Whether you work in underwriting, claims, or another area of the business, service, profitability, and compliance demand that you manage information in structured, efficient, auditable ways.

The National Underwriter Company and Hales & Company are partnering on four full-day seminars that will provide insurance agency and brokerage principals and other interested parties with the tools to create and enhance shareholder value.

I learned how best to handle pitches from insurance public relations representatives from watching "The Player," a 1992 movie starring Tim Robbins as a Hollywood producer harassed by would-be screenwriters and directors.

Regional property & casualty insurer ACUITY has reported full-year 2009 net income of nearly $50 million, a 66 percent increase over 2008 net income of $29.4 million.

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. said it has acquired two Voorhees, N.J.-based insurance agencies, Excel Underwriters Alliance, Inc. and Spirit Underwriters, Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Mitchell Brian Storfer of Vero Beach has been stripped of his insurance licenses for participating in an annuity scheme.

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey is asking for volunteers for this years Trusted Choice Big "I" National Golf Championship.

Sixteen global reinsurers have reported approximately $3.5 billion in estimated pre-tax net losses so far from the Chilean earthquake and European Windstorm Xynthia, according to a Moody's Investor Services update.