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Commentary: Does FSOC Understand the Business of Insurance?
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designated AIG as a Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) after determining that "material financial distress at AIG could pose a threat ...
Small Businesses Leading Hiring Rebound
Chris Yura says it took about six months before he could afford to hire the first employee for the clothing company he started in June 2009. SustainU Clothing now has 20 workers, about half ...
Progressive ‘Body Punching’ Way to Greater Acceptance of Snapshot Product
Progressive Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. auto insurer, is searching for the right message to attract customers to a product that tracks a person's driving to set rates, Chief Executive Officer ...
U.S. Railway in Quebec Disaster Gets Canada Bankruptcy Protection
The U.S. railway whose runaway train killed 47 people in a tiny Quebec town last month was granted bankruptcy protection from a Canadian court on Thursday and took steps in that direction in a U.S. ...Third Point Re With No U.S. Staff Claims Eligibility for JOBS Act Disclosure Limits
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb's Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., which has no staff in the U.S., said it can limit financial disclosure after a public offering because of rules promoting ...
Goldman Sachs to Sell Its European Insurance Business
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said it probably will sell a majority stake in its European insurance business in the next 12 months. The business, known as Rothesay Life Ltd. and run by Addy Loudiadis, had ...
60% of Customers Who Leave Independent Agents Eventually Return: Survey
Many customers who are lured away from independent agents by direct insurers promising lower prices will ultimately return to an independent agent. According to a recent study commissioned by The ...
Nuveen Investments Sues AIG, Former Executives Alleging Securities Fraud
Twenty-five Nuveen Investments Inc. funds sued American International Group Inc., claiming the company committed securities fraud in the months leading up to the U.S. financial crisis in 2008. Also ...