Legal

When regulators act, organisations under their purview pay attention. At least, that’s the general idea.

Companies providing medico-legal services ran up “tens of millions of pounds” of debt to Munich Re-owned insurer DAS, a court heard today.

US timber giant Weyerhaeuser has filed a complaint at a Seattle court in a bid to force nine insurers to pay out up to $260mn in liability cover.

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Wells Fargo's $1bn fine over force-placed auto insurance may end that woeful chapter for the third-largest US bank but National General, the carrier entangled in the scandal, remains under scrutiny, The Insurance Insider understands.

Insurers and brokers have found a US Senate ally in their drive to keep federal regulators from encroaching on the state-based system that has guided the industry for more than a century.

Cooley has added a team of East Coast lawyers to the Silicon Valley law firm’s practice focused on insurance, reinsurance and InsurTech ventures.

Wang Yincheng has reportedly pleaded guilty to corruption in the same week the former head of the defunct Chinese insurance regulator was charged with graft.

National Security Minister Wayne Caines explains how the island is creating a legislative framework for cryptocurrencies.

Southwark Crown Court heard that former DAS chief executive Paul Asplin had conspired to defraud the company.

JLT has refuted claims by a Sydney law firm that it misadvised local government councils in their purchase of insurance, leading to “excessive premium” being charged on the resulting policies.

China’s former top insurance regulator Xiang Junbo faces charges of corruption and bribery, according to reports from Beijing.