In the current market, the top concern for risk managers is the economic slowdown, which means added scrutiny of any dollars spent, an expert related at an industry conference.

Things like expensive homes, private jets, and condos on the coast are more often associated with celebrities than they are with insurance executives, except in the case of John Goff.

Insurance interests would be premature in trying to lobby for changes in Obama administration tax proposals until they are formally unveiled, probably Dec. 4, an insurance brokerage lobbyist advised here.

New insurance purchasers ranked Erie Insurance highest in satisfaction for the second consecutive year, according to the new J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Insurance Shopping Study.

The nation's insurance regulators criticized respondents for not being specific or forthcoming enough with their answers.

Proponents of a single-payer health insurance system keep reciting the mantra, Medicare For All, but the problem is that would never work actuarially, argues NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.

While the work of financial rating agencies is unsatisfactory, it's not a job insurance regulators should attempt, industry trade group leaders here warned.

The Group of North American Insurance Enterprises said it has joined a new coalition to work with accounting organizations to reform accounting standards linked to the financial crisis.