Commercial Lines

A federal judge has cleared for trial a claim by former AIG executive Maurice Hank Greenberg that the U.S. government acted inappropriately when it took control of AIG in September 2008.

Insurers are typically focused on key economic indicators to gain some insight into whether their particular lines of business will likely be riding a wave or swimming against the tide in the near term, yet the biggest factors impacting their prospects right now might be more cultural in nature.

Insurers are typically focused on key economic indicators to gain some insight into whether their particular lines of business will likely be riding a wave or swimming against the tide in the near term, yet the biggest factors impacting their prospects right now might be more cultural in nature.

Essent Group Ltd., the mortgage insurer backed by George Soros and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., is beating older rivals in the stock market as the U.S. plans to tighten regulation of the industry.

Essent Group Ltd., the mortgage insurer backed by George Soros and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., is beating older rivals in the stock market as the U.S. plans to tighten regulation of the industry.

Commercial claims from wineries and vineyards will be the main source of claims, says I.I.I.'s Hartwig.