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London Courts Popular Destination for ‘Legal Tourists’
Foreigners brought almost two-thirds of all lawsuits heard in London's leading commercial court over the last five years, according to a new survey, cementing the city's reputation as the venue of ...
How To Reverse Declines In Your Management Liability Portfolio
What do you do when your management liability portfolio isn't producing the same rate of return it has in the past? The returns on today's D&O and EPLI policies are diminishing and are actually ...
Column: Twilight for the Middle Class in America?
It's evening in America. That is the worrying news from the latest Heartland Monitor Poll, conducted quarterly and sponsored by the insurer Allstate and National Journal. The researchers made a ...
Claims Down, Premiums Up for Reinsurers
Low damage claims and rising premiums helped to shield earnings at German reinsurers Munich Re and Hannover Re in the first quarter, as the sector battles to shore up profits amid record low interest ...
Berkshire Profit Rises 51%, Shares Hit Record High
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Friday said quarterly profit rose nearly 51 percent on a solid performance in insurance and by many of its other businesses, as well as gains from ...
Many Bosses ‘Cook the Books’ to Meet Tough Goals: Fraud Survey
Hard-pressed company bosses across much of the world are under so much pressure to deliver on growth that many have resorted to cooking the books, Ernst & Young says in its latest fraud survey ...
How Imports Support U.S. Jobs Including Insurance
A new report credits imports with supporting 16 million U.S. jobs in a bid by business groups to improve the image of the ugly brother of trade. While politicians from President Barack Obama on down ...
Lessons of Reinhart-Rogoff: Lawrence Summers
The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate in recent weeks has been consumed with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart ...