In a decision last week, the court overturned a lower court ruling that state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal could not sue Marsh over harm to the state's economy because federal law trumped a sta

Several carriers say agency use of real-time rating and policy inquiry transactions doubled in 2007, a year after a coalition of insurance industry groups launched a campaign to improve the

Advocates of continuing state regulation for the insurance industry have a strong ally in one of Maine's U.S. senators, who told an agent group here she opposes an optional federal charter for

Independent agents need to strengthen partnerships with their insurance carriers and bridge a generation gap with younger producers at their firms, Bob Fulwider, chairman of the Independent Insurance

While carriers are working hard to improve their "ease of doing business" with the introduction of new, "real time" technology and functionality, experts say agents and brokers need not wait for

Standard & Poor's said its latest models now incorporate lending vehicles that the rating agency never saw before, which led to increased risk exposures by mortgage insurers and the current credit cri

The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based insurer said net income for the month of March dropped 46 percent, or $60 million, to $71 million over the comparative period. Earnings per share were off 7 cents to 1

MGIC was dropped from "double-A-minus" to "A." In addition, Old Republic International Corp. was lowered from "double-A" to "double-A-minus; PMI Group Inc. was cut from "double-A" to "A-minus"; and Ra