Several property and casualty insurance trade groups are asking congressional conferees on financial services reform legislation to limit the scope of federal oversight on state-regulated insurers in any final bill.

Two former state insurance commissioners are among four people named to head a new agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that will oversee implementation of the health care reform law.

A survey of the nation's leading insurance brokers found that group medical renewal premiums are still hitting double-digit increases, but some say insurers are being flexible to retain market share.

Lloyd Eisenrich was named president of the Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America, LLC (CAA) management committee at its recent annual meeting in Dallas.

Who knew that you could own and operate a radio-controlled, military-style aircraft measuring nine-and-half feet long, with retractable landing gear and twin jet engines capable of reaching speeds up to 300 mph?

While hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, it remains to be seen if Old Nick's Kitchen can compare to a woman who is arrested.

J. Michael Foley has been named president of Berkley Risk Administrators Co., LLC (BRAC), a subsidiary of Greenwich, Conn.-based property and casualty insurer W.R. Berkley Corp.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico could cost insurers up to $3.5 billion, Moody's said.