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A.I.G. said a number of its executives who work outside the United States for its troubled Financial Products unit have returned bonuses that have drawn criticism from U.S. and state officials.

Lloyd's reported today that its 2008 profit plunged to $2.7 billion from $5.66 billion in 2007, but its chief executive said the amount was "a pretty good result," given the current financial market.

Reversing a five-year trend, airline lead hull and liability premiums on average increased by 7 percent last year, according to Aon insurance brokerage's London office.

The chief executive of a major wholesale insurance broker said commercial insureds can conceivably see requests for double-digit increases for catastrophe risk coverage as reinsurance rates rise and

Two surplus lines groups jointly announced an upcoming automation conference of interest to members and to information technology professionals of member firms, billing it as the only automation and

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