The National Association of Insurance Commissioners late Tuesday approved a resolution asking both the Department of Health and Human Services and Congress to act promptly to exempt insurance agents from the medical loss ratio provision of the healthcare reform law.

On the heels of a report from one rating agency showing that U.S. property and casualty results are down for the first nine months of 2011 compared to 2010, another rating agency reports that 2011 third quarter net income for its rated companies, at $1.6 billion, is also down sharply...

Key milestones in the battle for Transatlantic, presented in a timeline. Alleghany Corp. and Transatlantic have agreed on a $3.4 billion cash-and-stock deal.

With the help of William Shatner, State Farm uses a bit of humor to get across its message: Please be careful when frying your turkey this holiday season.