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Pitney Bowes Inc. announced it has entered into a merger agreement to acquire MapInfo Corporation for approximately $408 million in cash, net of expected cash on MapInfo's balance sheet at the time

He noted that finding domestic carriers to "front" for captives has been less of a concern in the past few years because the market for fronting services "seems to have stabilized." The survey also

"Barring a catastrophic wind season or other natural catastrophe, 2007 will be a tough year [for insurers], with rate decreases continuing throughout the year," said Richard Kerr, chairman and chief

The effort to repeal the insurance industry's federal antitrust exemption under the McCarran-Ferguson Act in this congressional session remains "an answer in search of a problem," according to a

There needs to be more meat put on the bones of a skeletal proposal to reform alien collateral reinsurance requirements by applying them on a basis that does not take into account the country of

The National Conference of Insurance Legislators has put off a vote on an explosive resolution accusing state attorneys general of evading the legislative process by negotiating settlements banning