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• Less Than Half of Small Businesses Offer Employee Benefits

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 30, 2013

  Lowest level in two decades of research, LIMRA says.

• Payment Security Has Gaping Holes

  By Michael Kozubek  |  January 30, 2013

  When shoppers swiped their credit and debit cards to pay for purchases at Barnes & Noble stores last year, they didn’t expect to have their card and personal identification numbers stolen. But hackers had breached point-of-sale keypad card terminals at 63 Barnes & Noble stores in nine states.

• Wells Fargo/Gallup Survey Finds Small Business Confidence on Uptick

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  January 29, 2013

  Companies' Small Business Index shows growing optimism about revenues, capital spending and jobs.

• Nearly a Third of Employers Lost Top Performers in 2012: CareerBuilder Survey

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  January 28, 2013

  Atop retention factors cited: salary. List also includes improved benefits, nap room, massages, rides to and from work.

• Data Security Cited as Top Concern by In-House Counsel: Survey

  By Michael Kozubek  |  January 22, 2013

  The frequency of such incidents has made data security the top legal concern of 55% of in-house counsel, survey finds.

• AIG and Fed at Odds over Bank Suits and Worthless Mortgages

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  January 17, 2013

  The new development is spelled out in a lawsuit AIG filed Friday in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

• FINRA Launches Pilot Remediation-by-Phone Program

  By Melanie Waddell  |  January 17, 2013

  Participation in the pilot program, which began this week, is voluntary and open to cases involving claims of $50,000 or less, FINRA said.

• Local Regs Reason for Severing Client Relationships: Report

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 14, 2013

  Study shows 77% of senior financial services managers would consider ending relationships because of compliance concerns.

• Fitch: Catastrophe Modelers Missed Mark on Sandy

  By Mark Ruquet  |  January 14, 2013

  Rating service says more than 230,000 automobiles affected by super storm.

• Insurance Trades Hail Flood Program Borrowing Boost

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  January 9, 2013

  Obama signed expansion into law over the weekend; Sandy claims cited as cause for concern.