Litigation/Liability Trends
New York Payout to Madoff Victims Will Surpass $7.2B
The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's firm on Monday said he is distributing another $355.8 million to the swindler's victims, bringing the total payout to more than $7.2 billion. Irving Picard, ...
Anthem, Reeling From a Data Breach, Warns U.S. Customers About an Email Scam
Health insurer Anthem Inc on Friday warned U.S. customers about an email scam targeting former and current members whose personal information was suspected to have been breached in a massive cyber ...
China-Backed Hackers Suspected in Anthem Cyber Attack
Investigators of Anthem Inc.'s data breach are pursuing evidence that points to Chinese state-sponsored hackers who are stealing personal information from health-care companies for purposes other ...
Anthem Will Take Up to Two Weeks to Identify Hacked Customers
Anthem Inc., the second-biggest U.S. health insurer, said it's going to take about 10 to 14 days to figure out who was affected by a data breach and begin notifying those people. The individuals will ...
Willis Re Unveils Cybersecurity Risk-Measurement Tool
Reinsurance broker Willis Re on Tuesday launched a tool designed to help insurance companies gauge their portfolios' exposure to cybersecurity risks, the latest effort to develop a growing market ...
S&P Will Pay $1.5B to Settle Suits Over Inflated Subprime Mortgage Bond Ratings
S&P, a unit of McGraw Hill Financial Inc., will pay more than a year's profit to settle suits that it inflated ratings on subprime mortgage bonds at the center of the 2008 financial crisis. ...
Uber Internal Review: Privacy Program Needs Improvement
Uber Technologies Inc. should expand its privacy program to improve disclosures, training and employee accountability, according to an internal review that the company commissioned after a ...
Ex-AIG Chairman Greenberg Remains Defiant as Fraud Trial Ramps Up
Ex-American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg said New York State's pursuit of him through a decade-old fraud lawsuit is a futile waste of taxpayer money, as the two sides ...