The decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ended a challenge by certain insurers, who favored the current hybrid reinsurance plan for high risk drivers. Other insurers took an opposing v

The acquisition will operate in LIMRA's Windsor, Conn., headquarters as a separate unit called Kehrer-LIMRA, with its own financial structure. Kehrer-LIMRA will continue to sell the benchmarking,

The 2006 Agency Technology Study, conducted by the ACORD-User Groups Information Exchange (AUGIE), demonstrated the need for improved communication between carriers and independent agencies on

In Louisiana, insurers have settled 658,700 homeowners' claims or 94.8 percent of expected homeowners' claims from Hurricane Katrina, totaling $10.3 billion, reported the I.I.I. In Mississippi, 334,80

Crawford, an Atlanta-based claims management specialist, said yesterday that it plans to acquire Platinum Equity's interest in Plantation, Fla.-based Broadspire, a third-party administrator offering c

"Too many agency owners and their staffs still don't recognize that their business lives can improve dramatically with so many tools available today," said Mr. Bergstein, vice president of The Capacit

Speaking to reporters here at the National Press Club, Mr. Racicot unveiled a series of proposals the AIA believes are necessary to better protect homeowners from natural catastrophe risk and better a

Among the measures being proposed by the AIA, which were unveiled today are stricter building codes that are strongly enforced, the inclusion of hurricane risk in land use planning, increased use of a