Agency Management

While they may be known as property and casualty insurance agents, commercial intermediaries have no intention of sitting on the sidelines while one of their most lucrative sources of income is threatened by health insurance reform efforts.

As employers and their insurers grapple with increased numbers of employment practices liability claims in a recessionary economy, they are also facing emerging exposures associated with a changed political landscape.

Large groups of private educational institutions, hospitals, hotel chains and even officials of Major League Baseball can buy insurance for income losses and extra expenses incurred during a pandemic.

At a time when charges of age discrimination are soaring, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to give a break to employers and their employment practices liability insurers this month.

While true merger and acquisition activity in the property and casualty insurance industry isn't occurring at the pace of prior soft markets, a form of consolidation is occurring as concerned agents and brokers move business to safer havens.

Will AIG or Maurice Greenberg prevail in the court battle over funds allegedly set aside as incentive compensation? Click to www.property-casualty.com and cast your vote in this week's NU online poll.

Insurance policies for a reality television show require a special brand of expertise, a broker for the sector said today in the wake of news that the stars of "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" are divorcing.

More than half of Americans who have health insurance are opposed to or "are not sure how they feel" about a government-operated health care plan, according to a new poll.