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Dodd-Frank: Example of How Congress Can Overcome Gridlock
Congress is leaving town, a cause for celebration across the land. Except that the lawmakers are going away only for the Independence Day recess; they'll be back. The branch of government endowed by ...
FASB Going Concern Disclosure Too Little, Too Late, Moody’s Says
In an article it "Credit Outlook," report, Moody's Investors Service said accounting disclosures being proposed by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board to provide investors with an early ...
Producer compensation programs send clear messages about what a carrier values. Commission rates, incentive structures, bonuses, and performance thresholds direct...
AIR Releases Japan Earthquake Model Update; Reflects Tohoku Insights
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced Monday that it has updated its Earthquake Model for Japan to include insights gained from the Great Tohoku earthquake of March 2011. The Tohoku event ...
CoreLogic Acquiring Marshall & Swift/Boeckh & DataQuick Info Systems For $661M
CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and services provider, announced Monday that the company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Marshall & Swift/Boeckh and ...
Small Commercial Buyers Moving Online: Who Are They? What Do They Want?
According to a recent study by consultant Deloitte, more than half of small businesses (52 percent) are now ready and willing to buy their insurance direct from a carrier over the Internet without an ...New York Probes 20 Foreign Reinsurers’ Compliance with Iran Sanctions
New York's financial regulator has asked 20 non-U.S. reinsurers whether they conducted business with entities linked to Iran, as part of a review of these companies' ability to comply with a new U.S. ...
Roberts to Lead GEICO As Auto Market Share Battle Heats Up
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. promoted Bill Roberts to president and chief operating officer of the GEICO unit as it competes with Progressive Corp. and Allstate Corp. for auto insurance ...
Warming Happening Faster In High Latitude Coastal Waters: University Research
Locally, changes in coastal ocean temperatures may be much more extreme than global averages imply. New research published in the June 18 edition of Public Library of Science (PLoS ONE) entitled ...