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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 ...
What Should Carrier Execs, Directors Ask About Terror Risk?
As carrier executives and members of carrier boards work to get more comfortable with the risks their property/casualty insurance enterprises are taking on, one risk they will likely want to ...
Ebix’s Raina Loses Magic Touch As U.S. Probes Accounting
Robin Raina always had the magic touch, or so it seemed until Wednesday, when the disclosure of a U.S. criminal probe of his software company's accounting practices blew up a proposed $820 million ...Former Enron CEO Skilling’s Sentence Cut To 14 Years
A federal judge slashed 10 years off of his prison sentence of former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling on Friday, a decision that could set him free as early as 2017. U.S. District Judge ...