Standard & Poor's has revised the rating outlook for U.S. personal property and casualty insurance lines to stable from negative, pointing to more favorable pricing among the factors prompting the change.

Employer concerns about rising health plan costs and struggles for small insurance agencies tackling compliance questions are factors that open up opportunities for large insurance brokers, National Underwriter magazine reports this week.

With significant growth in the use of wind turbines projected over the next several years, insurers are adding this type of energy business to their portfolios, but many

The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) voted to pass a resolution supporting The National Conference of Insurance Legislators' (NCOIL) interstate compact plan designed to implement the surplus lines reform law passed by Congress.

Retail property and casualty agents nationwide are adapting to the new realities of "For Rent" signs on shop windows and foreclosure notices on home lawns.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) said referrals from member companies to investigate questionable claims through the third quarter were up 12 percent compared to last year.

As an insurance company executive, you've just emerged from one of the most disruptive market shifts in recent memory.

Representatives of several foreign and domestic insurance and reinsurance trade groups are suggesting that one means of reforming the National Flood Insurance Program is to privatize all or part of it.