Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity Co. pays $295M in cash, debt

Representatives from both insurance brokerages in New York said they would not comment on the Sunday Times of London story that representatives from Willis were prepared to make a cash-and-shares

A federal appeals court has upheld separate jury verdicts that took different views of whether the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center involved single or multiple insurance

Wilson supports push for privately-funded, government-backed catastrophe

The state of Maryland fined Allstate $100,000 yesterday and ordered it to refund more than $17.5 million in premiums to personal auto lines customers after finding Allstate did not comply with state l

Former Democratic Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher was incorrectly identified as a Republican in an NU Online story posted Oct. 19. ...

Berkshire Hathaway, with its $7 billion deal to take over Lloyd's Equitas operation, is gambling that the move will be profitable because it has extensive background in handling asbestos claims, accor

Equitas, Lloyd's runoff operation for long-term exposures, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. announced today that Equitas was buying $7 billion in reinsurance from a Berkshire subsidiary, which will run its