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In March, MarketScouts Market Barometer showed that rate increases picked up steam ever so slightly to plus-3%, but in April, a multitude of factors caused rates to moderate again to plus-2%.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported a 3.8% decline in first-quarter profit, as underwriting results declined at insurance businesses and on reduced earnings from Chairman Warren Buffetts derivatives wagers.

Walmart is partnering with AutoInsurance.com to offer auto-insurance quotes from multiple insurers online. The service launches immediately in eight states with plans to expand nationwide.

Insurer 'taking a pause' after the team owner allegedly made racist remarks

The western U.S. has seen more and bigger wildfires over the last 30 years, a trend expected to continue as temperatures rise and droughts become more severe, according to a new study.

A Michigan appellate court decision affirming a jurys conviction of Audrey Devonne Pruitt on charges of arson of a dwelling home, burning of insured property, and insurance fraud, illustrates how fire investigators, insurance companies and prosecutors put an arson case together.