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Cyber Victims Warned Against Revenge Hacking
The hacked are itching to hack back. So say a dozen security specialists and former law enforcement officials who described an intensifying and largely unspoken sense of unease inside many companies ...
Willis Re: TRIA’s Demise Leaves Companies Actively Pursuing Alternate Coverage
Companies are actively pursuing alternative coverage to fill in reinsurance gaps left by the demise of TRIA after Dec. 31, Willis Re said in its Jan. 1, 2015 renewals report. "There are many ...
Bank of America’s Countrywide Mortgage Bonds Trigger Ambac Lawsuit
Ambac Assurance Corp sued Bank of America Corp to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars of losses from insuring roughly $1.68 billion of securities backed at least in part by risky mortgages from ...
Apple Storage Space Shortage in iOS 8 Spurs Customer Lawsuit
Apple Inc. misleads consumers about the amount of storage space used by its iOS 8 operating system in iPhones, iPods and iPads, two users claimed in a suit targeting the software, adding a new ...
AAA: Americans Murky on Driving Risks with Pot and Prescription Drugs Alike
About 85 percent of Americans want to see laws that punish drivers impaired by marijuana, even as more states have legalized its recreational use. They remain less worried, however, about driving ...
Meadowbrook Insurance Sells Itself to China’s Fosun International For $433M
Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd. is closing out 2014 with a plan to buy Meadowbrook Insurance Group for $433 million. The deal, at $8.65 per share, will allow Fosun to gain a big ...
2014 in Video, Courtesy of Carrier Management
Carrier Management's video interviews ran the gamut in 2014, from an evaluation of life without TRIA, to employee talent, the reinsurance market, expansion, P/C industry expectations for 2015 and ...
U.S. Regulator Seeking New Accounts of Guardrail Accidents
A U.S. highway regulator opened an Internet portal this week allowing the public to report accidents tied to a Trinity Industries Inc. guardrail system, which has been linked by lawsuits to at least ...