Ignoring a government request that he serve significant time, a federal judge today sentenced former General Re. Corp. chief executive officer Ronald E. Ferguson to two years in prison for securities

Discussing his firm's findings, Mike Fitzgerald, a senior analyst with Celent, said during a Web seminar today that the survey indicated there is intense competition for agency business among carriers

Battered by declining premium volume, bad weather and steep declines in investment income, the property-casualty insurance sector racked up a third-quarter $9.9 billion net loss, compared with a profi

Standard & Poor's said the combination of the credit crunch and a depressed equity market has led it to issue a negative outlook on sectors of the U.S. insurance industry and downgrades for several in