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The total value of settled cases in 2006--excluding settlements totaling $7.1 billion relating to the Enron collapse--grew to $10.6 billion, more than 300 percent above the 2005 level of $3.5 billion,

Class actions plummet, but emerging trends put claims experts under

Directors and officers insurance claims experts--who should be resting comfortably on news of plummeting securities class actions--are instead feeling increased pressure, squeezed by a dizzying array of

Class action securities settlements reached a record $18 billion in 2006, according to a report from Rockville, Md.-based Institutional Shareholder Services, a provider of corporate governance and pro

Although the business world and society at-large have always been concerned about financial ethics, the issue has come to the forefront of discussion in the post-Enron world.

Don't invite the leaders of the Western Insurance Agents Association to the same dinner party as J. Patrick Gallagher Jr., the chairman, president and CEO ...

Don't invite the leaders of the Western Insurance Agents Association to the same dinner party as J. Patrick Gallagher Jr., the chairman, president and CEO ...

The analysis of class action litigation by Seyfarth Shaw law firm in Chicago reported that collective law suits continue as a source of significant financial exposure for employers for this year and w