A health care consumer group is asking the Department of Justice to initiate an antitrust probe of health care insurers based on a study indicating huge consolidation in the industry over the past 13 years.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner cautioned today that the government's involvement with American International Group is likely to be lengthy.

American International Group investors will get $843 million as part of the company's 2006 settlement of a huge accounting fraud, a federal court in New York ruled yesterday.

Allstate Corporation said today it won't participate in the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, saying it already has adequate capital and cash on hand.

Neal Wolin, a former top official at The Hartford, was confirmed by the Senate yesterday as deputy secretary of the Treasury.

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that women who lost credit for employment during maternity leave before the law was changed cannot count their time off toward a pension.

The Government Accountability Office said in a report released last week that inconsistencies remain in state licensing of insurance producers--such as in conducting background checks and fingerprinting.

American International Group Inc. said today it will "accelerate steps" to spin off its Asian life insurance operations into a company that would be listed on an Asian stock exchange.