Insurers’ Recent Success a Milestone in a Year of Chinese Drywall Litigation December 23, 2010 A federal judge in Louisiana recently let 10 insurance companies being sued by Louisiana homeowners over property damage resulting from...
Democratic Congress Productive But Unpopular December 23, 2010 Perhaps never before has a U.S. Congress done more and been liked less than the one controlled by President Barack...
New York Suit Against Ernst & Young Fills Regulatory Gap December 23, 2010 By Scot J. Paltrow In choosing Ernst & Young as his target in the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapse, New York Attorney General...
An Improved Ohio Workers’ Comp System Continues to Face Challenges December 23, 2010 The Ohio workers’ compensation system is by all accounts in much better shape than it was in the dark days...
2010’s Top Insurance Stories in the West December 23, 2010 By Patricia-Anne Tom In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of...
RLI To Acquire Contractors Bonding Insurance Co. December 23, 2010 Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. announcedthat it will acquire Contractors Bonding Insurance Co. (CBIC) through an acquisition of its holding company,...
AIG to Pay States $146 Million In Workers Compensation Settlement December 23, 2010 American International Group Inc. (AIG) has agreed to pay $146.5 million in fines and additional taxes to state insurance regulators...
Catastrophes Top 2010 List of Major Global Insurance Events December 23, 2010 Natural and man-made catastrophes topped the list of the most significant events in 2010, with three major earthquakes, a near...
WSJ Reports AIG Nearing Nan Shan Buyer December 23, 2010 Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc is close to picking a preferred bidder for Taiwanese life insurer Nan Shan, the...
Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t December 23, 2010 By Andrew G. Simpson The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the...