After suffering through a year of elevated property losses and poor underwriting results in 2011, U.S. commercial-lines insurers are positioned to deliver improved operating results this yearbut carriers will still struggle to reach previous profit marks, one analyst says.

With the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Program of 2010 (CSA 2010), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is bringing unprecedented transparency to the transportation industry, installing a wholly new, comprehensive and detailed system for identifying and resolving carrier and driver-safety issues. It has introduced into industry vernacular several new benchmarks upon...

Bancassurance, a concept virtually unheard of prior to 2000, has since gained importance in many countries, particularly in India and China.

A survey of personal-lines insurance customers indicates that insurers and agents need to focus on the younger generation of buyers to grow market share, or risk losing this generation to online-only writers.