Laurie Cohen

He looks like a Redford and talks like a Kennedy-attributes that might seem wasted on a state insurance commissioner. But in California, the home of populist voter revolts, that typically...

Don`t lost heart, graduates; there are jobs out there, and they aren`t all just flipping hamburgers. That`s the good news. The bad news is that the jobs may not be...

Eighteen months ago, federal prosecutors in Chicago had the futures industry quaking. At a crowded press conference, an all-star lineup of government officials, including the U.S. attorney general and the...

In the insurance industry, all eyes are on Rep. John Dingell, the powerful Michigan Democrat and House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman who is developing a legislative plan to transform...

The federal agency responsible for insuring pensions said Monday that it faces a potential risk of $14.2 billion from 50 U.S. companies with huge shortfalls in pension assets. The Pension...

Laventhol & Horwath, the nation`s seventh biggest accounting firm, is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as early as Wednesday, sources said Sunday. Partners of the troubled firm, meeting...

Willis Faber PLC and Corroon & Black Corp. completed their planned merger Monday, despite some maneuvering by Wall Street speculators to derail it. At a special meeting of Corroon shareholders...

He came to Chicago with an athletic scholarship in his pocket, an altar boy`s soul and a surpassing desire to achieve some notable success. Things did not proceed entirely as...

A.C. Zucaro, the new chief executive officer of Old Republic International Corp., is an amateur cabinetmaker. He especially appreciates the antique furniture that fills the walnut-paneled executive offices of the...

Embattled Stotler Group Inc. and two of its chief subsidiaries filed for liquidation in federal bankruptcy court Friday, admitting insolvable financial woes. The filings, under Chapter 7 of the federal...