States Ranked by Obesity Rates August 15, 2012 In 2011, rates of adult obesity in the U.S. remained high, with state estimates ranging from 20.7 percent in Colorado...
Goldman Execs Win Dismissal of Mortgage, TARP Lawsuit by Shareholders August 15, 2012 By Jonathan Stempel Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein and other bank officials won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing...
Ebix Acquires Online Insurance Tech Provider TriSystems August 15, 2012 Atlanta-based Ebix, Inc, a supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance industry, announced that it has acquired...
Future Impact of Self-Driving Cars Would Be Big: Study August 15, 2012 By Ben Klayman Consulting firm KPMG and the Center for Automotive Research in Michigan released a report this month about how close the...
Driving Toward a Future Without Humans Behind the Wheel August 15, 2012 By Ben Klayman It’s been more than half a century since some of the first concept cars boasting self-driving features were presented to...
Catlin Names Curran to Head London Casualty Operations August 15, 2012 The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that Daniel Curran has been appointed Head of Casualty for Catlin’s London based underwriting...
IBC Estimates Alberta Wind, Thunderstorm Insured Losses over $100 Million* August 15, 2012 The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reports that the estimated insured damage caused by the recent severe thunderstorm event that...
Insurance Deal Lets India Resume Shipping Iran Oil August 15, 2012 By Erika Kinetz India has joined Japan in offering government-backed insurance for ships carrying Iranian crude in order to bypass European sanctions that...
Standard Chartered Reaches $340 Million Settlement in New York over Iran August 15, 2012 By Carrick Mollenkamp and Karen Freifeld Standard Chartered Plc agreed to pay $340 million to New York’s bank regulator over transactions linked to Iran, in a...
Lawyers Throw Workers’ Comp Deal on the Rocks August 14, 2012 By Don Jergler A highly sheltered workers’ comp reform proposal being quietly passed around California’s capitol has the potential to make some noise...