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Despite falling premiums and expanding coverage, buyers have not turned their backs on captives and other alternative risk-transfer options, according to the National Underwriter "State of the Market"

Is the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' accreditation program an infringement of state legislators' turf? And even if it is, since the program to establish regulatory standards has bee

With disaster losses becoming more frequent and severe, insurers certainly have plenty of incentive to initiate actions that would mitigate against further climate change, says NU Editor In Chief Sam

Florida's new governor, Charlie Crist, has signed into law a hodge-podge bill designed to save a devastated property insurance market, but which will no doubt end up doing far more harm than good in

Was State Farm--its longtime advertising claims to the contrary--not a good neighbor when it came to dealing with Hurricane Katrina claims in Mississippi? In today's blog entry, NU Editor In Chief

eLynx, a portfolio company of American Capital Strategies Ltd. and provider of a secure electronic document communications network for the financial services industry, announced the newest release of

Under an agreement announced today, the Armonk, N.Y.-based bond insurer will pay a $50 million penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission, $10 million to investors and $15 million in penalties

Although U.S. District Court Judge L.T. Senter Jr. threw a monkey wrench into the controversial State Farm settlement of Hurricane Katrina claims on Friday, mainly complaining about plaintiff