Insurance brokers say carriers are sending a clear message to themthey want to get rate where they can, but a weak economy and competitive pricing has them feeling glum about the prospects.

David E. McGurn Jr. is the 2012 chairman of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, the association announces today.

The decades of power shifts in Washington has created an unstable governing environment making it difficult for the insurance industry to implement needed reforms, says the chairman of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.

The decades of power shifts in Washington has created an unstable governing environment making it difficult for the insurance industry to implement needed reforms, says the chairman of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.

Two major global insurance brokers and an international insurer are using three different techniques to grow their businesses through relationships with smaller brokers and agencies.

Youve probably been looking skyward over the past few weeks wondering about more than just the weather with a U.S. satellite falling to earth recently and the Germans saying one of their satellites will fall next month.

Youve probably been looking skyward over the past few weeks wondering about more than just the weather with a U.S. satellite falling to earth recently and the Germans saying one of their satellites will fall next month.

Catastrophe-exposed risks showed the greatest premium rate increases across the world for the third quarter, coming in at approximately 10 percent, but otherwise insurance rates have remained stable, according to a report from insurance broker Marsh.