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Suit Alleges Samsung, LG Suppressed Wages in Anti-Employee Poaching Deal
LG Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. were accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to suppress wages by agreeing not to recruit each other's employees in Silicon Valley, where allegations of no-poaching ...
Soft Market Helping AIG to Refocus; P/C Bolt-On Deals Possible: Schimek
The leader of American International Group's commercial businesses said low-billion-dollar acquisitions could be part of the go-forward strategy during a conference yesterday, where he also revealed ...
Lloyd’s Chairman: Many Companies Waiting to Join, Undaunted by Brexit
The Lloyd's of London insurance market has a queue of companies wanting to join, Chairman John Nelson said on Monday, even as Britain's vote to leave the European Union casts doubt over its European ...
AIR Worldwide Expands Terrorism Model Globally
Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide has expanded the capabilities of its terrorism risk model to support scenario testing for the United States and 27 other countries to help companies assess the ...
Reinsurance Capital Hits High of $585B for First Time: Aon Benfield
Reinsurance capital reached record levels in the first half of 2016, hitting a new high of $585 billion. Aon Benfield's latest Reinsurance Market Outlook report puts that number in perspective, ...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Continue Sluggish Advance: Willis Towers Watson
"Flat" continues to be the norm for U.S. commercial insurance prices as 2016 advances. Prices in aggregate for the sector ticked up by less than 1 percent in the 2016 second quarter, just as they did ...
Berkshire Hathaway Accused of ‘Reverse Ponzi Scheme’ in Workers Compensation Suit
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. duped a New York bicycle courier company into paying for a workers' compensation plan that diverted premiums into the insurer's own subsidiaries in violation of state laws, ...
The Latest Launches From Allianz, RMS, Willis Re and More
Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty added a new company to its panel of experts that helps businesses minimize post cyber-attack damage. RMS unveiled a new exposure analytics product. Willis Re is ...