Word: spitzers
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...Spitzer Strikes The New York Attorney General goes after America's largest insurance broker...
...Spitzer Strikes Business executives in the U.S. have learned to fear Eliot Spitzer, the New York State attorney general whose reforming drives in recent years have drawn billions of dollars in fines from some...
...America's biggest companies. Now Spitzer is taking on the insurance industry, and European firms are affected. Spitzer's first target was New York City-based insurance broker Marsh & McLennan, which he accused of misusing "contingent commissions," the fees paid by an insurance company to a broker for steering business its way. Marsh says it has been cooperating with Spitzer's investigation since the spring and has stopped taking the controversial payments. But last week it became clear that Spitzer's net had snared U.S. branches of Netherlands-based ING Group, British broker Benfield Group and Germany's Munich...
...Broken promises? New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued U.S. insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Companies, alleging it directed unsuspecting clients to insurers in exchange for lucrative payoffs...
...bone as well." But with quieter winter months approaching, "shareholders would probably prefer [BA] run on edge this time of year," counters one airline analyst. Even CEO Rod Eddington lent a hand at Heathrow late last week - a great way to spend a summer holiday. - By Adam Smith The Spitzer Treatment Britain's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) reached a $2.5 million settlement with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer over allegations that it withheld information about the safety of antidepressant Paxil. GSK also agreed to publish online the results of all its clinical trials since December 2000. Spitzer sued the firm...