Hamilton, Bermuda-based insurer Arch Capital Group Ltd. says it will acquire Ariel Res Credit & Surety reinsurance operations based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Hamilton, Bermuda-based insurer Arch Capital Group Ltd. says it will acquire Ariel Res Credit & Surety reinsurance operations based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Vanessa A. Wittman, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., is resigning from the firm to accept a senior role at Google.

The longer the debate over the tax-sharing option within the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act rages, the better off the surplus-lines industry is, say legislative-committee leaders of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices.

The longer the debate over the tax-sharing option within the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act rages, the better off the surplus-lines industry is, say legislative-committee leaders of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices.

A federal judge has reversed a Federal Bankruptcy Court decision against Travelers and has thrown out an order for the insurer to pay $500 million in asbestos claims.

The unilateral decision by officials of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to broaden the use of the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing to include regulatory purposes is coming under strong fire from industry trade groups.

The unilateral decision by officials of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to broaden the use of the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing to include regulatory purposes is coming under strong fire from industry trade groups.