London-based Willis said Mr. Millwater, who continues as chairman of Willis Re, has been with the firm for 21 years. Willis said he has been instrumental in developing strategies to improve revenue gr

In today's blog entry, NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman warns insurers not to bet the farm that a federal appeals court will overturn this week's devastating district court ruling that many insurer pol

Was State Farm--its longtime advertising claims to the contrary--not a good neighbor when it came to dealing with Hurricane Katrina claims in Mississippi? In today's blog entry, NU Editor In Chief Sam

Cybersettle, Inc., the developer of the automated, online, double-blind bid system, has won a patent infringement case it filed against National Arbitration Forum (NAF), a Minnesota-based company

The judge in New Orleans found that flood exclusion language in many insurers' policies was ambiguous and failed to account for water damage caused by third-party negligence--namely, poor levee

Insurance trade groups reacted to Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr.'s report, "Highway Robbery: The High Cost of Automobile Insurance in New York," by suggesting that rates were high because of gove

In the fall of 2006, Celent, a research and advisory firm, said it surveyed 29 senior IT executives with insurers to provide a deep information resource about priorities, behaviors, initiatives, and i

"As rates decline and premiums decrease, even more employers become eligible for the credit. State Fund is pleased to be able to expand the ability of small employers to qualify for additional savings