Connecticut officials say they reached a $1.7 million settlement with a Boston-based insurance broker over allegations that the broker failed to provide proper information to its customers about commissions and overcharged them in the process.

CNA Financial Corp. says third-quarter net income was $75 million, compared to a net loss of $140 million a year ago during the same period.

The Occupy Wall Street movement, which is ongoing and has now spread to a number of cities across the United States, will test both public and private entities when claims start rolling in, according to a risk-management expert.

What is the scariest risk in an insurance brokers area of expertise? Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings on its WillisWire blog has listed the 21 scariest risks in the areas of expertise among its individual experts.

What is the scariest risk in an insurance brokers area of expertise? Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings on its WillisWire blog has listed the 21 scariest risks in the areas of expertise among its individual experts.

Rankin Claim Services (RCS), a North Carolina-based independent adjusting firm, has launched its specialty mechanical investigation unit dedicated to uncovering subrogation potential on losses involving plumbing components.

Rankin Claim Services (RCS), a North Carolina-based independent adjusting firm, has launched its specialty mechanical investigation unit dedicated to uncovering subrogation potential on losses involving plumbing components.

KMRD Partners, one of the winners of the 2011 Commercial Agency Awards for Excellence, uses a proprietary agency-management system, KMRD XChange, to help the Warrington, Pa.-based firm stand above the competition. At a recent roundtable in New York, where all three winners of the Awards for Excellence shared insights about...