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When we reported yesterday that anti-fraud associations representing both the property-casualty and health insurance sectors will pool their resources to increase detection and prevention of medical c

One clear signal that the insurance industry's reputation is less than stellar is demonstrated by a story about a game show night sent by one of our readers, says NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman, who

Many insurers--perhaps too eager for a long-term extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act--have signed off on a proposal in Congress to force the industry to cover not only "conventional" events,

Despite anger at AIG for nearly taking down the entire financial system with its credit default swap trading, it makes sense to rethink the terms of Uncle Sam's bailout loan deal if it means getting t

The debate over skyrocketing gas prices and what impact, if any, that should have on auto insurance rates demonstrates that both oil and insurance are industries plagued by a glaring lack of understan

Will those stubbornly lugging around piles of paper to Lloyd's and other traditional insurance markets be replaced by more efficient, tech-savvy capital market players who sip Starbucks coffee while t