Global Financial Regulators Eye Systemically Risky Non-Banks January 13, 2014 Global regulators have taken a first step to identifying financial firms such as brokers and hedge funds that face extra...
EU Sanctions Relief for Iran Includes Lifting Insurance Ban January 13, 2014 European Union governments will implement all EU sanctions relief for Iran covered by a landmark nuclear deal on Jan. 20,...
ACE Buying 69% Stake in Thai Insurer January 13, 2014 ACE Limited (ACE) said it has agreed to purchase a 60.9 percent stake in The Siam Commercial Samaggi Insurance PCL,...
AIG Rebranding, Expanding Retirement Services As Others Retreat January 13, 2014 By Zachary Tracer American International Group Inc. plans to add 600 advisers and expand their offerings to boost sales as rivals retreat from...
West Virginia Chemical Cleanup Continues; Probe of Leak Underway January 13, 2014 By Anna Edney and Mark Drajem West Virginia’s Governor sees the “light at the end of the tunnel” in the chemical leak that has compromised water...
BP Oil Spill Settlement Fight Wages On January 13, 2014 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc’s $9.2 billion partial settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was upheld by an appeals court...
Policing the ‘Dark Side’ of Internet of Things January 13, 2014 By Chris Strohm The futuristic world of self-driving cars, eyeglasses that e-mail and trash cans that call for pickup is running into the...
EnPro’s Garlock Wins Trial on Asbestos Liability; Judge Hits Claimants’ Lawyers January 13, 2014 By Bill Rochelle Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, a unit of EnPro Industries Inc., emerged victorious after a trial with official representatives of asbestos...
Transportation Network Companies, Uber Gap Worries Insurers January 10, 2014 By Don Jergler The tragedy of a young girl who was killed on New Year’s Eve by a motorist on contract with a...
N.Y. Enacts Referral Disclosure Requirement Law for Public Adjusters January 10, 2014 New York State’s Act 5775, which took effect Jan. 1, restricts public adjusters from receiving a referral fee or having...