Even as Americans try to find ways to reduce insurance costs, they are maintaining essential auto and homeowners coverages, according to an Insurance Research Council report.

Insurers can expect an impact from the hailstorm of rules and lawsuits related to changes in climate that have come on the scene, a legal expert advised during a Web conference.

Three members of the government panel appointed to oversee the taxpayers' investment in American International Group have been asked to brief the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on details of the status of the financially troubled company.

The White House nominee to head the agency that runs the National Flood Insurance Program has told Congress he opposes adding windstorm coverage to the protection NFIP offers.

Insurers need to pay attention to the growing effects of climate change, Lloyd's said in a report today.

Marsh insurance brokerage said it has appointed Flavio Piccolomini as chief executive officer of Marsh Italy and Emanuele Cordero di Vonzo as general manager of its Italian operations.

To polish its tarnished reputation, perhaps it's time for insurers to sponsor a new pavilion in Disney World's Epcot Center that's both educational and fun, suggests NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.

The dollar value of merger and acquisition activity for the U.S. property-casualty sector grew last year by just under $2.7 million, but for all types of insurers worldwide the monetary worth of mergers declined, a consulting firm reported.