Litigation/Liability Trends
Wells Fargo Plan to Repay Customers Pushed Into Unnecessary Auto Insurance Reportedly Rejected by Regulators
U.S. regulators have rejected Wells Fargo & Co's plan to repay customers who were pushed into unnecessary auto insurance, telling the bank it must do more to ensure it has found and compensated ...
NRA-Marketed Insurance Hit With Crackdown From California Regulators
California's insurance regulator ordered the National Rifle Association to stop marketing an insurance product without being licensed. A "Carry Guard" product was allegedly being marketed by the NRA ...
Hurricane Florence Already Triggering Business Interruption Policies
Hurricane Florence is still hundreds of miles off the U.S. East Coast, but insurers are starting to see their potential costs from one type of claim mount as companies halt operations to let ...
Opinion: Catastrophe Bonds Are a Smashing Success
Leave it to catastrophe bonds to be among the most well-functioning debt markets out there. Issuance of "cat bonds" has climbed to more than $11 billion this year, about the same as this time in ...
1 Million-Plus Told to Flee Hurricane Florence as Mid-Atlantic States Brace for Storm
Florence was slightly weakened but not unbowed as it continued to barrel toward the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with forecasters saying they expect the storm to re-strengthen to near Category 5 ...
After Cyber Attack Hits 380,000 Customers, British Airways Apologizes
British Airways apologized on Friday after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen over a two-week period in the most serious attack on its website and app. The ...
$10.7B VW Investor Suit Over Diesel Emissions Scandal Set to Hit Trial Phase
Volkswagen faces a trial next week as investors seek 9.2 billion euros ($10.7 billion) in compensation arguing that the carmaker should have informed shareholders about a diesel pollution scandal ...
British Airways Data Hack Exposes Airline to Fines Under New EU Data Rules
British Airways may become the first high-profile company to run afoul of Europe's far-reaching data privacy rules -- and face potentially hefty fines -- after a computer hack compromised credit card ...