The board of directors of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is scheduled to meet tomorrow to discuss a proposed settlement in a case involving payments to thousands of policyholders.

Mergers and acquisitions activity should be robust over the next 12 months as a recent survey shows many property and casualty chief financial officers will be looking to acquire a company or block of business, but targets might be hard to come by.

Your dead body causes injury to someone else, and the court rules that you owe a duty of care.

CSC announces that Mike Lawrie, 58, has been appointed president and chief executive officer, and will join the company no later than March 31. Lawrie succeeds Michael W. Laphen, 61, who previously announced his plan to retire as the companys chairman, president, and CEO.