Published June 14, 2013 CST
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has announced the operational launch of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, the company's recently formed commercial property/casualty group that is headed by several former AIG executives.
Published June 12, 2013 CST
Marsh Inc. has established a unit that will help financial institutions manage their exposures through credit and political risk insurance.
Published June 12, 2013 CST
An Atlanta jury has awarded $500,000 to a female employee of a warehouse and distribution company who failed to get promoted, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.
Published June 12, 2013 CST
A Travelers Cos. Inc. unit must pay defense costs in a trademark infringement case involving rear pocket stitching on jeans, but does not have to pay the actual settlement in the suit, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Published June 10, 2013 CST
Commercial insurance prices rose almost 7% during the first quarter of 2013 compared with the same period the previous year, according to a Towers Watson & Co. survey released in Monday.
Published June 13, 2013 CST
A federal judge has awarded two unpaid interns summary judgment against Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. for their work on the 2010 film “Black Swan” and certified a class action lawsuit over the studio's internship programs.
Published June 13, 2013 CST
A federal judge has denied United Parcel Service Inc.'s effort to appeal his latest ruling in a disability discrimination case filed against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and said the case should proceed to discovery.
Published June 13, 2013 CST
A new association, Receivables Insurance Association of Canada, has launched with the goal of expanding the receivables insurance market in Canada.
Published June 18, 2013 CST
A national food marketer and distributor is accused of failing to hire female applicants at its distribution centers nationwide.
Published June 18, 2013 CST
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Inc. has hired Denis Brady to serve as president of wholesale brokerage Burns & Wilcox Brokerage.
Published June 18, 2013 CST
(Reuters) — The Canadian government said on Tuesday it will raise the liability for oil spill cleanups off the country's east and Arctic coasts to 1 billion Canadian dollars ($981.7 million), a more than 25-fold increase from its prior limit.
Published June 17, 2013 CST
A suit filed in New York is seeking to end the party for a music publishing company that alleges it owns the copyright to the song “Happy Birthday to You.”
Published June 16, 2013 CST
TAMPA, Fla. — As local cities, counties and municipalities hold vast amounts of personal data, cyber risks pose significant exposures for public entity risk managers.
Published June 14, 2013 CST
An appeals court has allowed a pork processing plant employee to sue for age discrimination as a result of his termination for a single incident of alleged insubordination after more than 40 years on the job.
Published June 13, 2013 CST
Hiscox Ltd. has added crime and data breach and privacy security liability coverage options to its professional liability portfolio.
Published June 12, 2013 CST
Willis Group Holdings P.L.C. has unveiled a new policy, CRIMEstar, that offers commercial crime coverage using all-risks wording.
Published June 11, 2013 CST
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed lawsuits against units of BMW Group and Dollar General Corp. for their use of criminal background checks, the agency said Tuesday.
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