That conclusion was reached in the Lloyd's market financial and operational report for 2006 produced by Guy Carpenter & Company Inc., a reinsurance broker and subsidiary of professional services provi

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon last week ordered insurers to give policyholders an additional year to go to court against them in disputes over damage claims from Hurricanes Katrina and

Center for Justice & Democracy's new report accuses the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of providing over $100 million and strategic assistance to local front groups in order to influence state level electio

Glen Curley, president and chief operating officer of Investors, stated: "We are delighted that Kent Kuster and his associates will now be part of the Markel/IUM family. This acquisition is another gr

Candysse Miller, executive director of the Insurance Information Network of California, said she understood that between 40 and 45 homes and 110 additional structures--which were most likely garages

Swiss Re, announcing what it called a move to "capture efficiency gains" following its purchase of GE Insurance Solutions, announced last week that it will reduce its global work force by 2,000

ChoicePoint has acquired Insuratec Inc., a provider of lien holder and mortgagee notification services to the property/casualty insurance industry. Insuratec, based in Danville, Calif., notifies

The property-casualty industry faces its first post-Katrina "wind vs. flood" court challenge in a bench trial that opened last week in a Mississippi federal district court, and while confident of a