Transatlantic Opens Buyout Talks with Berkshire’s National Indemnity August 15, 2011 By Paritosh Bansal Transatlantic Holdings opened talks with a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Friday over a $3.2 billion takeover offer,...
Tropical Storm Gert Strengthens, Will Brush Bermuda August 15, 2011 Tropical Storm Gert strengthened slowly Sunday on a track toward Bermuda and forecasters said the global reinsurance hub could expect...
Banks Seek Liability Shield for Future Home Mortgages August 15, 2011 By Dave Clarke U.S. banks still wrestling with legal troubles springing from the subprime mortgage crisis are lobbying the new consumer agency for...
Exclusive: Unreported Insurance Mergers August 15, 2011 Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is...
La. First-Time Unemployment Claims Increase August 14, 2011 First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Aug. 6 increased from the previous week’s total. The...
Missouri to Audit State-Created Workers’ Compensation Insurer August 14, 2011 A state-created company intended to help small businesses get workers’ compensation insurance has agreed to a review by the Missouri...
40 Homes Destroyed in Deadly Okla. Wildfire August 14, 2011 Residents in Pawnee County, Okla. have started to sift through the ashes following a wildfire that destroyed nearly 40 homes...
California Supreme Court Rules on Workers’ Comp Payment Increases August 12, 2011 By Timothy F. Kirn The California Supreme Court has ruled that cost of living adjustments in total permanent disability cases are to be calculated...
Texas State Low Cost Insurance Opens Greenville Location August 12, 2011 Texas State Low Cost Insurance announced it has opened a new office in Greenville, about 40 miles east of Dallas....
La. Woman Pleads Guilty to Katrina Fraud August 12, 2011 A Hammond woman pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining nearly $8,000 in disaster assistance from the American Red Cross after Hurricane...