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The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. said it has put up a Web page explaining the state's controversial producer disclosure regulation due to go into effect next year.

Claims Magazine is twittering every day about breaking news and timely topics -- not to mention keeping readers up to date on what's being posted on claimsmag.com.

Property and casualty insurance industry sources said they believe a revenue-hungry Congress will finally decide to impose higher taxes on offshore-based insurers.

An Oregon senator is proposing an amendment to financial services legislation significantly limiting the Treasury Department's authority to negotiate international insurance trade agreements.

H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, a privately held group that includes wholesale broker Burns & Wilcox, acquired US-Reports, a Colorado-based loss control inspection, premium audit and risk management services firm.

The losses from the Deepwater Horizon Drilling Platform explosion are not expected to significantly impact the insurance marketplace or buying behaviors, a brokerage executive said.