The security breach of Epsilon’s customer data base stirred up a hornet’s nest of attention earlier this month with calls for a federal investigation by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), but an insurance broker says this could be just the beginning of a long road of liability exposure.

The security breach of Epsilon’s customer data base stirred up a hornet’s nest of attention earlier this month with calls for a federal investigation by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), but an insurance broker says this could be just the beginning of a long road of liability exposure.

As political unrest envelops North Africa and the Middle East, a global-insurance broker says insurers are reviewing their appetite for political coverage at a time when multinational companies should be performing their own review of risk.

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based insurance broker Brown & Brown reports first-quarter net income increased 5 percent, thanks in part to more than $30 million in acquired revenue for the quarter.

Opportunity is knocking for insurance agents seeking to bring new blood into their agencies. All they need to do is not follow the shortsighted and discriminatory practices of which some employers are being accused.

The earthquake in Japan and two other major losses for insurers have put the brakes at least for now on the soft-market pricing trend in the energy-insurance market, says a report from Willis Group.

The value of insurance-linked-securities (ILS) placements increased by more than half in the 2011 first quarter as four insurers placed more than $1 billion in bonds in the market, according to a report from Willis Group.

Marsh & McLennan Cos. rolls out a movie worldwide to deliver its code of conduct message.