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Energy Drinks, Office Sitting Breaks, Genetic Bias In Insurance On AMA Agenda
A group representing 225,000 U.S. doctors called for a ban on marketing energy drinks, such as those from Red Bull GmbH and Monster Beverage Corp., to youths. The American Medical Association, in a ...U.S. Judge Limits Ex-Goldman Sachs Exec Tourre’s Defense In CDO Fraud Case
A federal judge on Wednesday limited the extent to which former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. vice president Fabrice Tourre can argue that he was acting on the advice of company lawyers in his defense ...
Wayland Appointed GC At ACE
Zurich-based ACE Limited announced Wednesday that Joseph Wayland, a former assistant attorney general, would become General Counsel for the global insurance organization. Effective July 8, 2013, ...
Distracted Walking: Injuries Soar For Pedestrians On Phones
More than 1,500 pedestrians were estimated to be treated in emergency rooms in 2010 for injuries related to using a cell phone while walking, according to a new nationwide study. The number of such ...
SEC Will Seek Admission of Wrongdoing in More Cases, White Says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will seek more admissions of wrongdoing from defendants as a condition of settling enforcement cases, the agency's chairman said. SEC Chairman Mary Jo ...
Dark Clouds Forming; Data Security Hurricanes Ahead For Cyber Insurers
Data security and privacy (cyber liability) insurance has become one of the hottest topics for the insurance industry and an area of growth for an industry emerging from a soft market. While data and ...
IPO-Seeking China Companies Pay More to Avoid Boards Going Naked
Stephen Markscheid holds one of the riskiest jobs in the world—or so say directors and officers liability insurers. The 59-year-old former banker, a Mandarin-speaking American, sits on the boards ...