To better prepare to meet disaster assistance needs in 2008 and beyond, the charitable foundation for Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America Inc. has created the Trusted Choice Disaster Rel

Federal law does not ordinarily require employers to provide health benefits for retirees either under or over 65, the usual Medicare eligibility age, EEOC officials write in a preamble to the new fin

Boston-based AIR Worldwide, a subsidiary of Jersey City, N.J.-based Insurance Services Office Inc., estimated that a strong earthquake that struck New Zealand on Dec. 20 would amount to less than $250

On Jan 1, 2007, Arch Insurance Group entered into an agreement with Wexford Underwriting Managers to write excess workers' compensation business and employers liability insurance. At the same time, Ar

WASHINGTON--President George W. Bush today signed a seven-year extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, adding domestic terrorist events to the program but leaving out coverage for attacks using

The Boston-based company, which is not affiliated with Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher, agreed to return more than $3 million to 11 clients and pay $925,000 in sanctions and attorneys fees to t

Citigroup analysts lowered its earnings estimates for insurance brokers to reflect "persistent" weakness in the pricing for property-casualty insurance products, but two brokers with global reach will

Groups representing captive insurers made a concerted appeal to the Internal Revenue Service asking it to withdraw a proposal that would change the way captives deduct losses, saying that the ruling i