Doug Furness, the insurance department's director of legislative affairs, by way of explaining the delay in making Mr. Ario permanent said Pennsylvania's legislature moves cautiously and "they took th

Mr. Benjamin will be responsible for the underwriting, agency management and support functions throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, the company

Mr. Benjamin will be responsible for the underwriting, agency management and support functions throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, the company

The company said preliminary calculations put the expected loss for the period between $76- and $84 million in pretax catastrophe losses. It said the above range includes $3.4 million related to adver

According to a recent report in Computerworld, Microsoft Corp. has outlined new security features that it plans to add to Internet Explorer next month, including anti-malware protection and a filter

SunGard has acquired Delphi Technologies Limited, a Dublin-based provider of consulting services and managed professional services to Ireland's insurance, financial services, and telecommunications

Fiserv, Inc., a provider of information technology services to the insurance industry, has signed a definitive agreement with Trident IV, a private equity fund managed by Stone Point Capital LLC, in

Under the deal with the Omaha, Neb.-based firm, Florida will pay Berkshire Hathaway $224 million, which will be taken from the Cat Fund's reserves, in exchange for a guarantee that the insurer will pu