E&S/Specialty

CNA Financial Corp. recorded a 2010 third-quarter net loss of $140 million, driven by a $365 million after-tax net loss related to its transfer of legacy asbestos and environmental pollution liabilities to Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity Company.

As the population of "baby boomers" born between 1946 and 1964 heads closer to retirement, many face the reality that their years of hard work have not provided enough for a comfortable retirement.

A handful of threats hang over the collective heads of Americans trying to recover from the recession

The Target Markets Program Administrators Association is soliciting program administrators for its Target Markets Insurance Company, a protected cell captive alternative risk option for program administrator errors and omissions risk.

After two years of planning, the Target Market Program Administrators Association's virtual "Target University" will start offering its online coursework beginning the second-quarter 2011, with eight courses currently in the final testing stage.

The NAIC will likely adopt a minimal plan to collect surplus lines insurance taxes without tackling the bigger issue of uniform regulation between the states, after an association task force vote earlier this week.