Articles by Chris Dolmetsch and Martin Z. Braun

Aon Accused by N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority of Unauthorized Commissions

Aon Plc was sued by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which claims the insurance broker kept unauthorized commissions and failed to return premium overpayments, causing the agency to pay millions of dollars more than it should …

Allstate, Merrill Lynch End $167 Million Mortgage Suit

Allstate Corp. and Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit agreed to end a lawsuit by the insurer over $167 million in mortgage-backed securities as the second-largest U.S. lender continues to resolve litigation tied to the financial crisis. The parties …

Judge Refuses AIG Bid to Delay Bank of America $8.5B Settlement

Bank of America Corp.’s $8.5 billion settlement with mortgage-bond investors won’t be delayed after American International Group Inc. and other objectors asked for a hearing to address loan modifications excluded from the accord, a state judge ruled. New York State …

Court Denies AIG Ex-CEO Greenberg Bid to Remove Judge From New York AG Case

Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chairman of American International Group Inc., lost his bid to remove a judge from a lawsuit brought in 2005 by the New York state attorney general accusing him of accounting fraud. In the case, which …

New York’s AG Forms New Bureau to Fight Complex Financial Crimes

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman expanded an existing criminal bureau to include a focus on financial wrongdoing two years after Governor Andrew Cuomo created a regulator with a similar mandate. Gary Fishman, 44, a former state prosecutor in the …

Yale Fraternity and 86 Members Sued Over Fatal Tailgating Crash in Connecticut

A Yale University fraternity and its members were sued by two victims of a deadly 2011 accident at a tailgate party during the annual football game with Harvard University. The estate of Nancy Barry, a 30-year-old woman who was killed …

Credit Card Breach Update: Neiman Marcus Investigated; Target Sued by Bank

Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. is being investigated by states including Connecticut and Illinois over the theft of customer credit-card data by hackers, and a bank sued Target Corp. for its data breach during the holiday season. Connecticut Attorney General George …

Allstate Settles Lawsuit Against Deutsche Bank Over Mortgage Securities

Deutsche Bank AG and Allstate Corp. settled a suit the insurer brought that accused the bank of misrepresentations and omissions in connection with loans backing $185 million in mortgage securities. Allstate sued the Frankfurt-based lender in New York state Supreme …