Planned new capital rules for European Union insurers have cut the value of European stocks by nearly 10 percent over the last three years, French insurer Axa said on Monday.

Planned new capital rules for European Union insurers have cut the value of European stocks by nearly 10 percent over the last three years, French insurer Axa said on Monday.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo imposes emergency regulations on insurers to speed the processing of Sandy claims, but an industry representative calls the rules "heavy handed" and says no other states have seen fit to take similar actions.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said on Wednesday she was rejecting a major provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law that calls for creating state-based health insurance markets where consumers can purchase private, federally subsidized coverage.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said on Wednesday she was rejecting a major provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law that calls for creating state-based health insurance markets where consumers can purchase private, federally subsidized coverage.

Friday marks the end of an Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season where the greatest devastation was caused by water rather than wind, U.S. National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb said. Accordingly, the center is ramping up efforts to develop new warnings that better convey the threat from the deadly storm surge pushed...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday imposed emergency regulations on insurers to speed the processing of claims from hundreds of thousands of state residents whose properties were damaged or destroyed when Superstorm Sandy struck a month ago.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday imposed emergency regulations on insurers to speed the processing of claims from hundreds of thousands of state residents whose properties were damaged or destroyed when Superstorm Sandy struck a month ago.