In a statement released today, the rating service said it will maintain the financial strength and debt ratings of the Armonk, N.Y.-based insurer "for the foreseeable future." Fitch said it expects to

The International Center for Captive Insurance Education said the deadline is Tuesday for enrollment in a Web conference on use of risk retention groups under the federal Liability Risk Retention Act

The company said it is launching IronHealth, under the direction of Matt Dolan as president with Josh Stein as chief underwriting officer, Randy Oates as chief operating officer and Tammi Dulberger as

David Zachary Scruggs pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., to one charge of misprision of a felony for failing to inform federal officials a

The plea--in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Miss.--involved a legal action in which the Scruggs law firm was suing an attorney in a dispute over $26.5 million in attorneys' fees from a Hurricane

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a statement of principles on insurance regulatory reform last week that opposes rate regulation but does not take a stand on whether oversight should remain

While speeches are a way of life in the nation's capital, those attending this year's annual meeting of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America are being urged not only to talk the

Bermuda-based XL said Mr. McGavick will fill the slot created last October when Mr. O'Hara, CEO for the last 13 years, announced he would step down as CEO by mid-2008. In reaction, a Bank of America