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WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Dec. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Chubb (CB) has introduced a new fidelity insurance solution, the Financial Institution Bond for Asset Managers, to address the unique range of risks faced by today's asset managers. This new financial fidelity bond provides modernized coverage ...

12/17/2019 03:37 AM

In Lakah v. UBS, 2019 QCCA 1869, the Court of Appeal of Québec denied leave to appeal a Superior Court decision that ordered than an arbitral party post a $1 million suretyship pending U.S. annulment proceedings. The Court of Appeal, in a very brief judgment, based its decision on the following cons...

12/14/2019 03:25 AM

An attorney for Nationwide told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last month that the insurer didn’t count as a surety responsible for the quality of its repair shops’ work.

The Nov. 21 comments by Derecht lawyer Robert Heim during oral argument for Berg v. Nationwide provide consumers — and DRP shops —...

12/12/2019 08:10 PM

A new contractor has been chosen to finish work on the long-delayed East Gadsden Community Center.

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Gadsden City Council, it authorized an agreement with Bob Smith Construction, Inc. to complete the remaining work under the original contract for the project

The original bid ...

12/10/2019 01:31 PM

When do the terms of a surety bond allow a construction project owner to withhold payments to a contractor?

This question could go to the Supreme Court of Canada, which recently announced a federal crown corporation wants to appeal a Newfoundland court decision resulting from a $2.3-million ferry wha...

12/05/2019 08:16 PM