More Than Ever, Businesses Must Think ‘What If’ January 30, 2012 By Paritosh Bansal A tumultuous 12 months that saw revolutions in the Middle East, a worsening debt crisis in Europe and a tsunami...
China Plans to Turn Shanghai into Global Money Center January 30, 2012 By Kazunori Takada and Samuel Shen China laid out more specific plans to turn Shanghai into a global financial center by 2020, listing a series of...
Red River Valley Flood Risk Keeps Receding January 30, 2012 By Steve Karnowski The risk of significant flooding in the Red River Valley is down from recent years and even lower than last...
Federal Government Rejects Texas Insurance Waiver January 30, 2012 By Chris Tomlinson The federal government has rejected a request by Texas to be excluded from a new law that limits how much...
Boron to Lead Illinois Department of Insurance January 30, 2012 Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has named a new top state insurance regulator. Andrew Boron has been appointed director of the...
Oklahoma Lawmakers File State Insurance Opt-Out Bill January 30, 2012 Two Oklahoma lawmakers have filed legislation to increase the number of state employees who could opt out of state insurance...
California Insurance Commissioner, Insurers Settle on Iran Investments January 27, 2012 By Don Jergler California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and a group of insurers have settled litigation over insurer investments in companies doing business...
Best Revises Chartis, Lexington & Members Outlooks to Stable; Affirms Ratings January 27, 2012 In connection with its revision of its outlook on AIG, A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of...
Best Revises AIG and Subs Outlook to Stable; Affirms Ratings January 27, 2012 A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb”...
Swiss Re’s Chief Economist Sees Fed Actions Calming Debt Crisis January 27, 2012 Swiss Re’s Chief Economist, Kurt Karl, has predicted that the decision by the Federal Reserve to maintain the target fed...