Litigation

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter will pay Connecticut $4.25 million to settle anti-trust allegations brought by the state's attorney general, as both sides declared victory in a lawsuit going back to 2007.

Do Side A D&O policies add value at a time when terms of standard "ABC" policies are getting broader? Mark Paccione of Everest Specialty Underwriters argues that they do, and explains the benefits.

U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson has issued an order granting summary judgment and declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional.

Recent statistics show declines in securities lawsuits relating to the subprime mortgage crisis in 2010, but directors and officers liability insurers should prepare to see more of those cases in 2011, a plaintiffs’ attorney warned last week.

A company may not retaliate against an employee by firing a third party, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled recently, giving employees more backing to sue for retaliation.

The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) said its plan to rehabilitate Ambac Assurance Corp., a Wisconsin subsidiary of New York-based bond insurer Ambac Financial Group, has been upheld by a circuit court judge.