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Vince Lombardi Jr. will give a talk on "How To Be Number One" when the Pennsylvania Surplus Lines Association will hold its annual membership meeting beginning Wednesday.

While insurance brokers say they are starting to detect signs of firming in the commercial insurance marketplace, buyers on average are still seeing premium rates decline.

Less than a month after Max Capital and IPC Re announced their boards had approved a merger deal, Validus Holdings presented the IPC board with a second offer to merge with the property-catastrophe reinsurer valued at $1.68 billion.

Marsh announced today that its captive management practice has been recognized by the State of Connecticut Insurance Department as the first firm eligible to provide captive management for captive insurance companies domiciled in the state.

Property-casualty insurers in the United Kingdom are more optimistic about rates increasing and the future of their operations than three months ago and plan to hire additional workers, according to a consulting firm study.

Facing increased paperwork, tighter insurance regulations and restrictions, and shrinking medical reimbursements, many doctors--especially primary care physicians--have given up their private practices and looked for alternatives.