Success strategies for independent insurance agents should include community involvement and providing value-added services, consultants advised at an industry conference.

A federal judge has rejected a former Aon executive's claim that he was entitled to pension benefits that the firm denied him for violating a non-compete agreement.

Markel Corp. announced that it has promoted Timberlee Tamraz Grove to chief operating officer of Markel Specialty.

Surety bond insurers' representatives said they successfully lobbied to prevent the new health care bill from containing a provision that would have impacted their business.

Marsh has announced it will not accept controversial contingent commissions in its U.S. core insurance broking segment.

The recession's impact on jobs in the property and casualty insurance sector is hitting claims adjusters the hardest, an industry expert told an industry conference.

Brown & Brown insurance brokerage said it has named Regional President Thomas E. Riley its chief acquisition officer.

The ranking Republican on a House committee has called for hearings into reports of threats and violence against Democratic lawmakers who supported health care reform legislation.