The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. was honored earlier this week with the 2010 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles award by The National Business Group on Health

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said it plans to offer Canadian $275 million (U.S. $268 million at the current exchange rate) senior notes at a fixed annual interest rate of 7.25 percent due by 2020.

Walmart may be the most frequent defendant named in wage-and-hour lawsuits, but insurers and pharmaceutical companies are also caught up in a maze of rules they didn't know applied to certain subsets of their workforce, experts say.

Risk retention groups (RRGs) have an extra 15 business days, until July 15, to comply with holding company requirements and register with the state, if necessary, according to the South Carolina Department of Insurance.

British Petroleum's $20 billion fund to compensate Gulf oil disaster victims will pay quickly, eliminate trial lawyers' settlement cuts, and allow for BP's continued operations

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corp. have more than $2 trillion in total exposures

Catastrophe losses of $26.6 million during May contributed to a 19 percent drop in net income for Progressive Corp.

InVEST, an Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association (IIABA) program designed to attract new talent to the insurance industry, has awarded $56,500 in scholarships to 58 college-bound students pursuing insurance-related degrees.