Although U.S. captive insurers' net income declined approximately 66 percent in 2008, net underwriting income actually increased over the prior year, according to a recent A.M. Best Co. study of 186 captive companies.

A new national survey by Rasmussen Reports shows 66 percent of those questioned oppose allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roads.

ISCS, a provider of modern, pre-integrated policy administration systems, has announced a strategic partnership with ITS Data Services.

In a recent OfficeTeam survey of senior executives at the nation's 1,000 largest companies, nearly half of the respondents said they have some degree or discomfort being friended by the employees they manage or their bosses

While warning against imposing additional laws and new federal overseers on the insurance industry, Maurice Greenberg says rating agencies need government supervision, while credit default swaps should be regulated as insurance.

A recent Towers Perrin survey found that 74 percent of claim officers at property-casualty insurers reported their main objective for making technology.

Strategies of insurer's investments have not changed despite the economic recession and credit crunch, mirroring other major institutional investors according to a report from The Conference Board.

The private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, headed by former Marsh & McLennan Companies Chief Executive Jeffrey Greenberg, has invested in TigerRisk Partners LLC.