroline Humer and Curtis Skinner Many U.S. states are hesitant to embrace President Barack Obama’s fix to keep Americans from losing health insurance plans that...
Insurers Weigh Forming Captive to Insure Customers of Bankrupt Futures Brokers November 17, 2013 Eight private insurers have expressed interest in participating in a fund to provide insurance for losses suffered by customers of...
Big ‘I’ 2013 Best Practices Study Finds Increases in Specializations, Profitability November 15, 2013 The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) released its 2013 Best Practices Study which...