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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 14, 2010
U.S. federal securities class-action filings picked up in the 2010 second half, and filings are now on pace to exceed last year's total, according to NERA Economic Consulting.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
October 12, 2010
A buyer's market continues for directors and officers liability insurance, with double-digit price declines now possible for financial institutions and non-financial firms alike...
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By Katharine Rose |
July 27, 2010
The pace of federal securities class action filings was slower in the 2010 first half than in 2009, with filings on track to decline for a second consecutive year, an economic consulting firm said.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 21, 2010
Fear of wage-and-hour claims is escalating among buyers and sellers of employment practices liability insurance, with sellers' fears limiting EPLI solutions for small employers--and resulting in none at all for the largest ones, market participants report.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 18, 2010
Walmart may be the most frequent defendant named in wage-and-hour lawsuits, but insurers and pharmaceutical companies are also caught up in a maze of rules they didn't know applied to certain subsets of their workforce, experts say.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 17, 2010
Winning an exemption for insurers from having to help pay to wind down failed non-insurance firms posing a systemic risk to the economy was the key priority for insurers
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 7, 2010
A bipartisan amendment to the financial services reform legislation in the U.S. Senate is aimed at exempting insurers from paying for the resolution of large non-insurance financial services companies.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 15, 2010
Researchers delivered good news to directors and officers liability insurers who cover defendants in securities lawsuits this year, revealing that the number of securities class actions plummeted in 2009.
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By Daniel Hays |
February 22, 2010
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) released a consulting firm study that concluded any new legislation regulating the financial system based on the size of financial institutions would be unfair.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 5, 2010
Researchers delivered good news to directors and officers liability insurers who cover defendants in securities class actions, revealing today that the number of actions plummeted 24 percent in 2009, falling to 169 in total.
