CFO / Financial
European Reinsurance Software Vendor Effisoft Opens North American Office
Effisoft, a leading reinsurance software vendor in Europe, announced that it is setting up its North American headquarters in Dallas and founding Effisoft USA Inc.—describing the moves as part of a ...
Should Tweeting CEOs Be Muzzled or Glorified?
If the CEO of a public company posts good news about the company's booming business on Facebook, does that same CEO have an obligation to post information about a subsequent business decline? The ...
Lots Of Room For Improvement In U.S. P/C Industry ERM Capabilities: PwC
PwC's recent survey into enterprise risk management practices in the U.S. insurance industry showed that many companies are taking active steps to develop their ERM frameworks. However, the survey ...IRS Loses Bid to Save Tax Preparer Regulations
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday lost a request to prevent the partial shutdown of its tax return preparer regulatory program pending an appeal. In a one-page ruling, the U.S. Court of ...
Pricing Insurance M&A Deals: Disputes Minimized With Deep Dive Due Diligence
Post-acquisition disputes are triggered by a myriad of issues between the buyer and seller, with most revolving around purchase price adjustments. The genesis of purchase price adjustment disputes, ...
One-Click Vote Button Vanishing From Proxy Sites; Reaction To SEC Concerns
Pressured by regulators, websites that help collect shareholders' votes have removed a button that set all votes as recommended by boards of directors—a controversial design that seemed to give an ...
Too Much Analysis Primes Whistleblower Suits: Lawyer
If your company uses a detailed analytical process to arrive at projections of growth or earnings, that process may make you particularly vulnerable to shareholder suits when forecasts don't pan out, ...
Directors & Officers Liability Market Firming: Towers Watson Survey
The directors and officers liability market continued to see price increases in 2012, with more private/not-for-profit organizations reporting rate increases than public organizations but, according ...