BP Oil Spill Claims Fund Alters Some Payment Rules February 22, 2011 By Holbrook Mohr The administrator of BP’s $20 billion Gulf oil spill fund announced new rules on how final payments will be determined...
Allstate Sues Citi, Deutsche Bank Over Mortgage Securities February 22, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel and Maria Aspan Allstate Corp. sued Citigroup Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, accusing the banks of causing losses by hiding the risks on...
A Changing Workforce Among Many Challenges Facing Workers’ Comp February 21, 2011 By Stephen J. Klingel, NCCI Holdings Inc. Looking out into the future, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has identified a number of issues that industry...
Fear of Lawsuits Drives Doctors to Order Tests: Study February 18, 2011 By Marilynn Marchionne CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests are often more for the doctor’s benefit than the patient’s, new research...
Obama Budget, House Panel Address Medical Malpractice Reforms February 18, 2011 By Ticardo Alonso-Zaldivar Putting his own stamp on a long-standing Republican priority, President Barack Obama is launching a drive to overhaul state medical...
Repeal of Healthcare Law 1099 Tax Requirement Passes House Committee February 18, 2011 The House Ways and Means Committee has advanced a bill to repeal a tax reporting provision included in last year’s...
BP Workers Might Have Prevented Rig Accident If Consulted: Report February 18, 2011 By Ayesha Rascoe BP had workers on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig who could have prevented the missteps that led to the massive...
Internet v. Courts: Googling for Perfect Jurors February 18, 2011 By Brian Grow When picking a jury, lawyers always try to stack the panel with people likely to take their side. Now, some...
Regulators Warn Against Defunding Dodd-Frank Implementation February 18, 2011 By Christopher Doering and Sarah N. Lynch Republicans escalated their push to delay and defund the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms on Thursday as top regulators warned the...
Best Report Highlights 50% Jump in Asbestos, Environmental Losses February 17, 2011 A soon to be issued report from A.M. Best details an increase in U.S. property/casualty insurers’ asbestos and environmental (A&E)...