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Brown & Brown said it has acquired Meridian Group of New York Inc. and Eberhart & Company Insurors Inc. of Roswell, Ga. Financial terms of the transactions were not released.

President Obama signed into law an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until Sept. 30. The bill is H.R. 5569, the "National Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010."

American International Group Inc. (AIG) is now free to proceed with a lawsuit alleging other insurers conspired to underreport workers' compensation premiums, which the company said skewed the market.

The task of John Wortman, who has announced his retirement, was not an easy one when he was hired as the new chief executive of Louisiana's homeowners insurer of last resort.

The new federal Affordable Care Act could potentially have a positive effect on medical malpractice liability, actuaries were told at a recent Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Seminar on Reinsurance.

The property insurance take-up rate for terrorism coverage continues to rise, with 61 percent of companies surveyed by Marsh--a record high--buying the additional protection against catastrophic risk.