A human rights advocate climbed a part of the way up the face of the 12-story Lloyd's building in London today and affixed a banner telling the insurance market to "Leave Burma."

A survey of chief financial officers at U.S. property-casualty insurers has found that 80 percent of them still rely on spreadsheets for reinsurance administration.

Maurice R. Greenberg admitted his ire at being forced out in 2005 as American International Group chief executive during persistent questioning by AIG's attorney yesterday.

Here is a sampling of Claims Magazine's latest tweets.

Congress should launch federal regulation of the insurance industry with oversight of bond insurers, mortgage insurers, and reinsurers, the chairman of a House subcommittee said yesterday.

The New York Insurance Department, after more than a year of consideration and a hearing, formally proposed a regulation today expanding the list of difficult risks that can be insured by other than New York- licensed carriers.

The Arizona Captive Insurance Association (AzCIA), said Christopher S. Murray of Midwest Insurance Group, Inc., RRG, has been elected the group's new president for 2009-2010.

Fitch Ratings said it will take no rating action on Max Capital Group Ltd. after the Bermuda reinsurer withdrew its bid for a merger with IPC Holdings Ltd.