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Probe of RSA Irish Accounting Raises Doubt About CEO’s Controls at Insurer
In September, RSA Insurance Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Simon Lee expanded the role of his top Irish lieutenant, Philip Smith, and praised his "outstanding record." Two months later, he ...
Judge Rakoff Hits Failure of U.S. to Prosecute Wall Street Executives for Fraud
The federal judge who oversaw the recent civil fraud trial against Bank of America Corp. criticized the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday for failing to prosecute high-level executives over the ...
Swaps Regulation Could Impact Insurers’ Risk Management, Ratings: S&P
A Dodd-Frank provision regulating derivatives could improve insurers' risk management and have a minor impact on ratings, according to analysts at Standard & Poor's. In response to the financial ...
U.K. Fraud Office May Work with Spy Agencies to Fight Corporate Crime
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office will work more closely with spy agencies in an effort to crack down on corporate wrongdoing. "We are enhancing our intelligence capabilities in the fight against ...
Colorado’s Pinnacol Names Kalin President, CEO
Pinnacol Assurance's board of directors named Philip B. Kalin president and CEO of Pinnacol. Kalin was selected as a finalist for the position on Oct. 23. Kalin will begin his service at Pinnacol on ...
We Can Write Terror Risk, Industry Execs Say
At least two property/casualty insurance and reinsurance industry executives highlighted the industry's capacity to write terrorism coverage during recent earnings calls, with the most forceful ...
Bring on the Competitors, Reinsurance Brokers Say
If you ask Frank Harrison, chief executive officer of New York-based reinsurance intermediary Holborn Corp., whether he worries about competitors coming up behind his firm, you'll hear an unusual ...
AIG Settles with Former Exec Before $274M Pay Trial
American International Group Inc. has agreed to settle a $274 million lawsuit by a former executive who said the insurer refused to pay him during the financial crisis in 2008. The settlement came as ...