News Topic: Insurance

Supporters maintain hope that the Federal Housing Administration will revive a proposed premium cut, but a key obstacle remains: There's no one to run the agency. ... Read full article

CEO Kelly King also did not rule out a return to bank M&A now that BB&T has completed the integration of Susquehanna Bancshares and National Penn Bancshares. ... Read full article

Banks and nonbanks are typically foes, but banks made 34 nonbank M&A deals through mid-May, emerging as buyers in two-thirds of them. Many buyers are eager to pad fee income by adding investment, specialty finance or insurance firms; sellers are ... Read full article

"Virtually evert venture capitalist I know is excited about insurance as the next big thing in fintech," says Sam Hodges, co-founder and U.S. managing director at Funding Circle. ... Read full article

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There are two main federal bankruptcy exemptions for “unmatured” insurance contracts, 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(7) and (d)(8) : ... Read full article

The Massachusetts laws protecting cash value life insurance might as well be written in Middle English.  They simply cannot be understood by any except the most persistent of us.  Lucky for us, some recent court decisions help us find our way.  ... Read full article

The Winter 2012 edition of the Absolute Priority newsletter, published by the Bankruptcy & Restructuring  group at Cooley LLP , of which I am a member, has recently been released. The newsletter gives updates on current developments and trends in the ... Read full article

Bankruptcy Judge Lee of the Eastern District of California probably doesn’t think that it should be necessary to remind litigants that a personal injury plaintiff need not obtain relief from the post-discharge injunction in order to commence or continue a ... Read full article