Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.-based insurance broker USI Insurance Services said it has acquired The Amerisc Corp., Atlynx Surety Brokers LLC and its principal affiliates.

Progressive is planning to launch a new marketing campaign within the next 90 days aimed at upgrading its current company icon.

Growth was hard to come by for the biggest writers of U.S. E&S business in 2010. Take a look at the ranking of the Top 100, see their share of the market and check out how 2010 compared with 2009. Also be sure to explore the bonus charts below.

Growth was hard to come by for the biggest writers of U.S. E&S business in 2010. Take a look at the ranking of the Top 100, see their share of the market and check out how 2010 compared with 2009. Also be sure to explore the bonus charts below.

A public protest in Wisconsin over a proposal that could cripple public unions is a concern to public risk managers, not because of the political issues involved but because of potential risks to people and property, according to the president of the Public Risk Management Association.

The emerging conflict between state and federal regulators over regulation of large insurance companies is the “cutting-edge issue as it relates to insurance regulation at this time,” according to several industry lawyers.

As more evidence accumulates that insurers are using less reserves to augment earnings, pressure will mount on underwriting and force carriers to begin raising rates by near double-digit figures in 2012, according to a financial analyst.

Of the 14,625 suspected health care fraud reports that the New York State Insurance Department received, 12,807 of them involved the state’s no-fault system, according to the insurance superintendent’s annual fraud report.