Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell, who leaves his regulatory post at the end of the month, is taking a job directing regulatory affairs and lobbying regulators for Swiss Re as chairman of Swi

Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell, who leaves his regulatory post at the end of the month, is taking a job directing regulatory affairs and lobbying regulators for Swiss Re as chairman of Swi

With motorists definitely driving less in the face of higher gasoline prices, the heat is on auto insurers to cut their premium rates, but some warn that regulators and the public should not jump to

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) statement came after New York Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo convinced GEICO last Wednesday to withdraw a rate increase request for m

GMAC Insurance--whose parent, GMAC Financial Services, recently reported a second quarter net loss of $2.5 billion--has stopped using independent agents to write business in three states and cut back

The Burma Campaign UK report also said that after it had applied pressure, some of the world's largest insurance firms, including American International Group, had decided not to provide insurance to

Last month, Standard & Poor's put the company on a negative CreditWatch and dropped its financial strength rating from "AAA" to "AA," while Moody's said MBIA had a negative outlook and dropped the "AA

The price of oil, it was noted, "has had a similar dramatic impact on the parts that go into our cars and trucks." QPC mentioned that petroleum is used in rubber, plastic and polyester parts, making t