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Corzine Faces Trading Ban as CFTC Sues in MF Global Failure
A U.S. regulator's lawsuit against Jon Corzine could make him the first former leader of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to be banned from trading, the industry he returned to after serving as a New Jersey ...New Guy Carp Group Targets Mutual Co. Capital, Growth Issues
Last week, Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, announced the launch of a Mutual Company Specialty Practice, which will focus exclusively on the unique needs of mutual insurance companies. The practice ...
Dodd-Frank Failed to Dispel Too-Big-to-Fail, Say 2 Fed Presidents
Two Federal Reserve district bank presidents said the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act hasn't eliminated creditor expectations for federal bailouts of financial firms, perpetuating the idea that large banks are ...
New RAND Center to Study Catastrophe Mitigation, Victim Compensation
The RAND Corp. is launching a new research center that will analyze different approaches to compensating individuals, businesses and others following catastrophes ranging from natural disasters to ...
Executive Comp Disclosures: Are Mutual Insurers Next?
Mutual insurance carriers have not been totally immune from pressures to clearly disclose details of their executive programs, but those who haven't started down the disclosure path already may need ...
Purchase Price Disputes: Structuring Earnouts to Minimize Risks
Earnouts continue to play an important role in helping public and private buyers of private insurance entities and sellers reach agreement on the purchase price for merger or acquisition ...
More Firms Buying Offices in Foreign Countries Rather Than Renting
After decades of renting being the norm, companies with offices in the world's major cities are seeing more financial sense in buying their own buildings, prompted by a mix of cheap debt, stockpiled ...
Former AIG CEO Greenberg Must Face N.Y. Suit Over Reinsurance
Former American International Group Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg failed to persuade New York state's highest court to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold him accountable for sham ...