January 22, 2013
A Las Vegas woman is suing an online dating service for nearly $10 million, claiming it set her up with a man who brutally attacked her. In her lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, Mary Kay …
January 22, 2013
Updated guidelines by federal authorities could possibly open the door for young illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses in Arizona. The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that those who receive deferred action from deportation through President Barack Obama’s new …
January 22, 2013
Former Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has been named chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization for state insurance regulators and advocacy group for state-level insurance regulation. Nelson will become the organization’s chief spokesperson in …
January 22, 2013
President Barack Obama said on Monday he will confront climate change in his second term in office, an unexpected vow that puts the politically charged issue among his domestic priorities alongside gun control and immigration reform. Linking climate change to …
January 22, 2013
With the recent kidnap of foreign workers in Algeria dominating the headlines, Tim Holt, Head of Intelligence at Willis’ Special Contingency Risk division, warned that a “potential belt of aggregated terror” – bringing economic decline and human misery – threatens …
January 22, 2013
Brazilian-Swiss bank Safra and a Chinese bank are among the three bidders for Generali SpA’s Swiss private bank, BSI, in a deal worth€ 2 billion ($2.668 billion) that could help the Italian insurer shore up capital levels, two people familiar …
January 22, 2013
Germany, France and nine other euro zone countries will get the go-ahead on Tuesday to push on with a financial transactions tax, a measure likely to unsettle banks but which will please voters and raise much-needed revenue. European Union finance …
January 22, 2013
Swiss Re said its latest report – Building a Sustainable Energy Future: Risks and Opportunities – “describes the impact of the changing global energy mix on climate change.” The study uses a combination of economic analysis and scenario building, which, …
January 21, 2013
A. M. Best Co. said it has upgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of Vermont Mutual Insurance Company and its two fully reinsured subsidiaries, Northern Security Insurance …
January 21, 2013
Post-traumatic stress was so great for some first responders who arrived at Sandy Hook Elementary School minutes after a gunman killed 20 children and six educators that the Connecticut legislature is considering a measure expanding workers’ compensation to help emergency …