Claims & Reserving
Liberty Mutual Grows Chile Market Share with New Acquisition
With one acquisition, Liberty Mutual Insurance has become a dominant player in Chile, a decade after first entering the market there. The Massachusetts-based property/casualty insurer said it has ...
Underwriters Spooked by New China Rules for Botched IPOs
Newly approved Chinese rules for IPOs are rattling investment banks as investors can seek compensation immediately if they suffer losses due to false or misleading information in the listing ...
Top Shareholders Urge Ambac CEO to Leave Due to Claims-Payment Delays
Three of Ambac Financial Group Inc's top ten shareholders are calling on its new CEO Nader Tavakoli to step down, according to people familiar with the matter. One of the reasons they give is that he ...
Uber Will Help California Ex-Felons Ready for Driver Jobs
Uber Technologies Inc. says it's trying to help people convicted of non-violent felonies in California get jobs as drivers. The company said Wednesday it's steering prospective drivers with felony ...
VW Gets Easier Ride in Europe on Emissions Scandal
Volkswagen is unlikely to face U.S.-style fines in Europe over its emissions scandal because of a softer regulatory regime and its home country Germany's determination to protect its car industry, EU ...
California Welcomes El Niño-Driven Rain and Snow
Egged on by El Nino, rain is falling across California. While it's welcome, wanted and setting records, it still isn't enough to bust the drought. That doesn't mean the mood is dour because after ...
Tianjin Explosions in China Didn’t Prevent Falling Marine Reinsurance Prices
Reinsurance rates in the marine sector continued to fall at the start of the year, in spite of the huge cost of explosions at China's Tianjin port last August, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter said ...
FitBit Accused of Selling ‘Wildly Inaccurate’ Heart Monitoring Devices
FitBit Inc.'s heart monitoring devices are called "wildly inaccurate" in a lawsuit accusing the company of false advertising. Devices sold by the leading maker of fitness trackers "are mis-recording ...