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With concerns mounting over the dangers of driver distraction from cell phones and texting, a new British survey is highlighting perils from GPS devices.

In advance of reporting quarterly results, insurance brokers Arthur J. Gallagher and Aon Corp. have both announced they will pay quarterly dividends to investors.

Although none of its clients were harmed financially, Acordia insurance brokerage should pay a penalty for failing to tell them it had a special compensation arrangement with certain carriers, a judge has ruled.

The return on catastrophe bonds increased 11 percentage points over the last twelve months with North America Wind bonds leading the pack, according to a report from Aon Benfield Securities.

Neither the Florida Senate nor the House seem able to achieve consensus on the numerous insuranced-related bills floating around Tallahassee.

With millions more likely to get health coverage thanks to the new reform law, the worsening shortage of doctors will only get worse, impacting workers' comp insurers, warns NU Editor Sam Friedman in his blog at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.