Legal

Aon is fighting a lawsuit that is seeking more than NZ$528mn ($364.7mn) in damages related to the 2010/11 Canterbury earthquakes in New Zealand

The price of directors' and officers' (D&O) coverage fell for the 17th quarter in a row in Q3 despite the threat posed by near-record levels of legal activity, which could increase claims

Old Republic has warned that its third quarter results will include a $130mn charge to settle claims dating back to the Great Recession.

Aon has settled a short but bitter dispute with rival Willis Towers Watson, which stood accused of unfair competition after hiring Mike Burwell as CFO.

Lloyd's insurers embroiled in a $10mn claims dispute with Kanye West have been accused of "post-claim underwriting" in the latest installment of a lawsuit over the artist's cancelled tour.

Maurice "Hank" Greenberg won a round in his pursuit of former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer as a state appeals court ruled that the former AIG CEO could seek a defamation judgment against his legal nemesis.

UK government proposals to reform the way the Ogden rate is calculated could save the (re)insurance industry £2.5bn ($3.3bn), according to Ernst & Young (EY)

Exin Re CEO Marc Maupoux has resigned after staff at the Zurich-based reinsurer went unpaid for months, and is currently engaged alongside other staff in official proceedings to recover the money as Matt Fairfield's insurance group readies a counterclaim

Determining the root cause of Hurricane Harvey losses and identifying whether claims should fall to the private sector or the state will create a huge legal conundrum in the wake of the storm, lawyers have said.

A consortium of Lloyd's underwriters have filed a counterclaim in an ongoing lawsuit against rapper Kanye West, citing "substantial irregularities" in the artist's medical history.

Maiden has failed to find significant common ground with its former chief operating officer Bentzion Turin, who accused the company of fraud over a key $260mn transaction in 2009.

The Vero unit of Australian insurer Suncorp has lodged a court appeal in New Zealand against the competition regulator's July decision to block its NZ$236.1mn ($172.3mn) takeover of Tower.