Regulation & Compliance
Uber, Lyft, Sidecar Toe-to-Toe With Insurers: State-by-State Analysis
The highly thought-of share-and-share-alike attitude considered a virtue by some has become fighting words between ridesharing companies and the insurance industry. "We try not to make it a battle," ...
U.S. SEC Set to Examine Alternative Mutual Funds
A surge of investment in alternative mutual funds has caught the attention of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which will launch examinations of fund companies targeting funds' leverage, ...
Sharing Insider Stock Tips on the Golf Course? The SEC is Listening
On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it charged a group of golfing buddies, who made more than a half-million dollars, with trading on inside information. In a complaint ...
Ridesharing Lyft Blocked by NYC Restraining Order; Insurance Law Defiance Cited
New York officials say they've obtained a temporary restraining order against Lyft, the on-demand ride-sharing app, from operating in New York City. The attorney general's office and the Department ...
PwC Must Face $1B Lawsuit Related for Role in MF Global Collapse: Judge
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected PricewaterhouseCoopers' request to dismiss a $1 billion lawsuit accusing the auditor of providing bad accounting advice that contributed to the October 2011 ...
ACE Takes Steps to Expand European Surety Business
ACE Group said it is launching a number of new surety products in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, as part of a broader expansion of its surety capabilities in Europe. The new products will ...
More U.S. Corps. Moving to Avoid U.S. Taxes: Congress Study
Seventy-six U.S. corporations have shifted their tax domiciles out of the United States to other countries since 1983 to avoid U.S. taxes, with a sharp increase recently in such deals, a policy ...
S&P: Insurers Ideal to Fill Infrastructure Spending Gap
With an expected $500 billion per year gap in infrastructure funding through 2030, insurers are well situated to fill that financing void, Standard & Poor's asserted in a July 7 note. The ratings ...