Principal Life Insurance Co. received support from the Chamber of Commerce and the American Council of Life Insurers in an Eighth Circuit appeal over how it earns profits from the guaranteed investment products it offers in 401(k) plans.

Chubb Ltd. subsidiary ACE American Insurance Co. got preliminary approval for an $850,000 class settlement to end litigation over interest allegedly owed on accidental death benefit policies, according to an order by a federal judge in Atlanta.

The Defense Contract Management Agency may press its claims that Northrop Grumman Corp. unreasonably sought reimbursement of pension costs under a $2 billion unmanned aerial vehicle contract over jurisdictional objections, a contract appeals board said in a decision released Friday.

Textron Inc. investors can try again to show the company misled them about Arctic Cat inventory levels after the Second Circuit Friday ruled the lower court was wrong to dismiss that portion of their securities suit.

Five Centerra Group LLC employees are moving forward with a proposed class action challenging a move to allegedly underperforming trusts from Aon Investments in their 401(k) plan after a South Carolina federal judge trimmed a few of the case’s claims.

Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works parent L Brands Inc. must face a proposed class action over its $1.6 billion 401(k) plan, according to an Ohio federal judge’s ruling allowing challenges to plan investments and administrative fees to advance.