Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Joseph G. Murphy says his office has reached an agreement with the state’s Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspecting Bureau and the Attorney General’s Office to hold workers’ comp. rates steady until at least September 2012.

Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Joseph G. Murphy says his office has reached an agreement with the state’s Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspecting Bureau and the Attorney General’s Office to hold workers’ comp. rates steady until at least September 2012.

A.M. Best Co. has revised The Hartford Financial Services Group’s outlook to stable from negative, reflecting the “financial strength and creditworthiness” of the company’s property and casualty and life operating companies.

Aon Benfield launched what it says is the first storm-surge model for Germany to help reinsurers and insurers quantify risk in an “underdeveloped line of coverage.”

Aon Benfield launched what it says is the first storm-surge model for Germany to help reinsurers and insurers quantify risk in an “underdeveloped line of coverage.”

Over the past three years, N.Y. has seen a 10 percent increase in suspicious claims, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).

Over the past three years, N.Y. has seen a 10 percent increase in suspicious claims, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).

Two companies have come together in hopes of helping insurance adjusters increase productivity.