Insurers Worry 2012 Will Top 2011 for Record Weather Disasters December 28, 2011 From floods that crippled countries, to mega cyclones, huge blizzards, killer tornadoes to famine-inducing droughts, 2011 has been another record-breaker...
General Re Reported Interested in So. Korea’s Tong Yang Life December 28, 2011 General Re, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, is interested in buying South Korea’s Tong Yang Life Insurance...
Mississippi Officials Want Hunting, Fishing Camps Eligible for Flood Insurance December 28, 2011 Officials in Pascagoula, Mississippi are asking lawmakers to amend a state law and allow local governments to enforce federal floodplain...
Nebraska, Iowa Towns Among Safest in U.S. December 28, 2011 Several cities in Nebraska and Iowa made Farmers Insurance’s lists of the safer and most secure places to live in...
North Carolina Professor Appeals Ruling Over Job Tenure December 28, 2011 A professor who says her remarks about a Palestinian film cost her a job at North Carolina State University wants...
Early Flood Outlook Looks Favorable for North Dakota December 28, 2011 North Dakota residents who have taken turns battling major floods the last three years may be in for a break,...
Appeals Court Delays SEC-Citigroup Securities Fraud Case December 28, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won a delay in its securities fraud lawsuit against Citigroup Inc, as the regulator...
Judge Rules BP Not Negligent in Alaska Spill December 28, 2011 A federal judge ruled that BP was not negligent in the case of a 2009 oil spill and did not...
Court OKs AIG’s $450M Settlement Over Underreported Workers’ Comp Premiums December 28, 2011 A federal judge has approved American International Group Inc.’s $450 million settlement with rival insurers to end litigation accusing AIG...
California AG Announces Half-Billion Dollar Settlement over Price-Fixing Scheme December 27, 2011 California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced on Tuesday that her office, along with the attorney general offfices, reached a...