Two heavyweight agent lobbying groups--one representing property-casualty and the other life insurance producers--clashed last week over the life association's qualified support for legislation
Legislation introduced in the House last week that would expand the authority of risk retention groups to provide commercial property insurance to members is drawing strong support from risk managers
A House bill to create a Treasury Department agency that would provide insurance expertise for government officials is highlighting a conflict between property-casualty insurers and agents over a poss
The announcement came from Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., chairman of the House Financial Service Committee's Capital Markets Subcommittee, before the panel heard testimony today on the Bush administrati
One of the key justifications for the legislation is to help coastal communities increase capacity to insure businesses for catastrophe coverage, which has been reduced in the wake of 2005 hurricanes,
One of the key justifications for the legislation is to help coastal communities increase capacity to insure businesses for catastrophe coverage, which has been reduced in the wake of 2005 hurricanes,
The court's action in a Nationwide Insurance Company case leaves standing insurance contract language which says insurers aren't responsible for paying homeowner's claims in cases where a loss is att
WASHINGTON--A top property-casualty insurance agents' trade group is criticizing a decision by a large industry organization representing life insurance agents to recommend qualified support for legisl
The Louisiana Supreme Court handed the insurance industry a major victory last week with a ruling that there is nothing vague about a policy excluding "flood" damage--a decision that the defendant's
The decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals follows victories in lower federal district courts banning countersignature laws in Florida, South Dakota, Nevada, Puerto Rico