Consequently, Claimant asserted breach of contract, failure to pay commissions, failure to pay compensation owed, and failure to honor an employment contract that specified quarterly incentive compensation of 25%.

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I'd end compensation for failure.

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This is a blow to many policyholders who are hoping to build a legal case for compensation against the government for its failure to spot Equitable's troubles.

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"Treasury's failure to discover the scope and scale of AIG's executive compensation obligations ... potentially resulted in a missed opportunity to avoid the explosively controversial events and created considerable public and congressional concern over the retention payments, " the report says.

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Last month, the Ulster Bank announced details of a compensation scheme for customers who were affected by the major computer failure.

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Wells Fargo's revised policy takes back unpaid compensation awards in the event of misconduct, material error, failure to supervise or in the event the company or an individual executive's business group has a material downturn in financial performance or failure of risk management.

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Customers affected by the computer failure at RBS in June must be given "clear and straightforward" information on compensation, an MP has said.

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