WASHINGTON--Congress will likely impose a level federal insurance regulation soon unless states act promptly to institute meaningful reform, the head of a property-casualty insurance trade group told s

The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that the state's valued policy law cannot be invoked by homeowners where the loss is partly caused by a noncovered flood peril if the policy explicitly contains a

WASHINGTON--Democratic members of a House oversight committee last week accused several insurers of "war profiteering" because the Defense Department allows defense contractors to secure their own work

Despite strong support in the Senate last week for legislation reauthorizing and reforming the National Flood Insurance Program, it remains unclear how--and how promptly--Congress will move to

WASHINGTON--The fact that U.S. insurance payrolls grew in April for the second straight month despite an overall employment decline in other sectors is consistent with past trends, an insurance market

WASHINGTON--Reimbursement rates for selling crop insurance policies would be reduced and anti-rebating laws tightened under a compromise measure extending farm subsidy programs expected to be passed b

WASHINGTON--Reimbursement rates for selling crop insurance policies would be reduced and anti-rebating laws tightened under a compromise measure extending farm subsidy programs expected to be passed b

The overwhelming 92-6 vote on the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2008 extends the program until 2013 and pays off the $17.5 billion debt the program ran up in settling claims from Hur