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The New York Insurance Department expressed "disappointment" at the decision by two producer groups to file suit last week to stop implementation of a compensation disclosure regulation.

Going forward, the typical information technology employee at an insurer will need to be a "renaissance person" who incorporates insurance business knowledge into their skill set, one industry IT executive advised.

There is only about a month left for independent agencies to enter the 2010 Commercial Insurance Agency of the Year Award program, run by National Underwriter and its sister publication, American Agent & Broker. Read on for entry details.

One Sacramento, Calif.-area grocer will pay more than a half a million dollars in penalties after dissuading employees from filing legitimate workers' compensation claims.

A New York agents' association defended its lawsuit opposing a producer compensation regulation after a New York State Insurance Department representative questioned the group's motive in opposing disclosure and asked what the association has to hide.

Willis Group Holdings has appointed Scott Pickering as chief executive officer, Russia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Africa.