Viewpoint: U.S. Can Learn from Florida Climate Change Response May 27, 2014 By Bloomberg Editors Adapting to climate change is such a daunting task that it can be hard to know where, or how, to...
Best Upgrades Travelers and Most Subs Ratings; Outlooks Stable May 27, 2014 A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A++’ (Superior) from ‘A+’ (Superior) and the issuer credit ratings...
Ratings Recap: Dominion, Ardellis, NAGICO, JRG Re May 27, 2014 A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to...
Willis to Acquire Sweden’s Employee Benefits Provider Max Matthiessen May 27, 2014 Willis Group Holdings plc announced that it will acquire a controlling stake of approximately 75 percent in Max Matthiessen, an...
Malaysia, UK’s Inmarsat Release Satellite Data on Missing Flight MH370 May 27, 2014 By Stuart Grudgings Malaysia’s government and British satellite firm Inmarsat released the data on Tuesday used to determine the path of missing Malaysia...
GM Now Links 47 Crashes to Ignition Failure May 27, 2014 By Jeff Plungis and Tim Higgins General Motors Co. has now linked 47 crashes to small cars with defective ignition switches while saying it hasn’t increased...
Australia’s Suncorp Plans $462 Million Write-down, Cuts Growth Target May 27, 2014 By Narayanan Somasundaram Suncorp Group Ltd., Australia’s largest general insurer by market value, plans a A$500 million (US$462 million) write-down at its life...
Billionaire’s PAC Targets 7 Republicans Who Doubt Climate Change May 27, 2014 By Julie Bykowicz The super-political action committee financed by billionaire and former money manager Tom Steyer will try to raise climate change as...
Arrests in California Fraud Ring Targeting Auto Dealers and Insurers May 23, 2014 A four-year investigation into an organized fraud ring has uncovered a million-dollar scheme targeting high-end vehicles through auto loan and...
New Jersey Housing Board Members Resign Over Sandy Repairs May 23, 2014 Three members of the New Jersey’s Ocean City Housing Authority board have resigned apparently because of a dispute stemming from...