Three major factors leading to home fires are cooking, candles and extension cords, according to an insurance company that has launched an interactive Web page to publicize those perils.

Michael L. Cotton has been named president, national health plans, at WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

Legislation to fund the unwinding of failing companies that threaten the nation's financial system should not put assessments on insurers, three trade groups have written the Senate leadership.

The Florida legislature has passed a bill that would exclude certain commercial insurance lines from the rate filing and approval process.

There are ways for brokers to maintain their books of business and keep growing even in a challenging economy, Eileen Frank, president of J.P. West, says in NU's latest video interview at www.property-casualty.com.

Bermuda-based Torus announced its intention to acquire Glacier Insurance AG headquartered in Liechtenstein for undisclosed terms today.

The Mexican earthquake in early April with effects in California created a loss for insurers estimated at more than $300 million, according to reinsurance broker Aon Benfield.

U.S. Senate Republicans believe that failure to increase federal oversight of large insurance companies is a major deficiency of financial services reform legislation.