While it's a shame to have to send a 72-year-old man to prison, ordering serious jail time for former class-action king Melvyn I. Weiss was an important warning to deter other plaintiff attorneys temp

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The commission also issued recommendations it said could help to minimize the costs and impacts of future mega-catastrophes, help pay the costs of these events in a fairer and more efficient manner, a

A consulting firm poll has found that public and private companies have received a record number of inquiries from potential board members who had concerns about their current directors and officers (

ComputerWorld recently reported on the theft of yet another laptop computer that contains vital, sensitive, private information on innocent people. It seems there's no end to these incidents, but the

Also sounding an alarm was Frank Nutter, president of the Reinsurance Association of America, who said the insurance industry is at "great risk" if it does not understand global climate variability an

Greg Case, president and chief executive officer for the Chicago-based firm, said the company was able to achieve growth despite the challenges of a soft market that he said would continue and intensi

The rules, he said, "will help the Office of Insurance Regulation ensure that hurricane claims are paid in a timely manner and that all future rate filings are signed by company executives swearing un