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Public Company Audit Board Revives Partner Disclosure Proposal
The U.S. audit watchdog will revive a controversial proposal on Wednesday that would require accounting firms to disclose the names of individual partners who work on company audits. The Public ...
Study Reveals Cause of 2011 Tsunami; Other Areas at Risk
The devastating tsunami that struck Japan's Tohoku region in March 2011 was touched off by a submarine earthquake far more massive than anything geologists had expected in that zone. A team of ...
Two Factors Key to Lawsuits over New York Train Crash
For lawyers preparing to sue over Sunday's deadly New York commuter rail accident, their success in court may depend largely on two factors: whether human error caused the derailment, and whether ...Aon Benfield Ex-Executive Chilton Joins Gallagher to Start Reinsurance Brokerage
Grahame Chilton, who helped build Benfield Group Ltd. before selling it to Aon Plc in 2008, formed a partnership with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. to start a reinsurance brokerage. The new business, ...
Investor Demand for Political Risk Insurance Remains High
Investors' demand for insurance against political risk is on track to match last year's record as instability persists in the Middle East and disputes in Latin America erode confidence, the World ...
‘New Wealth’ Shows High Interest in High-Priced Art
Art Basel Miami Beach, the largest U.S. art fair, will offer more than $3 billion of mostly postwar and contemporary works when it opens to a select group of collectors today, a 20 percent increase ...
Developers Gain Added Protection from Terrorism-Related Lawsuits in 9/11 Case
A federal appeals court in New York has given developers and builders of high-rises and other buildings added protection from lawsuits over property losses linked to terrorism, in a case stemming ...
Hard Market Will Come; Question Is When, Swiss Re Says
In its latest sigma report forecasting profits and premium growth for insurers over the next two years, Swiss Re says the eventuality of a hard market is a given—it's just a matter of when. ...