Underwriting
The Results Are In: Agents Rate the Top 10 P/C Carriers
Compiling results of surveys of nearly 7,000 agents conducted over the course of 2013, a consulting firm published a list of the top-10 property/casualty carriers in January, with Sheboygan, ...
Original Cheerios Going GMO-free
General Mills says some Cheerios made without genetically modified ingredients will start appearing on shelves soon. The Minneapolis-based company said Thursday that it has been manufacturing its ...
Goodyear Execs Released After ‘Boss-Napping’
French trade unionists released two executives on Tuesday after holding them for more than 24 hours at the country's Goodyear tire plant to demand higher payouts for more than a thousand planned ...
Some States Confirm Water Pollution from Drilling
In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was confirmed in a ...
WCRI Studies Link Fee Schedules to Lower Payments
States that do not have a fee schedule in place are likely to pay more for workers compensation-related medical services, according to two Workers Compensation Research Institute studies that ...
JPMorgan to Pay Over $2B to Settle Madoff Case
JPMorgan Chase & Co will pay more than $2 billion of penalties to settle charges by U.S. federal authorities that it failed to report suspicious activity involving Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. ...
EPA Unlikely To Step Up Fracking Enforcement: Analysts
Federal regulators are unlikely to step up enforcement of potential water contamination cases linked to natural gas drilling—despite new concerns about water safety—given a lack of political will ...
Social Media is Blessing, Curse for Uber; CEO Defends Surge Pricing
Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick knows the value of a good controversy. After his upstart company, which lets people summon rides at the touch of a smartphone button, provoked a flurry of social ...