Law and legal issues

Fidelity National Financial Inc., the biggest US title insurer, illegally colluded with competitors by agreeing to not solicit, recruit or hire each other's employees, the New York attorney general said.

Wells Fargo will pay $300 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it improperly charged customers for unneeded auto-collision protection insurance — and hid the practice from investors.

Risk mitigation service prevents costly litigation.

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, court papers show.

A Boston federal judge said Wednesday school administrators waited too long to notify Zurich American Insurance Co.

Carlyle Aviation leased 23 planes to Russian airlines, including Izhavia and NordStar, and tried to repossess and relocate the aircraft as soon as Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, the company said.

The report from Australian mining tycoon Andrew Forrest's nonprofit Minderoo Foundation is the first time lawyers and data analysts have modeled how the cost of plastic-related pollution translates into the likely compensation payouts.

Nonprofits are experiencing higher costs and greater restrictions on coverage.

The companies are the latest mortgage businesses to face class action complaints from consumers impacted by the cyberattacks.

A special session convened earlier this week to stabilize the state’s struggling homeowners’ insurance industry.