Regulation & Compliance
Government to Share Cyber Security Information with Private Companies
The U.S. government will use classified information about software vulnerabilities for the first time to protect companies outside of the military industrial complex, top officials told Reuters this ...
U.S., European Retailers Differ Over How to Make Bangladesh Factories Safer
A trans-Atlantic divide between European and U.S. retailers over how best to respond to fatal disasters in Bangladesh textile factories split wide open on Wednesday, with U.S. retailers claiming ...
Senator Demands Economic Justification For No-Admission Settlements
An outspoken freshman U.S. senator with a record of taking on Wall Street wants financial regulators and federal prosecutors to provide an economic justification for allowing big banks to settle ...
Senate Duo Wants Quick SEC Action On Credit Raters
A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators urged federal securities regulators to move quickly on fundamental changes to how credit-rating agencies are compensated, a step they said will reduce the type of ...
How They Rank: Fitch Reports On Top D&O Insurers
Directors and officers liability insurance premium rates were previously lagging the market recovery in the broader commercial lines segment, but pricing trends are now catching up, Fitch Ratings ...
D&O Pricing Catching Up To Loss Trends: Fitch
Direct written premiums for the directors and officers liability insurance line rose 6.9 percent last year, according to a recent analysis by Fitch Ratings, which also shows that direct loss ratios ...
Social Media & The SEC: New Opportunity and New Risk for Public Companies
It is now over a month since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance in the form of a report of investigation ("April Report") explaining why it decided not to bring an ...
Former NY Governors Tell AG: Drop Greenberg Suit
In an opinion piece published in today's Wall Street Journal, two former New York governors are urging the New York Attorney General to stop the pursuit of Maurice "Hank" Greenberg in a case tied to ...