Litigation

If the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement opened a costly investigation of your business and employment practices, would the legal costs be covered under your existing employment practices liability insurance policy?

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.

A recent ruling by the New York Court of Appeals opens the door for estates to sue attorneys, which could ultimately result in an increase in professional liability insurance premiums, predicts an executive.

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.

British Petroleum's $20 billion fund to compensate Gulf oil disaster victims will pay quickly, eliminate trial lawyers' settlement cuts, and allow for BP's continued operations

A federal judge granted preliminary approval of a $72.5 million settlement between The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and a class of more than 21,000 people who alleged the insurer underpaid personal injury and workers' compensation claims.