Federal legislation designed to streamline nonresident insurance agent and broker licensing has the strong support of two of the country's biggest producer groups, along with qualified backing from

The amendment, introduced by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, if enacted would leave the estate tax at the 2009 level with a $3.5 million individual exemption and a

"Insurance companies are increasingly and alarmingly using credit information contained in credit reports to determine whether and at what price to offer personal lines of property and casualty insura

"Insurance companies are increasingly and alarmingly using credit information contained in credit reports to determine whether and at what price to offer personal lines of property and casualty insura

Terms for purchasing the firm, which will serve as a shell company allowing Max to extend admitted operations into all 50 states, were not announced. Max is the U.S. excess and surplus lines unit of M

A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating of Berkeley Heights, N.J.-based Palisades Group under review with negative implications after the company announced it planned a $70 million acqu

Five individuals with a South Florida company that provided workers' compensation insurance services to businesses have been hit with a civil complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission allegi

The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) said it supports Standard & Poor's adoption of an enterprise risk management framework as a component of its ratings reviews for companies, but its eva