The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged General Re Corp. for its involvement in separate schemes by American International Group (AIG) and Prudential Financial, Inc. to manipulate and falsify their reported financial results. The SEC said Gen Re agreed to …
To do or not to do, that is, quite literally, the question. Few of us have the memory to keep everything in our heads. The To Do list is a time proven key to success. My approach involves four lists …
State investigators are trying to determine the scope of a check fraud scheme that they say could count hundreds of Minnesota businesses among its victims. The woman at the center of the investigation is a former employee of the Minnesota …
Zenith National Insurance Corp. plans to release fourth quarter and year end 2009 financial results on Jan. 28, 2010 at the end of its business day. Also, the Woodland Hills, Calif.-based company announced that Judge Pamela Foust has joined the …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) and the College Station Police Department are expanding a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries. The program involves the funding and distribution of signs that read, “LOCK your car, …
Resolving what could have been a four-month delay to a crucial piece of the levee system around St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, the Plaquemines Parish Council has approved a plan for a small stretch of the project to cross into Plaquemines. …
Liberty Mutual Group is expanding its program offerings for Wisconsin schools available through its partnership with the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) Insurance Plan. Effective immediately, the WASB Insurance Plan will offer insurance coverage through Pewaukee-based Indiana Insurance, a …
Markel International has appointed Tom Davies as liability underwriter in the insurer’s Marine and Energy Division. Davies has eight years of experience in marine and energy insurance and has spent the last six years at Catlin, most recently in the …
Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has proposed reassigning investigators to probe workers’ compensation fraud but giving them far broader powers to prevent the misuse of state government funds. The proposal was contained in a $7.8 billion budget plan meant to …
The Vermont Supreme Court says a landowner can sue the president of the Vermont Asbestos Group over contamination on property next to a former asbestos mine in Eden and Lowell. The Supreme Court has overruled a lower court’s decision, saying …
