Auto insurer Progressive Corp. reported 2Q results showing improvement over a year ago, boosted by a gain in its investment portfolio, but results missed Wall Street expectations.

WRM America has agreed to buy the flood business unit from Fidelity National for $210 million.

A Western-based independent insurance agents’ group is protesting a program where buyers of new GM automobiles receive a one-year auto-insurance policy at no extra cost through MetLife.

The Hartford, in announcing preliminary 2011 second-quarter results, says it expects to report net income of approximately $24 million, which would be down from net income of $76 million in the 2010 second quarter.

A quiet second-quarter catastrophe-bond market reflects the desire among investors to put their money into places other than U.S. hurricane risks, a report from Willis Group Holdings says.

In what industry observers are describing as a “significant deal,” Accenture announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire privately-held Duck Creek Technologies, which specializes in software solutions for the property & casualty insurance industry. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close within the next 30...

Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. says its second-quarter results will include higher-than-average storm-related losses, net of reinsurance, of approximately $12.5 million pre-tax.

An amendment to the federal Liability Risk Retention Act that would allow inclusion of commercial-property coverage in risk-retention groups has been introduced in the House of Representatives and awaits further action, according to the office of Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt.