In determining the value of a painting, a number of factors must be considered, including the artist, provenance, the quality of work, period (date), and condition. In many instances we value paintings whose style and date of creation matches those of well-known artists though they lack signatures. High quality works...

Editor's Note: This is the first of a three-part series. Future installments will appear in the September and October issues of Claims.

Late Wednesday, Endurance Specialty Holdings terminated its offer to buy Aspen Insurance Holdings after the target company rebuffed the hostile bid.

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