Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. reported a 183 percent increase in first quarter gains helped by a sharp increase in net realized investment gains, but warned of a challenging underwriting environment affec

WASHINGTON--In a breakthrough, the Senate leadership is clearing the decks for consideration of legislation intended to reform and reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as early as Tu

Aon Corporation reported its net income grew 2 percent in the first quarter of this year as its chief executive credited the insurance brokerage firm's performance to reinvestment in the company and a

Increased competition in its insurance markets and turbulence in the financial sector were blamed for Richmond, Va.-based specialty insurer Markel Corporation reporting a 66 percent decline in net inc

German-based insurer Munich Re said it has acquired the Roanoke Companies Inc., the holding company of Roanoke Trade Services Inc., a major marine insurance underwriting agency and broker in the Unite

After a long retail insurance brokerage career that included leading the Chicago offices of two major brokers, Mr. Urbanciz joined InsuranceNoodle in 2000 to lead the building of the online small-busi

Nathan Stone Insurance, which also does business under the name Stone, Harris & Stone, with annualized revenues of approximately $3 million, is a retail insurance agency serving businesses and individ

"In a quarter which saw individual risk losses of over $5 billion in the global market and continued turmoil in the credit markets, reporting solid net income of $66.5 million and maintaining a conser