Taxpayer money used to bail out failing banks may mean lower dollars paid out on settlements for the latest crop of securities class actions against financial institutions, an academic predicted
The E&O market is fragmented, so quantification of the losses is more difficult. Unlike D&O losses, E&O losses will be high frequency (with many claimants) and low severity (with relatively low
The current economic crisis does not bode well for insurance brokerage earnings, and one casualty of the fallout might be Arthur J. Gallagher, which could be a prime acquisition target, one analyst
In a recent analysis, reinsurance broker Aon Benfield put a best estimate of direct insurance losses from the alleged Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Bernard Madoff at $1.8 billion, citing a range of
American International Group, in a confidential gloom-and-doom discussion paper obtained by National Underwriter, has warned government regulators that unless it is kept afloat, there would be
With jokes about American International Group getting more frequent and increasingly vicious, AIG is taking steps to re-brand its property-casualty insurance operations. AIG insurers can run, but can
Before introducing a panel at the recent PLUS D&O Symposium poised to discuss the ramifications of political changes on securities litigation, David Bell, chief operating officer of Allied World
Former General Reinsurance executive Christopher P. Garand has been sentenced to serve a year and a day in prison following his conviction for being involved in a scheme to manipulate American
It's time once again for independent agencies that do an outstanding job selling insurance and providing risk management services for their clients to prepare their entries for the National
The NU award program is run in cooperation with the Workers' Compensation Educational Conference (at which NU presents a National Trends program) and the Florida Workers' Compensation Institute