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Suit accuses brokers of aiding fraud scheme

London-based Willis Group Holdings Ltd. and Houston-based Bowen, Miclette & Britt Inc. have been named in a $1 billion class-action suit on behalf of Mexican investors in an alleged fraud organized by Stanford Financial Group.

Hartford sues Arch over employee defections

NEW YORK—The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. filed a lawsuit Thursday against Arch Insurance Group Inc. and three former employees of its Hartford Financial Products division, charging Arch has raided its employees and attempted to destroy its financial products business.

MySpace not liable for assaults of teens: Court

LOS ANGELES—The Communications Decency Act protects MySpace Inc. from liability in cases where a minor is sexually assaulted by an adult he or she met on MySpace’s Web site, a California appeals court ruled.

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LOS ANGELES—Insurance underwriters considered the late pop music icon Michael Jackson “fragile” and a difficult risk, ...
STAMFORD, Conn.—Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has drastically reduced its property catastrophe reinsurance capacity because of concerns that ...
NEW YORK—Former American International Group Inc. chief Maurice R. Greenberg was grilled on the witness stand for seven days over the ...
LONDON—Willis Group Holdings Ltd.'s decision to try to sell part of its stake in Gras Savoye & Cie could help the brokerage avoid a ...
WASHINGTON—Supporters of wide-ranging insurance regulatory reform have cause for hope and concern as Congress prepares to consider ...
WASHINGTON—Congressional progress in drafting health care reform legislation has been much slower than top lawmakers predicted, but ...
NEW YORK—American International Group Inc.'s move to give the Federal Reserve Bank of New York preferred interests in two life ...
Momentum is growing at the state level to mandate that group health plans offer coverage for autism, experts say. ...
The United Kingdom's risk management association expects insurers' claims service levels to improve as more insurers sign ...
LUXEMBOURG—Captive insurers have a rare opportunity in an insurance market that is hardening not because of rising rates, but from ...
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