The decision came after the U.S. Federal District Court in the District of Columbia granted the Federal Trade Commission's request for a preliminary injunction against the two companies pending

"[The federal charter] would allow strong consumer protections and uniform regulation across states that would lower administrative costs and improve access to new and innovative products," said the

Michigan's Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) is disapproving auto insurance rate filings that use credit information as a factor in determining premiums as the issue continues to

"The addition of these two new members based in Oklahoma and Kansas opens a new horizon of opportunity that will allow CAA to grow and expand our market presence for the benefit of our clients and

The private equity market will no longer be a player in the mergers and acquisition arena, but large insurance brokerage firms are now the dominant players in this space, a report from Standard &

The firm said changes in cost, according to its reconstruction cost index, showed the top five states were led by Alaska, where they soared above 8 percent, followed by Nevada, at over 6 percent.

Hannover Re reported a net loss of EUR126 million ($162 million U.S. at the current exchange rate) for 2008 primarily from investment losses for the year, but all of the loss came from the first three

The firm said it is adding first-party data privacy expense coverage with cyber-extortion expense coverage to its FailSafe suite of technology liability coverages as an endorsement to the FailSafe