Personal Lines

Hurricane Irene has thus far caused more than $90 million in insured losses in Massachusetts.

Allstate Insurance Co. and Allstate subsidiary Encompass Insurance Co. have been fined $50,000 for violating state laws in Delaware.

Allstate Insurance Co. and Allstate subsidiary Encompass Insurance Co. have been fined $50,000 for violating state laws in Delaware.

Catastrophes caused significant 2011 first-half underwriting losses for U.S. property and casualty insurers, driving the industrys net income for that time period down 67 percent to $6.9 billion relative to the year before, according to an A.M. Best Special Report.

After making two landfalls on China, insured losses from Typhoon Nesat are expected to remain below $50 million due to low levels of damage and low insurance penetration, according to catastrophe modeler Eqecat.

Increased access to markets and being connected to a national company are just a few of the benefits the chief executives of Nationwide Mutual Insurance and Harleysville Mutual Insurance say the combination of the two companies will bring to independent agents.

A list of 2011 disasters that have caused notable insured losses.

The House approved by unanimous consent a one-week continuing resolution that contains a National Flood Insurance Program extension.