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Marsh & McLennan Companies reported first-quarter net income rose 41 percent over the period last year as its business segments controlled costs and benefited from economic improvement.

Three major factors leading to home fires are cooking, candles and extension cords, according to an insurance company that has launched an interactive Web page to publicize those perils.

Michael L. Cotton has been named president, national health plans, at WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

Legislation to fund the unwinding of failing companies that threaten the nation's financial system should not put assessments on insurers, three trade groups have written the Senate leadership.

The Florida legislature has passed a bill that would exclude certain commercial insurance lines from the rate filing and approval process.

There are ways for brokers to maintain their books of business and keep growing even in a challenging economy, Eileen Frank, president of J.P. West, says in NU's latest video interview at www.property-casualty.com.