Underwriting
Berkley Underwriting Partners Is Now Berkley Program Specialists
Berkley Underwriting Partners, a W. R. Berkley company, has changed its name to Berkley Program Specialists. The company said the change better reflects its sole focus on program business. "We ...Corzine Masterminded ‘Scheme’ at MF Global, New Trustee Says; D&O Insurance Intact?
Jon Corzine, the former head of MF Global Holdings Ltd., masterminded a scheme to inflate earnings that led to the eighth-biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history, according to an updated lawsuit filed by ...Goldman-to-Soros Backed Mortgage Insurer Essent Files for IPO
Essent Group Ltd., a mortgage insurer backed by investors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and George Soros, filed for an initial public offering as investors pour capital into companies that ...
Twitter’s ‘Secret’ IPO Reignites JOBS Act Debate
Twitter's use of a confidential initial public offering filing has reignited a debate about a 2012 U.S. law that critics say denies investors time to digest a company's financial information and ...
Allstate Says Drivewise Hits One Billion Miles Driven
Allstate reports that its Drivewise customers will register more than one billion miles driven this month. In a statement Friday, Allstate also said that Drivewise is launching in Kentucky and ...
Critics Take Aim at Crop Insurance Subsidies, Insurers’ Profits
Former American International Group Inc. chief Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has a new business partner: the U.S. taxpayer. Greenberg's Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. is one of 18 companies approved ...
NASA Launches Drones from Virginia to Study Storms
NASA scientists are using former military surveillance drones to help them understand more about how tropical storms intensify, which they say could ultimately save lives by improving forecast models ...
Tech Risks Threaten Supply Chain More Than Weather: Guy Carpenter
Technology failure and cyber attacks represent a greater threat to most organizations than adverse weather, fire and social unrest combined, according to a new report by Guy Carpenter. The report, ...