Mississippi Auto Body Shops Ask Court to Halt State Farm’s Parts-Finder System August 30, 2013 By Emily Wagster Pettus More than two dozen body shops are asking a Mississippi court to block an insurance company’s program that would change...
NFL Agrees to Settle Players’ Concussion Suits for $765 Million August 30, 2013 By Jef Feeley, Phil Milford and Curtis Eichelberger The National Football League agreed to pay $765 million to settle thousands of lawsuits over players concussions in a deal...
Wal-Mart Says It Could Loan $50M to Bangladesh Factories for Workplace Safety August 30, 2013 By Jessica Wohl Wal-Mart Stores Inc. told investors on Thursday that it could provide up to $50 million in low-interest loans or other...
Kentucky Tailgaters Being Watched by Alcohol Enforcers August 30, 2013 Workers in one state office plan to go to as many tailgating events this fall as possible as college football...
Premium Increases Under Obamacare Are Exaggerated, Rand Says August 30, 2013 By Alex Wayne and Drew Armstrong Predictions of sharp increases in health-insurance premiums for people getting coverage under the U.S. Affordable Care Act have been overstated...
Florida Insurers, Hospitals Findings Ways to Cut Costs August 30, 2013 By Kelli Kennedy As health care costs rise in Florida, insurers and hospitals vested in the success of the Affordable Care Act, are...
Vienna Insurance Hurt by Spring Flooding Losses August 30, 2013 By Jonathan Tirone Vienna Insurance Group AG, Austria’s biggest insurer, reported second-quarter profit plunged after the worst central European floods in a decade...
Risk Management Services Launches Group E&O Plan for Life, Health Agents August 30, 2013 Risk Management Services (RMS) has established a group errors & omissions insurance plan for life and health insurance agents in...
Lawsuit Against Sotheby’s Claims $218 Painting Is Actually a $16M Caravaggio August 29, 2013 By Jeremy Hodges and Scott Reyburn A painting bought by a British naval doctor for 140 pounds ($218) in 1962 may now be worth as much...
G20 Urges U.S. to Centralize Insurance Regulation August 29, 2013 By Huw Jones The United States could improve how it spots and prevents risks in the financial system from turning into destabilizing crises,...