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Market Luminary, a new online community for the property & casualty insurance industry, was formed to allow professionals to build relationships with colleagues, collaborate, network, rate vendors, and interact with experts.

Market Luminary, a new online community for the property & casualty insurance industry, was formed to allow professionals to build relationships with colleagues, collaborate, network, rate vendors, and interact with experts.

Independent agents have been losing ground in the battle for personal lines market share to captive agents and direct writers, but the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America will soon unleash a technology portal it feels will make producers competitive again.

Insurance chief investment officers are more optimistic about investment opportunities than last year, and are looking to enhance returns by increasing allocations to equities, alternatives and illiquid assets, a new report says.

Insurance chief investment officers are more optimistic about investment opportunities than last year, and are looking to enhance returns by increasing allocations to equities, alternatives and illiquid assets, a new report says.

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings CEO Scott Carmilani says the company is off to a strong start for 2013 despite first-quarter net income dropping 27 percent.