When Tap Johnson III, president of TAPCO Underwriters in Burlington, N.C., shared that prediction with NAPSLO Daily, his view of the timing of the return to hard market conditions was typical of

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Time is running out for multi-line agencies to enter the second annual National Underwriter "Agency Technology Achievement Award" program, run in partnership with the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems

The exceptions state insurance departments are granting insurers reporting their capital and surplus under permitted practices rules will create a level of inconsistency and raise issues of

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's characterization of an optional federal charter (OFC) as a "useful idea" received support today from Joe Plumeri, chairman and chief executive officer of

The company reported an after-tax loss of $542 million in 2008, compared with net income of $5.46 billion in 2007. State Farm said "extraordinary levels of catastrophe losses" adversely affected its

It's not easy being green, unless, of course, you're trying to impress your customers with your fine ecological sensitivity. NU's Ara Trembly takes a look at what some are trumpeting as "green"

The survey sponsored by the Indianapolis-based National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and Acton, Mass.-based consulting firm Deep Customer Connections asked nearly 400 property-casualty