White Mountains reported a combined ratio of 88, which group chairman Steve Fass said came despite some adverse development from the 2005 storms, "reflecting both improved underwriting conditions and

First-quarter results also benefited from favorable loss frequency trends and positive reserve development. "While we still face challenges in growing our top line, our independent agents continue to

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed legislation yesterday changing the state statute that made it possible for a party in a multidefendant lawsuit to be forced to pay the total cost of a verdict regardless o

WASHINGTON--A consumer advocate told a congressional panel yesterday that lawmakers "must act to remove or sharply reduce" the financial incentives for title insurance companies, title agents and other

The senator said he personally believes that a measure drafted in the House--the State Modernization and Regulatory Transparency Act (SMART)--is a "good, workable approach," providing some sort of feder

Aon said it gave Denmark a second consecutive safety downgrade as a result of increasing threats during the year, even before the worldwide Islamic outrage over a Danish cartoon of Mohammed. Attacks i

WASHINGTON--A Louisiana congressman, who was dispossessed by Hurricane Katrina, told a national meeting of agents and brokers here that there is a need for a federal coastal catastrophe reinsurance pro

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