Underwriting
Study Forecasts Growth for Professional Liability Insurance Market Across Europe
The market for professional indemnity insurance across 10 European countries - Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the UK - will be worth around ...
Group Health Plans Pick Up Tab for ‘Zero Cost’ Workers’ Compensation Claims: Study
Workers' compensation claims that result in no payment lead to millions of dollars in increased costs for employee group insurance plans, new research shows. Nationwide, so-called "zero-cost" ...
Q&A: Liability Insurance and Admitting Wrongdoing in SEC Settlements
Earlier this year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with New York-based hedge fund adviser Philip A. Falcone and his advisory firm Harbinger Capital Partners. The ...
U.S. Extends Permits for Wind Farms That Accidentally Kill Eagles
The Obama administration on Friday extended the length of permits that allow wind farms and other operations to accidentally kill protected eagles to 30 years, drawing fire from wildlife ...
Rate Gains Tapering in Commercial Lines: Towers Watson
Even though commercial insurance prices increased for the 11th straight quarter—rising by 5 percent in aggregate during third-quarter 2013—price gains are slowing down, according to Towers ...
Tech Start-Ups Show Little Imagination On Board Gender Diversity
At Pinterest, the online bulletin board service that is valued near $3.8 billion, some 70 percent of the users are female. But the company's board of directors is 100 percent male. Male-heavy boards ...
SEC’s Gallagher Seeks Public Company Disclosure Reforms
A top U.S. securities regulator on Friday called for reforms to streamline the disclosures that public companies are required to file, saying he is concerned that some company filings may not ...BP ADS Investors Lose Bid for Class Status in Gulf Spill Case
A U.S. federal judge has refused to allow investors to proceed as a group in a lawsuit accusing BP Plc of fraud by misleading them—before and after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill— about the ...