Commercial Lines

The insurance cycle is not dead, and the return to a hard market could come without a multibillion-dollar catastrophic event driving the turn, a broker executive said yesterday.

Florida has shut down its implementation of the health care reform law as a result of a decision earlier in the week by a Pensacola federal judge declaring the law unconstitutional.

Florida has shut down its implementation of the health care reform law as a result of a decision earlier in the week by a Pensacola federal judge declaring the law unconstitutional.

Uncertainty reigned over events in Egypt as the nation’s president, Hosni Mubarak, appeared to seek appeasement with protestors. However, violence flared while the country's economy stood at a practical standstill.

Uncertainty reigned over events in Egypt as the nation’s president, Hosni Mubarak, appeared to seek appeasement with protestors. However, violence flared while the country's economy stood at a practical standstill.

Arthur J. Gallagher reported 2010 fourth-quarter net income more than doubled over 2009 despite the soft insurance market and lingering effects of the economic downturn.