A report from an insurance marketing and risk management consulting firm observed that, save for the mortgage and financial guaranty market, first-quarter earnings for the property and casualty industry weren't as bleak as expected.

The White House is voicing support for a Senate proposal that would impose a tax on health insurance plans valued at $25,000 or more as a means of helping pay for health care reform.

BB&T Corp. said its insurance brokerage unit produced record revenues in the quarter and its CEO said the brokerage is seeing signs of hardening in the insurance marketplace.

A Venezuelan investor has sued London-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd. and its U.S.-based subsidiary, Willis of Colorado, for providing false assurances that Certificates of Deposit were insured.

A quarterly survey of insurance brokers finds pricing continuing to be soft, but with results indicating less decline than in past quarters.

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Max Capital Group Ltd. said today that its United States subsidiary, Max Specialty Insurance Company, has completed its licensing as an eligible surplus lines insurer.

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based insurance broker Brown & Brown reported a slight increase in net income for the second quarter of this year, but the economic downturn continues to produce strains on the firm's organic growth.