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By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 25, 2012
While many charge that social media deprives us of the very social skills it promises to boost, the value of face-to-face interactions at shows like PLRB/LIRB is undisputed.
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By Ben Berkowitz, Reuters |
April 18, 2012
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO Warren Buffett said he has stage 1 prostate cancer but his condition "is not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way."
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By Staff Writer |
April 9, 2012
With Walmart, one of Texas’ largest private employers, dropping out of the state’s workers’ compensation system in March, Texas’ unique approach to workers’ comp. is receiving renewed attention from both critics and supporters, according to stories in The New York Times and the Texas Tribune.
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By Ken Brownlee, CPCU |
March 27, 2012
Exploring risk management lessons from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and other infamous catastrophes. Can common sense be legislated?
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 26, 2012
To the people who cover Washington, we call it chronicling situational immorality. Not since Bush v. Gore have we seen madness that could compare to this week’s Supreme Court debate over the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law.
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By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 15, 2012
On Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs, and customers as "muppets."
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 13, 2012
The testiness between guaranty insurer MBIA and a group of banks over insurance coverage of structured financial instruments got more personal as each side accused the other of wrongdoing in court.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 24, 2012
Not all shareholders of Aon’s stock will be subject to U.S. capital gains tax if shareholders approve the insurance brokerage firm’s changes to move its headquarters from Chicago to London, the firm said.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 23, 2012
The market is apparently strengthening for the risky residential mortgage-backed securities purchased by the Federal Reserve Board in early 2009 as part of its bailout of American International Group.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 5, 2012
While this is the beginning of a new year, old problems still remain—some of which show no sign of being resolved anytime soon, including in the insurance industry.