CFO / Financial
Company Mergers in U.S. Ignore 60-Day ‘Cooling Off’ Period: Reuters
Sometime soon, maybe in the next month or so, a federal judge is expected to decide whether the creation of the world's biggest passenger airline, as envisioned by two companies and the U.S. Justice ...
State Farm Reports Underwriting Profit for 2013
Even though State Farm's auto businesses suffered a loss in 2013, the property/casualty companies reported a $230 million underwriting gain, State Farm reported on Friday. The $230 million gain of ...
N.Y.’s ‘Scaffold’ Law Increases Injuries, Costs $3B a Year: Study
A study published this month challenges the claim that New York's Labor Law 240, also known as the "Scaffold Law," improves workplace safety. The study argues New York incurs additional workplace ...
Judge OKs JPMorgan $300M Settlement Over Force-Placed Insurance
A U.S. judge has approved a settlement of a class-action lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase for its force-placed insurance practices, an agreement that could pay more than $300 million to about 750,000 ...
Effort to Put House in Order Paying Off, Says Meadowbrook CEO Cubbin
Meadowbrook Insurance Group, based in Southfield, Mich., has struggled with many challenges during the past couple of years but the "strong remedial measures" implemented to correct unacceptable ...
Businesses with Investment Bankers on Their Boards Make Better M&A Deals: Research
Corporations with board directors who have investment banking experience are more likely to acquire other businesses—and make better acquisitions when they do—according to a new study from the ...
Treasury’s OFR Contemplating New Study of Systemic Insurance Risk
Expressing concern about risky business in the insurance sector, an advisory committee at Treasury is recommending that its financial data analysis office undertake a detailed study of the sector to ...
Records Reveal Fed Difficulty During Heat of 2008 Financial Crisis
Federal Reserve policymakers, in a tense meeting on one of the darkest days of the financial crisis, worried Lehman Brothers' failure would wreak havoc on a teetering financial system but feared ...