Mr. Abernathy, who is currently the firm's president and chief operating officer, last year with board Chairman Dave Hartoch, led the company through its divesture from Aon Corp. and its formation as

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Attorneys for a Houston engineering firm and State Farm Insurance said they would not appeal a Mississippi judge's ruling denying most of their requests to restrict a criminal probe into the handling

Three-state agreement covers finite deals, but not SEC

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