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Eighteen Democratic senators have written congressional leaders and the White House urging that the final health care reform bill draft include language repealing the antitrust exemption afforded health and medical liability insurers.

Small insurers retain a sizable share of the overall property and casualty market, and many consistently outperform larger competitors, Conning Research & Consulting reported.

The Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association (TPCIGA), which pays covered claims when an insurer becomes insolvent, announced the re-election of Lee Ann Alexander as chair of its board of directors.

Insurance companies with finance arms and $50 billion in assets would be subject to a federal tax on liabilities under a proposal unveiled today by the Obama administration.

The International Insurance Society announced that Frank O'Halloran, chief executive officer of Sidney-based QBE Insurance Group, is the 2010 Insurance Hall of Fame winner.

Discussions about a new arbitration program designed to more efficiently resolve inter-insurer disputes over construction defect claims were recently held between two major associations.

While the Market Barometer composite rate index for property and casualty insurance was down 4 percent at the close of calendar-year 2009, an upswing is predicted by the end of this year.

An exclusion for claims arising from representations and warranties could present real problems for architects involved in green-building design.