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The Surplus Line Association of California (SLA) said Les Ross has been named its new chairman.

SCOR reported that its January renewals saw business volume up 7 percent, improved underwriting profitability and overall positive price changes

Torus, the Bermuda-based specialty insurer, announced it is opening a West Coast office in San Francisco, which will initially focus on property and casualty lines.

The New York Insurance Department, in advance of releasing its new disclosure rules for the state's agents and brokers tomorrow, announced that they are fair to producers while protecting consumers.

Not all mega-events are created equally. Some are indoors, some are outdoors. They attract different crowds, and are held in locations throughout the world.

Federal lawmakers may cut a provision of proposed legislation that seeks to end the antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurers afforded by the McCarran-Ferguson Act exemption, according to insurance industry sources.

MarketScout electronic insurance exchange reported finding no end to the soft market last month with the composite U.S. property and casualty sector down 4 percent.

February 2010 has a lot to offer both sports fans and special-event insurers, featuring the NFL's Super Bowl XLIV and the Winter Olympics, which started this past weekend in Vancouver, Canada.