The National Flood Insurance Program has been allowed to expire once again, a victim of a feud between the House and Senate over proposed legislative changes for NFIP.

A complimentary Web seminar titled, "Staking your Claim to Business Process Automation," will be presented Wednesday, March 31, at 1 p.m. EDT

The impact of the new federal health care law on workers' compensation insurance will be a mixed bag, with some positives for the industry, a managed care expert predicts.

The earthquake in Haiti was weaker than the Chilean earthquake, but that country suffered greater damage and higher casualties because of its lack of building codes and preparedness plans, an insurance regulator said.

A first step toward a model law to regulate sellers of credit scoring products used by insurers has been taken by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Itasca, Ill.-based insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it plans to acquire the insurance brokerage business of FirstCity Partnership Ltd. of London. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Swiss Re said it has arranged for an additional $120 million in catastrophe bond protection using windstorm loss estimates from the new PERILS European data aggregator.

Consumer representatives again made their case to insurance regulators about perceived inaccuracies regarding insurers' use of credit-based insurance scores as a factor in determining rates.