Personal Lines

A report from consulting firm Deloitte says the insurance industry appears to be primed for significant merger and acquisition activity following a 20 percent year-over-year drop last year.

A report from consulting firm Deloitte says the insurance industry appears to be primed for significant merger and acquisition activity following a 20 percent year-over-year drop last year.

High-net-worth individuals typically insure possessions with a mass market insurer and dont know they are underinsured until it is too late.

High-net-worth individuals typically insure possessions with a mass market insurer and dont know they are underinsured until it is too late.

Future success for independent agents depends in part on them continuing to fight for their share of the private-passenger auto-insurance market, and to do so, they cannot continue to cede domination of the Internet and mobile communication to direct writers, a new report says.

After a long battle with cancer, John "Jack" Byrne, the man billionaire Warren Buffett dubbed the Babe Ruth of insurance, died at his home in Etna, N.H. on March 7. He was 80 years old.