Its nice to hear property & casualty insurers are getting serious about putting more money in their claims operations. In a recent survey of p&c carriers, Accenture reported that insurers have discovered too many problems with their current systems that keep them from operating effectively in the most important customer-service...

The insurance industry learns from every catastrophe. Consider what Hugo did to Charleston, Ivan to Pensacola, or Sandy to the eastern seaboard. The future could hold even bigger storms.

Planned new capital rules for European Union insurers have cut the value of European stocks by nearly 10 percent over the last three years, French insurer Axa said on Monday.