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A federal appeals court tossed out an $800 billion class-action lawsuit against tobacco companies Thursday brought by smokers who said... Read More

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Class-action lawsuit king Melvyn Weiss pleaded guilty Wednesday to U.S. racketeering charges in connection with a scheme to pay kickbacks... Read More

Claims management and information firm Mitchell International, Inc. reports it has agreed to acquire the workers compensation medical cost containment... Read More

Axis International Loss Adjusters and Surveyors (Axis), sold its North American specialist adjusting business to York Specialized Loss Adjusting (York... Read More

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Triad Guaranty Insurance Corp. (Triad)... Read More

Hurricanes pose the greatest act of nature risk to the U.S. insurance industry for 2008, according to EMB, an actuarial... Read More

Fido is getting a new name — several, in fact: “plaintiff,” “trustee,” “beneficiary” and even “defendant.” Dogs, cats and creatures... Read More

Shards of broken glass outside the basement window of 31 Vine Street (Brockton, Mass.) hint at the destruction inside the... Read More

Defaults on privately insured U.S. mortgages rose 38.1 percent in February, as a growing number of homeowners failed to keep... Read More