Red ink stained the property-casualty insurance sector's third-quarter financial results, as the industry combined for a net loss of $9.9 billion, while profits plunged 92 percent for the full year

The Raleigh, N.C.-based insurance broker, and subsidiary of Winston-Salem, N.C., bank Branch, Banking and Trust Company said J. Rolfe Davis, founded in 1942, is a property-casualty and employee benefi

Discussing his firm's findings, Mike Fitzgerald, a senior analyst with Celent, said during a Web seminar today that the survey indicated there is intense competition for agency business among carriers

Standard & Poor's said the combination of the credit crunch and a depressed equity market has led it to issue a negative outlook on sectors of the U.S. insurance industry and downgrades for several in

The decline in the number of independent insurance agencies has come to a halt over the past two years, although revenue growth has slowed in the soft market, according to a study sponsored by the

A national survey concluded that while many consumers are making changes to their insurance policies in an effort to save money, they may not be fully informed about the consequences of those changes

NEW YORK--The insurance industry has gone through many financial difficulties, and it will be able to sustain itself through the current financial crisis and come out stronger for it, said Pierre L. Oz

Hurricane experts William Gray and Philip Klotzbach leaders of the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University released their early extended range forecast for 2009 calling for a heighte