Delays, Financing Risks More Common for Today’s Construction Projects June 27, 2011 By John A. Tutera While brokers on construction projects have historically focused primarily on owners and contractors, economic uncertainty has created a new focus...
Wal-Mart Plaintiffs Seek More Time to Pursue Cases June 27, 2011 Attorneys representing women who unsuccessfully sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for gender discrimination filed a motion Friday asking a U.S. District...
House Approves Patent Reform Bill Similar to Senate’s June 24, 2011 Patent legislation that aims to clear a years-long backlog of applications and allows the patent office set its own fees...
Can U.S. Make Phoning While Driving as Taboo as Drunk Driving? June 24, 2011 By Maryclaire Dale The nation risks a surge in deadly accidents unless it makes distracted driving — talking, texting and surfing the Internet...
Supreme Court Allows Damages Suit Against CSX Railroad June 24, 2011 The Supreme Court says a man can use a federal law to collect damages against a railroad. The high court...
Hercules Executives Sued Following Failed ‘Say on Pay’ Vote June 24, 2011 By Tom Hals In an early test of “say-on-pay” voting, a shareholder sued Hercules Offshore Inc. directors and top executives, demanding that they...
Citi Skimped on ID Theft Protection for Data Breach Victims: Reuters June 24, 2011 By Maria Aspan and Ross Kerber After a massive data breach last month, Citigroup did not offer its hacked clients the same degree of identity-theft protection...
Ratings Recap: Stonebridge, RLI Group, Am. Agricultural, ARIC June 23, 2011 A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Stonebridge...
XL Names Mitchell as President of Excess and Surplus Unit June 23, 2011 XL Insurance has named Roxanne Mitchell as president of its Excess and Surplus lines unit, reporting to Seraina Maag, chief...
RISC, Inc. Launches Event Cancellation Program June 23, 2011 RISC, Inc. has expanded its program offering to include an in-house event cancellation product. The program, Event Select, is available...