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Rep. Barney Frank threw down the gauntlet last month on extension of TRIA, insisting he would not be bullied by the Senate into abandoning his more comprehensive bill. But with the federal reinsurance

Insurance officials are bending over backwards to dampen any enthusiasm about industry-wide first-quarter results, but the truth is that despite a softening market and tenuous investment climate, prof

Is there a way for insurers to quantify how much insurers actually pay out to close a claim, versus how much the claimant sought? A journalism "auditor" suggested recently that the lack of such hard n

If a group long supportive of national regulation such as the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers can come out of last week's extraordinary confab with the National Association of Insurance Commis

While there is plenty of blame to go around for the ongoing financial meltdown, two prime causes were unregulated insurance transactions by AIG in the form of credit default swaps, and a negligent Con

We have become so litigious in this country that even liberal magazines such as "The New Yorker" are making fun of our propensity to sue at the drop of a hat. NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman recounts