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A Senate bill in the Washington State Legislature to ban credit-based insurance scoring failed to come to a vote on the Senate floor before a deadline for moving legislation expired.

An agreement reached between the three major insurance brokerages and New York, Illinois and Connecticut officials opens the door for the firms to resume taking contingent commissions.

Toyota's recalls will have little impact on the credit of auto and commercial lines insurers, according to a rating organization, but a law firm said directors and officers carriers could face major exposure.

The New York Insurance Department has put out an advisory warning consumers that some scientists believe there is a greater earthquake risk for New York City than previously believed.

Alan Pearce has been arrested by Polk County deputies and charged with insurance-related theft.

While not nearly as dramatic as something out of the TV show "Law & Order," a routine civil suit can be quite enlightening about our judicial system, says NU Editor Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.