November 1, 2010
A New York judge held former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg liable for damages on a reinsurance transaction that state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said helped the insurer hide losses. New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles …
November 1, 2010
Hudgens, Squires and Bruce on Credit Scoring, Tort Reform, Role of Independent Agents and State Regulation Georgia voters going to the polls on Nov. 2 will have a real choice when it comes to electing the state’s next insurance commissioner. …
November 1, 2010
Indiana will begin paying millions of dollars in penalties and interest to the federal government next year because it has borrowed nearly $2 billion to pay for jobless benefits, an Indiana unemployment official said. Scott Sanders, deputy commissioner of the …
November 1, 2010
Data Breach, Privacy Claims and Certificates of Insurance Costly Exposures for Agents Insurance agents who fail to keep up with ever-changing legislation, regulations, policies and forms are opening themselves up to costly insurance errors and omissions (E&O) claims, and even …
November 1, 2010
Data Breach, Privacy Claims and Certificates of Insurance Costly Exposures for Agents Insurance agents who fail to keep up with ever-changing legislation, regulations, policies and forms are opening themselves up to costly insurance errors and omissions (E&O) claims, and even …
November 1, 2010
Contracts, Emerging Risks and M&As Critical Areas to Notice As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and …
October 29, 2010
French reinsurer SCOR Group and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) are in the race to buy Dutch insurer Aegon NV’s Transamerica Reinsurance unit, sources familiar with the matter said. The auction, which started after Aegon said in June it might …
October 29, 2010
Years ago a lawyer friend told me of an experience. While teaching a group of Chinese lawyers, he proposed a question to them of who is responsible if a vehicle hits a pedestrian in a cross walk? The class said …
October 29, 2010
AIA Group Ltd surged 17 percent in its Hong Kong debut on Friday as investors, chasing exposure to Asia’s fast-growing life insurance business, piled into the record offering in the world’s hottest IPO market. The stronger-than-expected listing will be a …
October 29, 2010
Environment ministers from around the world tried to wrap up a U.N. meeting to preserve nature on Friday but remained split on targets to fight losses in animal and plant species that support livelihoods and economies. Delegates from nearly 200 …