A United Kingdom actuaries' organization, doubling previous calculations, now estimates insurers there could face asbestos-related claims of ?10 billion ($16 billion) in the next 40 years.

The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC), an affiliate of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, said it has re-launched its Web site to feature pull-down menus to make information easier to access for users.

Indiana's Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels ordered his state's insurance department not to participate in a National Association of Insurance Commissioners climate risk survey, one official said.

The annual consumer price index may have dropped 0.4 in 2009, but the costs of health care and legal services that impact insurers rose anywhere from 3 percent to 6 percent, said Insurance Information Institute.

Among property and casualty insurers, the fastest to adopt innovative new information technology are those with a wide variety of product lines, according to a new study.

Jack McDermott has been appointed Director of Communications. McDermott has been the acting communications director since July 2009.

A Plattsburgh, New York area man convicted of insurance fraud less than a decade ago now finds himself in a familiar predicament.

San Francisco-based insurance brokerage Confie Seguros said it has acquired Vern Fonk Insurance Services Inc., an insurance agency headquartered in Puget Sound, Wash.