Almost half of European insurers will not be ready for Solvency II by January 2014, reports Ernst & Young, but given an extra year, 90 percent say they will be ready by Jan. 1, 2015, the date proposed by the European Union.

Almost half of European insurers will not be ready for Solvency II by January 2014, reports Ernst & Young, but given an extra year, 90 percent say they will be ready by Jan. 1, 2015, the date proposed by the European Union.

Insurance industry officials fear Armageddon will be the result of a proposal by the Federal Reserve Board to use bank-centric standards in regulating insurance companies that operate thrifts.

Insurance industry officials fear Armageddon will be the result of a proposal by the Federal Reserve Board to use bank-centric standards in regulating insurance companies that operate thrifts.

Workers compensation rates are the highest in Alaska in 2012, according to a biennial report from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.

Donald Judd statues bring in north of a million dollars in today's market. A claim involving a Judd statue that fell from its wall mount carried the potential of a very large loss.

William R. Berkley says reserve deficiencies are driving the need for the marketplace to increase rates, but the abilities of some companies to take corrective actions will lessen.

IVANS, Inc. announces it has launched an enhanced Insurance Carrier Exchange (ICE) website to provide an easier way for carriers to manage the process of doing business electronically with their independent agents. IVANS ICE is the platform that carriers use to register agents and manage the distribution of policy...