Nearly 520,000 claims disputes valued at more than $2.4 billion were resolved in 2011a new record, according to Arbitration Forums Inc.

A judge Monday stopped attorneys trying to seize bank accounts of Louisiana's property insurer of last resort to collect more than $100 million they won for homeowners who claimed the company dragged its heels in adjusting hurricane claims in 2005.

New Jerseys Banking and Insurance Commissioner Tom Considine will leave his post to become the chief operating officer of MagnaCare, a health plan service company in New York.

Recently, an insured approached First Nonprofit about an event it wanted to host for participants in one of their youth programs at a recreation facility called Xtreme Trampoline. First Nonprofit's risk-management VP checked it outand persuaded the client persuaded that this was not a good idea.