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The Program Market is Drawing New Interest, But Not All Competition is Good
The program insurance business market has enjoyed years of growth and appears on track to continue its expansion. However, while program business is attracting new interest, some participants are ...
The Hanover’s Diversification Earns a Standard & Poor’s Ratings Upgrade
The Hanover Insurance Group got a ratings upgrade from Standard & Poor's, which cited continued strategies at the Massachusetts-based insurer designed to reduce risk and improve its bottom line. ...
Ex-AIG Chairman Greenberg Remains Defiant as Fraud Trial Ramps Up
Ex-American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg said New York State's pursuit of him through a decade-old fraud lawsuit is a futile waste of taxpayer money, as the two sides ...
China Urged By U.S. Businesses to Delay New Cybersecurity Regs
U.S. business lobbies have called for "urgent discussions" with the Chinese government over new cybersecurity regulations that would force technology vendors to Chinese banks to hand over secret ...
ACE CEO Greenberg: ‘We Are Looking Pretty Good’ Despite Strong Dollar
ACE Ltd. is in a position to be bullish about the vast majority of its 2014 fourth quarter results. The property/casualty insurance giant booked a sizable jump in underwriting income, growth in net ...
Judge: Las Vegas Exec and Company Must Fork Over $584M For Ponzi Scheme
A Las Vegas executive and his company were ordered by a federal judge to pay $584.4 million for running what the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission called a Ponzi scheme that bilked thousands of ...
Post-Blizzard, Costs Are Mounting as New England Digs Out
Millions in the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday started digging out from a powerful blizzard that dumped up to 3 feet of snow and led to coastal flooding around parts the region, while largely bypassing ...
‘Ghost’ Cyber Threat Hopefully Thwarted By New Linux Patch
Red Hat Inc and other makers of the widely used Linux operating system for business computers updated their software on Tuesday to thwart a serious new cyber threat they warned could allow hackers to ...