WASHINGTON--The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Office, Ltd., said today that two congressmen had agreed to reintroduce legislation to reform and modernize surplus lines and

Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., and Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., chief sponsors of the measure, said the bill would be different from prior drafts because it would call for tough protections for consumers and

Only federally regulated financial institutions will be eligible for the various aid programs, according to the official, who cannot be identified by name due to ground rules established by the

WASHINGTON--Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to announce that 12 insurance companies with life operations have been approved for government assistance under the Capital Purchase Program

An influential group of financial services executives is proposing creation of an omnibus federal financial regulator, whose jurisdiction would include property-casualty and life insurers, as well as

The president was accompanied when he entered the White House East Room by Lily Ledbetter, the Alabama woman who is the named plaintiff in the 2007 Supreme Court decision that was reversed by the new

In a major ruling for employment practices insurers and their clients, employees who are fired for serving as witnesses in internal sexual harassment investigations have legal protection and can sue

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has launched a probe into whether American International Group's federal bailout is providing its insurance subsidiaries with an unfair competitive advantage