A new study says rising workers compensation premiums are more closely associated with decreases in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds rather than higher claims paymentsan assertion challenged by an industry association.

After a couple of years of minimal (or even negative) organic growth and declining profit margins, insurance agents and brokers have put some halfway decent numbers on the board so far in 2011: Organic growth stands at 3.3 percent for the industry through the second quarter, and agents and brokers...

After almost four years as an orphan, the National Flood Insurance Program is picking up some powerful parents. It is as if it has suddenly morphed from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. The reason is that the latest fashion in Washington is to bring in additional revenues without...