Plumeri makes principles-based decision to forego any payments suggesting conflicts of

For NU's next column on "A Question of Ethics," we'll focus on the use of credit history to help insurers underwrite auto and homeowners policies. ...

National Underwriter launched the national award program to recognize companies that do an outstanding job managing their workers' compensation risks--both to lower costs and get people back on the job

During his visit this afternoon to NU's editorial headquarters, New York Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo raised an interesting possibility to help fuel a reborn Insurance Exchange--the trading

Was the addition of a vague plank to their platform calling for a "natural disaster insurance policy" just a cynical ploy by Republicans to gain votes in Florida? It was indeed, says NU Editor In Chie

With Exxon Mobil reporting a record $40.6 billion in net income last year--nearly as much as the entire property-casualty industry combined through three-quarters--why is it that critics keep hammering

Insurers that adopted a "Rope-A-Dope" strategy--offering no comment to devastating allegations in a Bloomberg Markets cover story headlined: "The Insurance Hoax," accusing homeowners carriers of syste

With talk of trillions of dollars being casually thrown around when discussing our various economic debacles, the fact that AIG lost $61.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008 doesn't sound so