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The conference panel charged with reconciling the House and Senate financial services reform bills will take up the powers of a federal insurance office and surplus lines reform next week on Tuesday.

Issues surrounding the use of medical marijuana and social media are on a growing list of emerging employment practices liability topics, experts say.

Swiss Re has revised its Chile earthquake loss estimate to $630 million, a $130 million increase over its $500 million March 2010 estimate.

David H. Long was named president of Liberty Mutual Group, effective July 1, the company's chairman and chief executive officer, Edmund F. Kelly, announced late Wednesday.

Voters in California rejected a proposition that would have allowed insurers to apply continuous coverage discounts to drivers in the state.

A New York independent insurance agent's association dug in its heels in opposing the state Insurance Department's new producer disclosure regulation but is making further preparations to educate producers about the rule when it takes effect Jan. 1.