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
WASHINGTON--Social networking through technology offers producers and carriers new marketing opportunities to a new base of clients, but there are challenges agencies and companies face as the line
S&P's New York office, which released the announcement on Bermuda-based Everest, said the downgrade to "A-plus" affects the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of the reinsurer's
With the prospect of nearly $2 billion in professional liability claim payments looming from the litigation fallout of a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Bernard Madoff, directors and officers insurers
WASHINGTON--President Obama today ordered Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to "pursue every legal avenue" to block $165 million in retention bonuses being paid to executives at American International
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
With seemingly no near-term potential for the stock market to move back up significantly and consistently in 2009, the securities plaintiffs' bar will be looking back at 2007 stock movements to keep
While plaintiffs' lawyers may be welcoming a new administration in Washington and eyeing the prospect of convincing federal lawmakers to lower restrictions on securities class actions, they're
As Washington continues to grapple with the fallout from the financial market meltdown, momentum is building among key power brokers on Capitol Hill for the establishment of a federal charter option
Judge Manual Ba?ales, of the 105th Judicial District Court of Nueces County, Texas, granted partial summary judgment to plaintiff ASARCO LLC, which sought a ruling that the Fireman's Fund exclusion