Property and casualty insurers saw their first-half net income climb collectively by over 245 percent in 2012 compared to the prior year, as the industry benefited from premium growth and a sharp drop in catastrophe losses, but experts offered mixed opinions on the larger meaning of the figures.

A study of opioid use among workers compensation claimants reveals that longer-term use increased in nearly half of the 21 states analyzed compared to a similar study conducted a year ago.

A study of opioid use among workers compensation claimants reveals that longer-term use increased in nearly half of the 21 states analyzed compared to a similar study conducted a year ago.

Moodys Investors Service gave a thumbs up to last weeks announced $615 million sale of the Hartford Financial Services Groups individual life business to Prudential Financial, despite the transaction reducing some of the Hartfords diversity in its income streams.

On the heels of a Consumer Federation of America report charging that auto insurers put too much weight on non-driving rating factors, the Insurance Information Institute released figures showing that insurers use of a wide range of rating factors has held down consumers expenditures on auto insurance.

Increases in claim severity and, more recently, frequency are responsible for a 7.4 percent annualized rate of increase in homeowners claims costs from 1997 to 2011, the Insurance Research Council says in a new study.

Regulatory developments in the European Union and United States present opportunities for large insurers that can use their resources to reduce their capital requirements, while smaller insurers may have to consider strategies such as specializing in particular lines of business to compete, a new report says.

Regulatory developments in the European Union and United States present opportunities for large insurers that can use their resources to reduce their capital requirements, while smaller insurers may have to consider strategies such as specializing in particular lines of business to compete, a new report says.