U.S.
Record-Breaking Ice; Is Flooding Next?
The winter of 2014 looks to go down in history for record temps and record claims. To date, Enservio data shows that in February 2014 alone, ice damage related RCV jumped 200% over the last five ...
Use of Predictive Modeling Increasing: Towers Watson
The use of predictive modeling continues to increase in nearly every business line, according to Towers Watson's fifth annual Predictive Modeling Benchmarking Survey. The survey examined how North ...
Bouchard Nominated as Chief Judge of Delaware’s Chancery Court
Delaware lawyer Andre Bouchard was nominated on Thursday to replace Leo Strine as the chief judge of the state's Court of Chancery, one of the premier venues for business disputes, according to a ...
Lawyers Troll Internet for GM Customers as Race to Courthouse Gets Underway
General Motors may face lawsuits for millions of dollars over its recall of 1.6 million cars, but first lawyers have to find clients if they hope to get a foot in the courthouse door. To do so they ...
Nearly Half of Security Execs Say Insurers Alone Should Pay Costs of Physical Terror Attacks
Forty-seven percent of security executives across of a variety of industries believe that private insurance companies alone should pay for worker injuries and property damage in the aftermath of a ...
Top U.S. CEOs See Compensation Increases Shrink
Big U.S. companies appear to have handed out smaller increases in compensation to their chief executives in 2013 than in 2012, mainly as a result of reduced grants of stock options, according to an ...Apollo’s Insurer Athene Looks to Raise $1 Billion for Acquisitions
Athene Holding Ltd., the insurer controlled by Leon Black's Apollo Global Management LLC, doubled its capital-raising goal to $1 billion to add funds for acquisitions. The insurer plans to finalize ...
Florida Supreme Court Finds Medical Damages Caps Unconstitutional
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the state's caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice wrongful death cases violate the state Constitution's equal protection clause. The 5-2 opinion ...