WASHINGTON--The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies said its top legislative priority this year will be halting efforts to repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act antitrust exemption for insure

Insurers are going to have their hands full trying to convince a growing lynch mob in Congress not to strip them of their precious federal antitrust exemption, says NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman in

Robert P. Hartwig, Insurance Information Institute president and chief economist, said p-c companies have only 17 percent of their assets in stocks, so a drop in the price of shares would have only

Second private capital takeover of a public broker in 30

National Underwriter has launched a national award program to recognize companies that do an outstanding job managing their workers' compensation risks--both to lower costs and get people back on the

An insurance brokers' group representative told a U.S. Senate panel last week that its members believe that continuing the legislation providing a federal backstop for insurers' terrorism catastrophe

Principals representing three agency finalists will win a trip to New York City, where NU's 2007 winner will be announced and given a trophy at a special ceremony on Sept. 21, with the remaining two

Insurance industry supports plan to raise benefits, control