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Google Loses Appeal in Street View Privacy Case
A federal appeals court rejected Google Inc.'s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of violating federal wiretap law when its accidentally collected emails and other personal data while building its ...Selective Insurance Names Marchioni President, Chief Operating Officer
Selective Insurance Group Inc. has selected John Marchioni as president and chief operating officer. Gregory E. Murphy, who remains chairman and chief executive officer, previously held the president ...
Recession Risk Gone In All U.S. States Except One: Moody’s Analytics
All U.S. states except for Delaware have escaped the possibility of falling back into recession, as they reap the rewards of strong private-sector employment and a burgeoning energy sector, according ...
JPMorgan’s Board Takes Some Power from Dimon
JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s board, under fire for the bank's trading losses and myriad government probes, said on Monday that it was adding two directors and handing more power to its lead independent ...
Fitch Sees Alternative Capital Fueling Reinsurance Mergers
Mergers and acquisitions in the reinsurance industry may rise in coming years because of higher valuations and the inflow of alternative capital, according to Fitch Ratings Ltd. The consolidation ...
Allstate CEO Dismisses GEICO Threat in Race for Auto Insurance Market Share
Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson, whose company lost car-insurance market share in the last three years, said competitor GEICO could struggle to expand sales as it seeks to sell more ...
Third Point Re’s Underwriting Model to Top Greenlight’s, Advises JPMorgan
Dan Loeb's Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., which had a public offering last month, will probably produce better underwriting results than David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., JPMorgan Chase ...
Nat Cat Re Demand to Double in High-Growth Markets; Declining U.S. Rates to Stabilize in ’14: Swiss Re
Swiss Re expects the demand for natural catastrophe reinsurance to double in high-growth markets and to rise by around 50 percent in mature markets by 2020, the reinsurer said in a statement. ...